North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the second plenary meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released on June 23, 2026, by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS North Korea should build two warships as…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has prioritized security and authorities regularly carry out security raids. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Security forces in the Turkish capital carried out sweeping raids on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) ahead of next month’s NATO summit, and detained more than 200 people with suspected links to extremist groups, including…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street to announce his resignation in London, on June 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Tuesday(June 23, 2026) to make the transition of power “as easy as possible”, as two Labour lawmakers considered whether to challenge…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media upon his arrival at Al Bateen Executive Airport to discuss the interim deal between the U.S. and Iran with Arab Gulf allies, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on June 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the…
Only 24% of Americans think the war with Iran was worth the costs. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The five-day poll, which…
Keir Starmer entered Downing Street in July 2024 with a landslide victory. Ending 14 years of Conservative rule, marked by Brexit and the chaos that followed, he promised to build a government for all and bridge the widening trust deficit between the public and the political elite. Less than two years later, the former lawyer…
In this episode, we look at the devastating Lucknow building fire and the broader questions it raises about fire safety in India’s cities. We also examine the Centre’s latest FCRA amendments, Meta’s elevation of CRED founder Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp, and more. Source link
The letter says that the Sultanate of Oman has worked with the IMO to provide all vessels with the option of a temporary maritime corridor as per listed coordinates. | Photo Credit: Reuters International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has announced a plan to evacuate all the ships — and the 11,000 seafarers on them —…
A health worker in personal protective equipment stands near displaced people waiting for the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp, one month after an outbreak was declared, in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Congo’s Ebola outbreak has the largest number of…
Dozens of activists of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s now-disbanded Awami League party were arrested overnight as they staged sporadic street marches to mark the party’s 77th founding anniversary in defiance of a nationwide security ban, authorities said on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). Founded on June 23, 1949, when present-day Bangladesh was East Pakistan, the…