112 people have been killed as firefighters have been wrestling massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile about 3 days earlier. The fires burned with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames […]
An anti-corruption court in Pakistan has jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan for 14 years each on allegations of illegally selling state gifts. This was disclosed today by his party and lawyers just over a week before a national election. Bushra Khan, commonly known as […]
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, facing 10 years in jail for leaking state documents, is effectively barred from contesting upcoming elections. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, his right-hand man, received the same sentence. This news throws Pakistan’s already controversial polls into further disarray. While details of the case remain contested, Khan’s supporters […]
Russia’s long-serving President Vladimir Putin officially registered for a sixth term on Monday, bypassing pre-election debates in a March vote he’s heavily favored to win. The move fuels critics’ concerns about transparency and limited competition, despite the inclusion of right-wing politician Leonid Slutsky as a candidate. While liberal challenger Boris […]
The Israeli government has proposed a two-month ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of Israeli hostages, after refusing an offer by Hamas. The proposal was given to Egyptian and Qatari mediators following the approval by the Israeli war cabinet ten days prior. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had […]
Morocco has today won the historic vote to preside over United Nations Human Rights Council after a heated showdown with South Africa. The Moroccan candidate, Ambassador Omar Zniber got 30 votes while his South African opponent, Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, secured 17 in a secret ballot that took place in Geneva. […]
President of France, Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal as the country’s new prime minister, as he seeks to boost his political fortunes ahead of European parliamentary elections. The 34-year-old education minister has become France’s youngest ever and first openly gay prime minister. Mr Macron, who his serving his second […]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today announced the suspension of a member of parliament, Emanuele Pozzolo, who took a gun to a New Year’s Eve party which led to someone getting shot with it. The lawmaker from the far-right Brothers of Italy party, has admitted owning the mini revolver but […]
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have struck the Western part of the Asian country, Japan thereby sparking tsunami warnings for residents along hundreds of miles of coastline. Buildings have collapsed, trapping people under rubble as well as power and communications networks were still down. Tens of thousands […]
It has been discovered that the world population grew by 75 million people in the year 2023 and on the first day of the new year, it will stand at more than 8 billion people as announced by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. According to them, the worldwide growth […]
