More than 470 million Indigenous Peoples live across the world, distributed across 90 countries and splintered into unique communities with their own culture and traditional knowledge. Although they make up less than 6% of the world’s population, indigenous individuals account for at least 15% of the poorest individuals in the world. As new, often disruptive … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (August 14, 2025) he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal about his war on Ukraine, and that the threat of sanctions against Russia likely played a role in Moscow’s decision to seek a meeting. Mr. Trump is scheduled to meet with Mr. Putin in Alaska … Read more
Lebanon’s Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Kassem. | Photo Credit: Reuters The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group on Friday (August 15, 2025) vowed not to disarm, saying last week’s decision by the national government to remove the Iran-backed group’s weapons by the end of the year serves Israel’s interests. Naim Kassem said the government’s … Read more
Rescuers and local residents attend a rescue operation at the site of a massive cloudburst led to flash flooding in Salarzai, in Bajaur district, in northwestern Pakistan, on August 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan and elsewhere in the country over … Read more
The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out internal dissent and external challengers, and gained debut recognition as the country’s official government from Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security … Read more
Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral outside Gaza City’s Shifa hospital complex, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP An Israeli strike on Al Jazeera staff in a tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in … Read more
Chair of the International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, speaks during a plenary session of the Second Part of the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2), at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Talks aimed at striking a … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday (August 15, 2025) for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine but also the fate of European security. The sit-down offers Mr. Trump a chance to prove to the world that … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (August 14, 2025) again repeated his claim that he solved the conflict between India and Pakistan and said that the war could have turned nuclear. Also Read | Did Trump slap tariffs for not getting India-Pakistan ceasefire ‘credit’, asks Opposition … Read more
A day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel intends to take full control of the Gaza Strip, the country’s security cabinet, on August 8, approved a plan to seize control of Gaza City. Israel then stepped up its bombardment. While Israel continues to pound one of Palestine’s non-contiguous regions — Gaza — and … Read more
