Peace

Updated 14 July 2026 at 09:02 IST India has launched its campaign for a non-permanent UNSC seat for the 2028-29 term, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar outlining the nation’s priorities and peacekeeping contributions. He presented the SHANTI vision, emphasizing the UN's role amid increasing global conflicts. India Launches Campaign…

England are in the semi-final of the World Cup, and that means a startling torrent of guff has been unleashed across the nation’s sports pages. There’s all manner of complete bollocks about Thomas Tuchel and Jude Bellingham, obviously, and the suggestion that Sir Harold of Kane has been required to…

An “institutionalised” China-US G2 framework could offer a “structural guarantee” for global peace in a world beset by crises, a high-profile adviser to Beijing has said. Zheng Yongnian, a noted Chinese political scientist, said the world was faced with four intertwined challenges – geopolitical conflicts, increasingly “religionised” societies, imbalances in…

First Published: Friday, 10 Jul 2026 9:48 AM MYT JULY 10 — The world is now in a big mess. No thanks to conflicts which should not have erupted. Oil prices are back to new highs. Costs of freight have risen thanks to disrupted shipping lanes. So are the insurance.…

Updated 7 July 2026 at 22:13 IST A third commercial tanker has been struck by a drone in the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours, threatening the fragile US-Iran ceasefire and disrupting critical global energy routes. Third Tanker Attacked in Strait of Hormuz Amid US-Iran Ceasefire | Image: X Tensions…

FG introduces mandatory Tax ID for Nigerians to access banking and financial services As communities around the world mark the Global Day to Fight Inequality, Greenpeace Africa has called on governments to strengthen fair and equitable taxation policies that can help reduce inequality, improve public services and mobilise greater investment…

Isabel Schnabel Photo by Matt McClain /Photographer: Matt McClain/Bloom Article content (Bloomberg) — Peace efforts in the Middle East have helped bring energy prices down rapidly but haven’t restored the position the world was in before hostilities erupted, according to European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel. THIS CONTENT…

Jordan Burroughs hasn’t competed since the 2024 World Championships. For a man who spent the better part of 15 years as the face of American wrestling, that silence has been anything but peaceful. Now 37, the Olympic gold medalist, six-time world champion, and one of the greatest American wrestlers is…

U.S.-Iran Latest: Slain supreme leader's coffin on display as Iran gears up for dayslong funeral, with peace talks paused  CBS NewsIt’s Day 1 of the Supreme Leader’s Funeral, and Allies Gather in Iran  The New York TimesWorld leaders pay tribute to Iran’s late leader Khamenei in Tehran  Al JazeeraIran sends defiant message to…

A daredevil couple, Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, have been arrested after they climbed the 1,454‑foot spire of the Empire State Building and unfurled a banner reading, “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.” The pair completed the dangerous climb, displayed the message,…