Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) that Israel must “complete” the defeat of Hamas in Gaza to secure the release of the remaining hostages, days ahead of a cabinet meeting to discuss an updated war plan. Recent footage of weak and emaciated captives has sparked outrage in Israel, while United … Read more
This combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia accused the United States on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) of exerting illegal trade pressure on India after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened again to raise tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil. “We … Read more
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the bombing | The Hindu Interactive … Read more
Women stand next to flowers, children’s toys, and portraits placed in memory of victims at the site of a nine-storey residential building destroyed following a recent Russian missile strike in Kyiv, on August 5, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian attacks have killed hundreds of Ukrainian civilians since June. | Photo Credit: AFP … Read more
File picture of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. should not burn its relationship with a “strong ally like India” and give a pass to China, Indian-American Republican leader Nikki Haley said on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), amid President Donald Trump’s attacks against New Delhi over … Read more
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus formally unveils the July Declaration at the National Parliament premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The student-people uprising of 2024 that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina-led government of Bangladesh will get “constitutional recognition”, said the July Declaration that was launched by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus … Read more
This file photo dated 1945 shows the devastated city of Hiroshima after the first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. on August 6, 1945. | Photo Credit: AFP At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, a nuclear bomb exploded just above Hiroshima, instantly killing at least 70,000 people. Another 70,000 died of injuries and … Read more
Thailand approved the purchase of four Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), the air force said, a week after reaching a ceasefire in deadly border clashes with Cambodia. The $600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters The EU announced the suspension on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods worth 93 billion euros ($107 billion) after Brussels struck a deal with Washington last month. “The commission has today adopted the necessary legal procedures to suspend the implementation of our … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) organised protest rallies in different parts of the country, demanding the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested two years ago on corruption charges. The party claimed that its more than 500 workers and supporters who took to the streets were arrested by police, … Read more
