British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Sunday that the UK will formally recognise a Palestinian state, marking a shift in decades of foreign policy. The decision follows a pledge Starmer made in July to act in September unless Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and committed to a sustainable peace […]
Read MoreUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP yesterday (19 September) that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering. The climate goals for 2035 of the countries that signed the Paris Agreement, also known as Nationally […]
Read MoreSouth Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said yesterday (19 September) the government will work to address problems faced by Korean workers with US visas before proceeding with a $350 billion investment package that is part of a bilateral trade deal. His remarks come after a recent US immigration raid resulted in the arrest of hundreds […]
Read MoreSyrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani will meet with US lawmakers in Washington this week to discuss the lifting of remaining US sanctions on his country, Senator Lindsey Graham was quoted as saying by Axios. Shibani’s visit – the first by a Syrian foreign minister to Washington in more than 25 years – comes on the […]
Read MoreDHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government said Monday that political parties had largely agreed in principle on a sweeping reform charter, but remain divided over how it should be put into effect. The South Asian nation of 170 million people has been in political turmoil since Sheikh Hasina was ousted as prime minister by a student-led revolt […]
Read MorePhilippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said no one will be exempt from an independent investigation into alleged anomalies in infrastructure projects, as he vowed to rebuild public trust as protests over corruption loom. Marcos assured the graft-weary public that the probe would break from past efforts, calling it an “inflection point” in how the government […]
Read MoreDhaka : Reaffirming the interim government’s commitment to ensuring a festive national election in February next, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus today (14 September) emphasised that political parties must reach a consensus without failure to make the journey towards “New Bangladesh” a success. “We are repeatedly saying this. The upcoming election will be a moment of […]
Read MoreSushila Karki, Nepal’s first female Prime Minister and a former Chief Justice, is married to politician Durga Prasad Subedi, who was involved in a 1973 plane hijacking. At the time a youth leader in the Nepali Congress, Subedi, along with Nagendra Dhungel and Basanta Bhattarai, hijacked a 19-seater plane from Biratnagar to Kathmandu, carrying Rs30 […]
Read MoreNepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki is likely to be appointed as interim prime minister, a source aware of the talks told Reuters today (12 September), after intense anti-graft protests led to the resignation of KP Sharma Oli. The Himalayan nation’s worst upheaval in years, which killed 34 people last week and injured more than […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Saudi Arabia rejects and condemns Israeli attacks in the region, including the “brutal aggression” against Qatar on Tuesday, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said. Israeli authorities attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Doha. The attack drew condemnation from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and the EU, and risks […]
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