Category: World

Strong M6.0 Earthquake Jolts East Coast of Honshu, Japan Tokyo, 4 October 2025 — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 15:21 UTC (00:21 local time) on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ). Epicenter and Depth The quake’s […]

Sarah Mullally Named First Female Archbishop of Canterbury in Historic Appointment London, 4 October 2025 — In a landmark decision, the Church of England has named Dame Sarah Mullally, currently the Bishop of London, as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, making her the first woman to hold the role since its founding in 597 AD. […]

Trump Praises Israel’s Ceasefire Pause, Urges Hamas to Act Swiftly on Hostage Release Washington, 4 October 2025 — U.S. President Donald J. Trump has commended Israel for temporarily halting its bombing campaign in Gaza, calling the move a necessary step to facilitate the release of hostages and advance his proposed Middle East peace deal. In […]

Russian Drone Strikes Hit Ukrainian Train Station and Power Grid Kyiv, 4 October 2025 — A wave of Russian drone strikes overnight has left at least 30 civilians wounded at a railway station in Ukraine’s Sumy region, while a separate barrage targeting energy infrastructure has cut power to over 50,000 households in Chernigiv, officials confirmed […]

🌍 Tech: AI and Connectivity Drive Transformation Africa’s digital landscape is accelerating with major investments in infrastructure and innovation: ⚖️ Human Rights: Galamsey Crisis Declared Emergency The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has declared Ghana’s illegal mining crisis, known as galamsey, a human rights emergency. 🏛️ Politics: Kabila Sentenced, COP30 Unity Call Political […]

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the deadly attack on worshippers at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, describing it as “particularly heinous” and a violation of the sanctity of religious spaces. Attack on Yom Kippur The assault occurred on 2 October, during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish […]

Dublin, 4 October 2025 — The Irish Government has announced a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for Early Years Educators and School-Age Childcare Practitioners, delivering a 10% average increase in minimum hourly pay for approximately 35,000 workers in the sector. The new rates will take effect from 13 October 2025, replacing the 2024 ERO. New […]

Washington, 4 October 2025 — Apple has removed the controversial ICEBlock app from its App Store after the U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanded its removal, citing serious safety risks to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. App Function and Controversy ICEBlock was a crowdsourced platform that allowed users to […]

Istanbul, 4 October 2025 — A special flight carrying 137 international activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla landed at Istanbul Airport on Saturday, following their forcible detention and deportation by Israeli authorities. The group had been intercepted in international waters while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Multinational Group of Deportees The deported […]

Dublin, 4 October 2025 — Ireland’s top political leaders have welcomed Hamas’s announcement that it will release all remaining Israeli hostages — both living and deceased — under the terms of the proposed U.S.-brokered Middle East peace plan. The statements from Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris reflect Ireland’s […]