How the Parsi community from Persia shaped India’s economic growth
Though minuscule in numbers, the community’s growth contributed to the rise of the world’s most populous nation as an economic powerhouse.
23 May, 2025
At least 36,000 people killed in wars in 2024: UN
More than 36,000 civilians were killed in 14 war zones in 2024, the United Nations said on Thursday.
22 May, 2025
US revokes Harvard University’s right to enroll foreign students
The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.
22 May, 2025
The Circassian exile: 9 facts about the tragedy
Circassians, a Muslim people indigenous to Caucasia, had long been persecuted by the Russian Empire. Their last remnants of resistance against the Russians ended around today’s Black Sea port city of Sochi on May 21, 1864.
22 May, 2025
Thousands stranded in flood waters as torrential rain pummel eastern Australia
What the first American pope means for the world
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID ‘devastating’
Erdogan emerges as key power broker in a fragmented world order
Countries pledge over $170 million to WHO ahead of US exit
19 May, 2025
Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer
Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said on Sunday.
18 May, 2025
Pope Leo formally takes charge of Catholic Church with elaborate inaugural Mass
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu Tinubu is among heads of state attending the inauguration in the Vatican.
15 May, 2025
No guarantees talks with Ukraine will be smooth—Lavrov
Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation for peace talks with Ukraine, said upon arriving in Istanbul that his team aims to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace by addressing the underlying causes of the conflict.
14 May, 2025
World’s ‘poorest president’, Jose Mujica, dies
Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica loses his life to cancer, government announces.
14 May, 2025
Trump blasts Western war hawks and ‘interventionists’, cites Saudi Arabia as Middle East model
Saudi Arabia has achieved a “modern miracle the Arabian way,” says Trump in Riyadh as he bashes “neocons” and western “interventionists” in the region.
13 May, 2025
Trump faces backlash over plan to accept Boeing gift from Qatar
Bipartisan criticism is mounting in Washington over US President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One.
12 May, 2025
Trump defends resettling white South Africans as refugees in US
President Donald Trump has defended the decision to resettle a group of white Afrikaners in the United States as refugees, saying they were fleeing a “terrible situation” in South Africa.
12 May, 2025
US agrees to lower China tariffs as Beijing reciprocates gesture
The United States and China have announced an agreement to drastically reduce their tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days.
11 May, 2025
Ukraine to meet Russia for talks if Moscow agrees to ceasefire: Zelenksyy
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kiev would meet with Moscow for talks in Istanbul on May 15 only if Russia commits to a 30-day ceasefire, starting on Monday.
11 May, 2025
Catholics gather to catch glimpse of Pope Leo XIV at St Peter’s prayer
Pope Leo XIV appears from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, to lead a prayer to the Virgin Mary in his second official public appearance since becoming pope.
