Category: News in English

U.S. pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries including Afghanistan

The Hindu: U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety. The pause applies to people from 19 countries that were already subjected to a partial travel […]

December 3, 2025

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‘No compromise’ on territory after Ukraine talks with US: Russian official

Al Jazeera: “No compromise” was reached on the crucial issue of control of Ukrainian territory to end Moscow’s war, a Russian official has said, after talks between senior US officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner met Putin in the Russian capital […]

December 3, 2025

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Cyclone catastrophe in Sri Lanka awakens volunteer spirit

BBC: Sri Lankan actor and musician GK Reginold rides a motorised fishing boat through Colombo’s suburbs, hoping to bring food and water to those in desperate need. Some of the families, Mr Reginold says, have not received aid for days, isolated by the South Asian island nation’s worst weather disaster in recent years. Cyclone Ditwah […]

December 3, 2025

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Thousands of rounds of German army ammunition stolen from lorry

BBC: A shipment of German ammunition has been stolen from a delivery lorry in the eastern town of Burg, the country’s defence ministry has said. Speaking to Germany’s DPA news agency, officials did not specify how much was taken. However, other reports cited a defence spokesperson as saying it was close to 20,000 rounds. The […]

December 3, 2025

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More than 1,200 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

ABC: BATANG TORU, Indonesia — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,200 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with more than 800 people missing. Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded and many clinging to rooftops […]

December 2, 2025

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India’s sky-high fares crash dreams to make flying accessible to all

Al Jazeera: Salman Shahid travels frequently between Srinagar, the biggest city in Indian-administered Kashmir, and New Delhi. He runs Rise, a private coaching centre for students aspiring to join the Indian Institutes of Technology – the country’s premier engineering schools – in Srinagar, but his family is based in New Delhi. Flying helps him save […]

December 2, 2025

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Ireland to give €125m to Ukraine as Zelensky visits Dublin

BBC: The Irish government is expected to approve an extra €125m (£110m) in supports for Ukraine in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning. It comes after the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland for an official one-day visit. He and the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, were greeted […]

December 2, 2025

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Afghan Taliban vow border cooperation after Tajikistan says attacks killed five Chinese

Reuters: KABUL, Dec 2 – Afghanistan’s Taliban administration said it assured neighbouring Tajikistan on Tuesday it was ready to tighten border security and conduct joint investigations, after attacks which Dushanbe said were launched from Afghan territory killed five Chinese nationals over the past week. In a call with his Tajik counterpart, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir […]

December 2, 2025

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A third Russian tanker attacked in the Black Sea, Turkish authority says

ABC: ANKARA, Turkey — A tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea, the Turkish maritime authority said Tuesday, days after two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers were attacked by Ukrainian naval drones. The Turkish Directorate General of Maritime Affairs said the MIDVOLGA-2 came under attack about 130 kilometers (80 miles) off the […]

December 2, 2025

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Chinese and Japanese boats face off near disputed islands as feud worsens

BBC: China and Japan’s coast guards have given different accounts of a confrontation that occurred near a group of geopolitically sensitive islands in the East China Sea. China’s Coast Guard said on Tuesday that a Japanese fishing vessel had illegally entered the waters of the Senkaku Islands – which Beijing calls the Diaoyu Islands and […]

December 2, 2025