Decisions presented as investment projects often become long-term instruments of external control. The Trump Route initiative is officially framed as an economic opportunity, but its parameters sugges...
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According to Turkish media, the installed capacity of solar power plants in Turkey’s Van province has reached 223.7 megawatts as of 2025. Long sunny days, a high-altitude geographic location, and suit...
The Indian Navy’s hand-stitched wooden sailing vessel INSV Kaundinya arrived in Oman on Wednesday to a water salute after completing 17 days at sea, the BBC writes. The ship began sailing from Porband...
A labor rights organization claims it has found evidence of worker exploitation in a Chinese factory that makes the viral Labubu dolls, the BBC writes. China Labor Watch (CLW), a US-based non-governme...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has shot a man in the leg in the US city of Minneapolis, the BBC writes. In a statement, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said federal ...
Iranian authorities have no plans to execute protesters, and such an option is not even being discussed, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. “This is one of the elements of a disinformation c...
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff has announced the launch of the second phase of the Gaza peace plan, which envisages a transition from a ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic g...
The US Department of State is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to crack down on applicants deemed likely to become a public charge, Fox News writes. A State Department m...
Some personnel have been advised to leave the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, three diplomats told Reuters. “It’s a posture change and not an ordered evacuation,” one of the diplomats told...
An app called “Are you dead” targeted at people living alone has gone viral in China, Reuters writes. The app called Sileme in Chinese, which translates to “Are you dead?” in English, is a safety tool...
Decked out in matching blue jackets, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday played drums to the beats of K-pop hits, the BBC writes. A surreal drum d...
Following his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a press conference to present the joint statement on the framework for implemen...
