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One key outcome of the 15th Brics summit, hosted by South Africa, is the decision to invite six more countries to join the group with effect from January 2024. They are Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. All six had applied for membership. The enlargement…

The Dominican Republic is getting back on its feet after Tropical Storm Franklin struck the island nation, causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people and knocked out power and water to hundreds of thousands

Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, leader of the Wagner Group who challenged Russian President Putin’s authority in June, is presumed dead

The debate was the party in miniature: vexed, divided, driven by their base to unpopular extremes, glorying in fantasies of revenge and social purification

The article explains India's involvement in Arctic cargo traffic is rising; 35% of 8 million tonnes of cargo handled by Murmansk port in first 7 months of 2023. India is interested due to vulnerability of region to climate change, potential hydrocarbon reserves, and UN Sustainable Development Goals. India has signed…

BRICS expands to 11 members, strengthening its position as a global grouping. New members from Middle East, Africa, South America chosen, sending message of multipolarity. India took lead in drafting criteria, most new members strategic partners. Expansion sends message against US sanctions, energy players join. BRICS now a recognised global…

The International Atomic Energy Agency — the UN's atomic watchdog — has said the release meets international safety standards with a "negligible radiological impact."

Dozens of protests have taken place in regime-held areas in southern Syria since mid-August. People took to the streets after the government announced that the price for fuel would be increased by 200%. However, the protesters’ demands are not just economic – they are also calling for an end to…

President Trump has become first former US president to have mugshot taken after turning himself in at Georgia jail

In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the United Nations general assembly earlier this year that the inequalities created by 400 years of the transatlantic chattel trade persist to this day. “We can draw a…

Top United Nations leadership congratulated India on the success of its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, describing it as a “giant step” for humanity and a “great achievement”.