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Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian official, heaping pressure on Thailand’s governing political dynasty. The court said in a statement that it had accepted a petition from 36 senators, which accuses Paetongtarn of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards, in violation of the ...

A major United Nations conference on financing for development began on Monday in Seville, Spain, aiming to rally renewed global support for combating poverty, hunger, disease, and climate change. However, the sector faces a serious crisis as funding cuts led by the United States threaten progress toward the UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals. More than 50 world leaders, including French ...

China is planning to invite US President Donald Trump to a military parade scheduled for September 3 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The United States, meanwhile, has proposed that Chinese President Xi Jinping visit the country during the same month, coinciding with a UN General Assembly meeting in New ...

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months,” despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday. Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on June 13, saying it was aimed at keeping Iran from ...

President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas militants will be reached within a week. Trump, at an Oval Office event celebrating a Congo-Rwanda accord, told reporters that he believes a ceasefire is close. He said he had been just been talking to some of ...

Ukraine has called on the European Union to impose sanctions on several Bangladeshi companies it accuses of purchasing wheat allegedly sourced from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. According to Ukrainian officials, the companies imported about 150,000 tonnes of wheat between late 2024 and mid-2025, with deliveries coming from Russia’s Kavkaz port.Kyiv claimed that the grain was taken from regions controlled by Russian ...

The United States said Thursday it has approved its first direct funding for a controversial Israeli-supported relief effort in the Gaza Strip and urged other countries to follow suit, reports AFP. “We have approved funding for $30 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. And we call on other countries to also support the GHF, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and its ...

Iran and the United States have issued sharply contrasting accounts of the current state of Iran’s nuclear programme, following recent military and political developments. In his first public statement since a ceasefire was declared, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed US claims of damaging Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. He stated that the recent American military strikes had failed to weaken ...

The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory (OHCHR) has accused Israeli authorities of intensifying efforts to forcibly displace large numbers of Palestinians from long-established towns and communities in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. According to the OHCHR, the Israeli Civil Administration has been systematically rejecting Palestinian applications for building and planning permits in areas such ...

NATO member states agreed Wednesday to a significant increase in defence spending, meeting US President Donald Trump’s long-standing demand and allowing him to declare a “monumental win” for the United States. The agreement, reached at a two-day summit in The Hague, will see NATO countries aim to spend five percent of GDP on defence and security. Trump, who has frequently ...