Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the UK will not yet be signing up to US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace over concerns about Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s possible participation.
Cooper told the BBC the UK had been invited to join the board but “won’t be one of the signatories today” at a ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The board, which gives Trump wide decision-making powers as chairman, is being billed by the US as a new international organisation for resolving conflicts.... Read More
Toronto man accused of posing as pilot to get hundreds of free flights arrested.
A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline has been arrested for posing as a pilot to obtain hundreds of free flights from U.S. airlines, according to investigators. Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, was indicted on Oct. 2, 2025, for wire fraud, arrested in Panama and extradited to the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office... Read More
Spain: Commuter train hits crane in wake of 2 deadly crashes”
Emergency crews are responding to a train crash in southeastern Spain after it hit a construction crane. The incident has added to growing scrutiny of rail safety after two serious accidents this week.CatastropheSpainSpain: Commuter train hits crane in wake of 2 deadly crashes responding to a train crash in southeastern Spain after it hit a... Read More
Signing ceremony of Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’ underway at Davos –
The signing ceremony of the “Board of Peace” headed by United States President Donald Trump is currently underway. The heads of various countries are taking turns to sign the board’s charter. The body was initially envisioned as a mechanism to address Israel’s war on Gaza, though its charter does not restrict its mandate solely to... Read More
India :3 Killed As Bus, Truck Burst Into Flames After Collision In Andhra Pradesh.
Three people were killed early Thursday when a private bus caught fire after colliding with a container lorry in Andhra Pradesh’s Nandyal district. The accident occurred around 1:30 am.Police reported that the bus and truck drivers, along with the truck cleaner, succumbed to burn injuries in the fire. The identities of the deceased could not... Read More
National security trial for HK’s Tiananmen activists begins.
Three activists who organised annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have gone on trialin Hong Kong, facing charges under the city’s controversial national security law. Chow Hang-tung, 40, Lee Cheuk-yan, 68, and Albert Ho, 74, are accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law. Ho has made a guilty plea... Read More
Fitch affirms Pakistan’s debt ratings at ‘B-
Sukuk ratings are sensitive to any changes in Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR, which could change with sensitivities. It notes that factors that could individually or collectively lead to a negative rating for downgrade include failure to keep government debt and debt-servicing metrics on a firm downward path, renewed deterioration in external liquidity conditions, for example,... Read More
Meloni claims that a constitutional issue requires more time for the Board of Peace –
Because Article 11 states that we can only give up sovereignty under conditions of parity.The Italian government needs more time to weigh the Constitutional issue of whether Italy should join Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza and other former conflict areas but it is not smart to rule it out, Premier Giorgia Meloni said... Read More
Venezuela’s interim president to visit US: Official” Venezuela’-
Delcy Rodriguez would be the first sitting Venezuelan president to visit the United States in more than a quarter century — aside from presidents attending United Nations meetings in New York. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. She said Wednesday that she approached any dialogue with... Read More
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is planning to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae in Japan. His visit will likely take place during the latter half of next week.
Multiple Japanese government sources say arrangements are being made for Starmer’s visit. It will be his first trip to Japan since he took office. Takaichi and Starmer are expected to discuss their desire to cooperate more in the fields of economic security and defense. Conversations about economic security will likely touch upon the need to... Read More