54+ min ago   (435+ words) Madrid (TDI): Spanish authorities are racing to contain devastating wildfires before soaring temperatures and worsening weather conditions fuel further destruction, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urging people to exercise “extreme caution” ahead of a new heatwave. The fires, burning through…...

58+ min ago   (435+ words) New Delhi (TDI): Indian activists have launched a legal challenge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over the use of AI-powered surveillance during the country’s largest youth protests in decades, arguing that mass monitoring of demonstrators violated privacy rights. The…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (224+ words) Pyongyang (TDI): North Korea on Monday dismissed the ASEAN Regional Forum’s renewed call for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, describing it as a “foolish attempt” and insisting its nuclear weapons status is permanent and irreversible. In a statement…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (359+ words) Tel Aviv (TDI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran would be the primary focus of his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump during his visit to Washington. In a post on X before departing, Netanyahu…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (345+ words) Singapore (TDI): Shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait slowed sharply after Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted Saudi oil facilities, while vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained unusually low despite a pause in direct US-Iran strikes, according to shipping data…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (294+ words) Islamabad (TDI): Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the “highly provocative and irresponsible” remarks by Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on the Kashmir dispute, warning that India should not underestimate Islamabad’s resolve to respond to any aggression. In a statement, the…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (331+ words) ASEAN Secretary General Dr. Kao Kim will attend the 10th ASEAN Media Forum, an important annual gathering happening in Manila, Philippines, on July 29-30 that brings together journalists, media professionals, and communicators from across Southeast Asia to discuss the role of the…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (377+ words) Israel’s security cabinet has approved a legal framework allowing an international stabilization force to enter selected parts of Gaza under the United States-backed postwar plan. The proposed force is expected to include around 200 personnel from countries such as Morocco and…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (429+ words) Britain’s foreign secretary Ed Miliband is set to declare that the climate crisis and international development will sit at the center of UK foreign policy, announcing he will personally take up Britain’s seat on the World Bank’s board of governors....

7+ hour, 33+ min ago   (850+ words) Humanity institutionalized law because justice required lawyers. It institutionalized medicine because health required physicians. It institutionalized economics because markets required economists. Yet climate change, arguably the defining challenge of this century, remains scattered across existing subjects rather than recognized as…...