Category: World

Italy has resumed its controversial policy of transferring migrants to Albania, sending 49 individuals aboard the navy ship Cassiopea to the port of Shengjin. The migrants, primarily from Egypt and Bangladesh, are deemed to come from countries considered “safe” by Italian authorities, as per the government’s list. This marks the restart of the policy after […]

At 92, Ingeburg Geissler continues to share her harrowing experiences as a Holocaust survivor, offering a personal window into the horrors of Nazi terror. Her testimony, along with those of other survivors, plays a crucial role in educating today’s youth about the atrocities of World War II. In Germany, the importance of such firsthand accounts […]

Donald Trump has been sworn in as president of the US for a second term – and this time there won’t be any arguments about crowd sizes. The most glaringly obvious difference in optics this time round for both those in attendance and the millions watching around the world was the fact this year’s ceremony […]

We condemn the unlawful actions of the Houthis who forcibly took additional United Nations staff members in Yemen on January 23. These actions come amid the Houthis’ ongoing campaign of terror that includes taking hundreds of UN, NGO, and diplomatic staff members, including dozens of current and former Yemeni staff of the U.S. government. We […]

President, MONUSCO peacekeepers and personnel work bravely to deliver this Council’s mandate in the most difficult of circumstances. The United Kingdom reiterates clearly today that attacks on UN peacekeepers are absolutely unacceptable, and may constitute war crimes.  We also recall that planning, directing, sponsoring or conducting attacks against MONUSCO peacekeepers may constitute a basis for […]

With President Donald Trump installed for a second term, one big item on the new administration’s agenda appears to be rearranging the media landscape, undermining its journalistic critics and giving a boost to the media that have supported it during the campaign. Trump insiders have already suggested that there will be changes in terms of […]

Homer’s Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the broad scenario of the Trojan war, triggered by the Trojan prince Paris’s abduction of the Greek beauty Helen, “the face that launched a thousand ships”. However, the Iliad is hardly a romance. The abduction […]

A teenager who killed three young girls and attempted to kill ten others, including eight children at a Southport dance class has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 52 years before he can be considered for release. Axel Rudakubana, then 17, entered the Hart Space studio on Hart Street Southport on […]

Fighting between Sudan’s military forces and the rebel Rapid Support Force (RSF) has led to significant damage to the country’s largest oil refinery, the al-Jaili facility, located just 60 kilometers north of Khartoum. Satellite images released on January 25, 2025, show massive fires engulfing the refinery complex, with thick plumes of black smoke rising into […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is providing an update to previously shared guidance regarding Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) Information Technology (IT) workers to raise public awareness of their increasingly malicious activity, which has recently included data extortion. FBI is warning the public, private sector, and international community about North Korean IT […]