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Eighty Years Of The United Nations: Promise, Progress, And Persistent ...
After the inglorious demise of the League of Nations, the United Nations rose like a phoenix from the ashes and ruins of the Second World War in 1945. The year 2025 marks the 80th birthday of this world organisation. Delegates from 50 countries...

Greece is creating two new national marine parks to meet 2030 ocean protection targets early
Published on 21/07/2025 - 11:21 GMT+2 The Greek Prime Minister announced the creation of two new marine parks in the Ionian and South Aegean Seas. Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the new parks in a television message, which, alongside their...

US Tariffs: Donald Trump Signs New Order on Tariffs – India’s 25%, Pakistan 19%, Bangladesh 20%
New Delhi, August 1: United States President Donald Trump has signed the fresh executive order imposing revised tariffs for 70 countries, including India and Pakistan in a move that is expected to strain global trade relations further. Tariffs...
Trump signs new order on tariffs – India’s 25%, Pakistan 19%, Bangladesh 20%
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has signed the fresh executive order imposing revised tariffs for 70 countries, including India and Pakistan in a move that is expected to strain global trade relations...

Terror groups ‘may exploit’ tensions in South Asia, UN report warns
ISLAMABAD: In the aftermath of the April 22 attack in occupied Kashmir, regional relations “remain fragile” and there is a risk that terrorist groups “may exploit these”, a UN monitoring report has warned. The assessment came in the thirty-sixth...

These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Belarus’s military charm offensive in Asia
On 15 July, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko found himself with an unexpected house guest: Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia. The evening before, Prabowo had abruptly cancelled a planned Bastille Day dinner in Paris with...

The US Needs to Face the Rising Threat of Jihad in the Sahel Region
The Sahel has endured overlapping crises for decades, but recent developments suggest a significant shift in the region’s security landscape. Jihadist groups are no longer operating as fragmented cells with limited reach. Instead, they are...

If You Have Indian Passport Avoid Travelling To These 8 Countries - MEA Issues Warning
Following the warning to stay away from a number of border regions due to the conflict between thailand and cambodia, india has now issued a new warning to stay away from seven nations. The warning was issued amid escalating international...
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U.S. Issues 'Do Not Travel' Warnings for 4 New Countries — Here's Why By Colson Thayer
NEED TO KNOW The U.S. Department of State has issued four "do not travel" advisories for foreign countries in the past two weeks Haiti, Libya, Iraq, and Syria are the latest countries to receive a Level 4 warning — the most severe classification...

Attorney general, EU officials seek closer coordination on transnational crime
Libya’s Attorney General, Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, held talks on Wednesday in Tripoli with the head of the European Union Delegation to Libya, the commander of the EU naval mission Operation IRINI, and his deputy Also present were advisers from the...

LBC and Italian embassy discuss industrial zones, private sector initiatives, benefiting from Italian expertise and visas
The Libyan Business Council (LBC) and the Italian Embassy in Tripoli discussed developing industrial zones, the role of the private sector in supporting industrial initiatives and the possibility of benefiting from Italian expertise in this...
Aluminium and iron drive BD2bln in Bahrain exports
TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Bahrain’s national exports reached BD2.014 billion in the first six months of 2025, driven largely by shipments of raw aluminium alloys and agglomerated iron ores. Data from the Information and...

The falcons and the secretary bird: Arab Gulf states in Sudan’s war
Summary Arab Gulf states have particular capacity to influence the outcome of Sudan’s conflict due to their wealth, financial ties to fighting groups and regional interests, which include securing access to Sudan’s agricultural, livestock and...

The Menace of Nuclear Weapons
The film “Oppenheimer” focuses on the role played by the brilliant physicist, Julies Robert Oppenheimer, in the creation of the first atomic and plutonium bombs. It suggests that he was at the center of organizing the scientific and technical work...
How to Lose the Drone War
Only a decade ago, the United States was the world’s leading drone innovator, flying Predators and Reapers to target and kill terrorists in faraway countries. But as Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have recently demonstrated in dramatic campaigns,...

A Groundbreaking Study By AUC Researchers Links Rising Temperatures to Increased Women’s Cancer Mortality
Thu 31 Jul 2025 | 11:26 AM A new study conducted at the Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology (IGHHE) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) found a significant connection between rising temperatures and death rates from women’s cancers...

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on United Nations Security Council, Darfur region, bamboo diplomacy and more (Week 120)
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...

Solar Eclipse on August 2: Will it really bring ‘6 minutes of darkness’ in the world? NASA answers after viral buzz
Solar eclipses have fascinated humanity for thousands of years. Historically, eclipses were often seen as omens, influencing myths and legends. Today, there are opportunities for scientific research, including studying the Sun’s corona and testing...

Egypt, U.S. FMs Discuss Strategic Partnership, Regional Crises in Washington
Thu 31 Jul 2025 | 08:30 AM Abdelatty and Marco Rubio Egypt's Foreign Minister (FM) Dr. Badr Abdelatty, met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington to discuss ways of strengthening the close bilateral ties between Egypt and the...