Thai Parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin jets off amid chaos

Thai Parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin jets off amid chaos

Thai lawmakers attend a debate before a vote to select a new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s Parliament convened to choose a new Prime Minister on Friday (September 5, 2025) after days of political chaos, in a vote that could be overshadowed by … Read more

Nobel laureates, Fields medallists call for end to hostilities in Gaza

Nobel laureates, Fields medallists call for end to hostilities in Gaza

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in a tent camp as Israeli forces escalated operations around Gaza City, September 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 4,400 scientists worldwide have signed a statement urging immediate action to address the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza. The signatories include 14 Nobel laureates, five … Read more

Two powerful aftershocks hit Afghanistan after earthquakes killed 2,200

Two powerful aftershocks hit Afghanistan after earthquakes killed 2,200

Afghan men help a vehicle move through a stream to reach to a quake-hit area following a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, on September 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two powerful aftershocks shook eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center … Read more

Donald Trump tariffs have pushed India closer to China and Russia: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin

Donald Trump tariffs have pushed India closer to China and Russia: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin

U.S. Senator and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL). Photo: Special Arrangement Powerful American Senator and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has accused President Donald Trump of weakening America’s global standing and driving India toward closer ties with Russia and China through his tariff policies. In a Senate floor speech, Mr. Durbin warned that Mr. Trump’s … Read more

Trump to seek ‘Department of War’ rebranding for Pentagon

Trump to seek 'Department of War' rebranding for Pentagon

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday, September 5, 2025, to rebrand the Department of Defence as the Department of War | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday (September 5, 2025) to rebrand the Department of Defence as the Department of … Read more

Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after fighting ends

Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after fighting ends

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday (September 4, 2025) that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia. Speaking after a meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Paris, Mr. Macron said the countries had … Read more

As Oli flags Lipulekh pass, Xi brushes it off as an India-Nepal bilateral issue

As Oli flags Lipulekh pass, Xi brushes it off as an India-Nepal bilateral issue

Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Saturday conveyed to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Lipulekh is Nepali territory, in the first such assertion by a Nepali leader before the Chinese President since 2015. Mr. Oli, who was on a five-day visit to China to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, also held … Read more

China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties during meeting in Beijing

China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties during meeting in Beijing

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses for photos with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on September 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged mutual support and … Read more

Pakistan, China agree to work closely on CPEC 2.0 as PM Sharif meets Chinese Premier

Pakistan, China agree to work closely on CPEC 2.0 as PM Sharif meets Chinese Premier

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on September 4, 2025. Picture: X/@CMShehbaz Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday (September 4, 2025) met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing and the two sides reaffirmed their resolve to further strengthen their iron-clad, all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. During the meeting, the two sides also … Read more

China denies conspiring with North Korea, Russia against U.S.

China denies conspiring with North Korea, Russia against U.S.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, from left Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto , Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un look out from Tiananmen Gate as they attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II at Tiananmen Square … Read more