International

May 24, 2025 8:06 AM May 24, 2025 8:06 AM

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Singapore’s new cabinet sworn in        

In Singapore, the new Cabinet has been sworn in following the ruling People's Action Party's (PAP) strong performance in this month's general election.   During the swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong emphasized that the new administration would focus on securing Singapore’s place in ...

May 23, 2025 7:52 PM May 23, 2025 7:52 PM

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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Ban on Enrolling International Students

Harvard is suing the Trump administration after the university’s ability to enrol international students was revoked, describing the move as a clear violation of the law.   The lawsuit, filed today in Boston, aims to block the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to strip Harvard of its certif...

May 23, 2025 6:10 PM May 23, 2025 6:10 PM

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Bangladesh: BNP urges Yunus to request 3 advisory council members to resign

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Zainul Abedin Farroque urged the Chief Adviser of Interim Government Prof Yunus to immediately issue letters to two advisers and the National Security Adviser, requesting their resignation from the advisory council, reports the Daily Star, a leading local ne...

May 23, 2025 6:24 PM May 23, 2025 6:24 PM

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Fifth Round of US-Iran Nuclear Talks Begins in Rome

The fifth round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran has begun in Rome, Italy. The talks seek to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the economic sanctions the US has imposed on Tehran. The meeting follows a public disagreement during the previous round...

May 23, 2025 1:38 PM May 23, 2025 1:38 PM

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US and Iran to hold fifth round of talks on nuclear agreement in Rome

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that there will be no nuclear agreement if the United States continues to demand an end to Iran’s uranium enrichment. His remarks came ahead of the fifth round of indirect nuclear talks between Iranian and US delegations, scheduled to take place...

May 23, 2025 12:56 PM May 23, 2025 12:56 PM

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Australia Floods: 4 dead, 50,000 cut off after record rain triggers natural disaster

In Australia, torrential rain and record-breaking floods have claimed at least four lives. While floodwaters began to recede this morning, authorities said around 50 thousand people remain cut off by the deluge. Thousands of emergency workers have been deployed across affected areas to carry out res...

May 23, 2025 12:01 PM May 23, 2025 12:01 PM

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Israeli PM appoints Major General David Zini as new Shin Bet chief replacing Ronen Bar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Major General David Zini as the next head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency. Zini will replace Ronen Bar, who has come under increasing criticism for the agency’s failure to prevent the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. Zini ...

May 23, 2025 11:30 AM May 23, 2025 11:30 AM

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At least 2 killed as private jet crashes in foggy San Diego

At least two people were killed when a small private jet crashed in San Diego, United States, yesterday. The aircraft, carrying six people, struck a power line amid foggy weather conditions before crashing. According to the San Diego Police Department, no residents in the neighbourhood were killed. ...