Category: 2. World

Iran’s IRGC (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) Navy carried out a coordinated cruise and ballistic missile strike during its Eghtedar naval exercise on December 5, 2025, firing from inland positions toward targets in the Sea of Oman. The drill…

The ball may be pink and the meal breaks off-kilter, but for so much of the second day in this pivotal day-night Test match, the atmosphere inside the Gabba was an all-too-familiar one for England’s supporters.

Gone was the triumphalism that…

I left COP30 with a mix of emotions. 

On the positive side, it seems like health is really progressing as a lever for the climate agenda, with the Belém Health Action Plan, key health metrics in the global goal on adaptation and the…

The US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, has announced.

Noem, in an interview on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow is ready to provide “uninterrupted shipments” of fuel to India, as Delhi faces pressure from the US to stop buying Russian oil.

Putin, speaking alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in…

New Delhi, India – Under a thick blanket of smog in the world’s most polluted city, the leaders of Russia and India put on a display of diplomatic resilience, projecting a message that their bilateral partnership remains insulated from…

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi have vowed to deepen their co-operation in…