The Henley Passport Index for 2025 shows India's passport dropping to 85th place it was 80th last year. This ranking by Henley & Partners looks at how many places you can travel to without needing a visa beforehand. It suggests that even though some ...
The United Nations and other aid groups are getting ready to send a lot more help into Gaza like food and medicine plus regular goods people buy. They're doing this because they hope a ceasefire is coming soon. This means getting supplies ready and m...
The UK Parliament's International Development Committee just released a report asking the British government to officially recognize a Palestinian state. They looked at the humanitarian issues in Gaza, the situation in the West Bank, and the problems...
Israel's government said yes to a ceasefire and hostage release plan on Saturday. This happened after a few days where it wasn't clear if a truce would actually happen. The main goal of this plan is to stop the fighting and bombing in Gaza where thin...
The UAE just made it easier for people living there to invite friends and family over for a visit. It’s a new online system that lets residents sponsor visits of up to 90 days. This was announced by Maj-Gen Suhail Saeed Al Khaili and the idea is to h...
The Houthi group in Yemen said they did some attacks on Friday. They said they hit three cities in Israel and a U.S. ship. The group’s spokesperson Yahya Sarea explained they did this because of what's happening to people in Gaza. They said they used...
The European Union is talking about sending its monitoring team back to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. This idea came up during a meeting in Brussels. The goal is to help keep things stable at that border. The EU wants to watch wha...
Egypt's been getting ready to send a lot of aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing. There are tons of trucks and drivers waiting in Arish ready to go as soon as they can. This is all because of a new truce between Hamas and Israel that might finall...
Israel's cabinet said yes to a ceasefire deal early Saturday. This deal is about releasing hostages held in Gaza and pausing the fighting with Hamas for a bit. It was first talked about Wednesday by people from Qatar and the US but had some hold ups....
On Friday Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President-elect Donald Trump talked on the phone. They both agreed to set up ways to talk regularly about important stuff they both care about. China said that Xi got a call from Trump where Xi congratula...
India's government is talking to the U.S. about new sanctions on Russia's energy business. The U.S. put these sanctions in place on January 10th to cut Russia's money from oil sales. They say Russia is using that money to fund the war in Ukraine. The...
The International Criminal Court's head prosecutor Karim Khan went to Damascus Syria on Friday It wasn't planned ahead of time. The Syrian transitional government asked him to come. They want to talk about ways to hold people accountable for possible...
On Friday morning the US military did some strikes at a Houthi military spot in northern Yemen. This place is north of Sanaa the capital city. Houthi TV said the strikes hit a military spot but they didn't say if anyone got hurt or if anything was da...
Israel's security team said yes to a possible ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza. This means the whole government now needs to approve it. The deal would include stopping the fighting and freeing some hostages. If everyone agrees the ceasefire might s...
La France Insoumise or LFI a big political group in France recently said they are now officially part of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions or BDS movement. This happened after a political win. LFI said they think Israel has been treating Palestini...
So after this cease-fire and hostage deal was made, Mike Waltz who was picked by Trump to be the national security advisor said on Fox News that the new government would back Israel if they attacked Gaza again. This happened on a Wednesday just after...
On Friday January 17th Abu Dhabi changed the name of Al Asayil Street to Al Nakhwah Street. This was done by the Department of Municipalities and Transport. It marks three years since a Houthi drone attack that happened in Abu Dhabi's Mussafah area o...
Telangana's Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and his team went on a trip to Singapore to get investments and start some new partnerships for the state. He posted on X that he had a good meeting with Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishna...
The United States just opened a new consulate in Bengaluru India it's their second one in India after Hyderabad. People had been asking for a consulate there for a long time so this is a big deal. The opening happened recently and some important peop...
At a press event in Washington D.C. some journalists questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken about his support for Israel's actions in Gaza. These journalists, like Sam Husseini and Max Blumenthal, stopped the press briefing to show they didn't ...
