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France Enshrines the Right to Abortion in Its Constitution

In a historic move, France became the first country in the world to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution on March 4, 2024. The decision was...

March 5, 2024

Shehbaz Sharif Elected as Pakistan’s Prime Minister

On March 3, 2024, Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan by the country’s National Assembly. This marks Sharif’s second term as Prime Minister after...

March 4, 2024

Alexander Stubb Assumes Finnish Presidency

On March 3rd, 2023 Alexander Stubb was sworn in as the President of Finland, taking over from longtime former President Sauli Niinistö who served 16 years at the...

March 2, 2024

Iran Launches Pars-I Remote Sensing Satellite

On March 1, 2024, Iran announced the successful launch of its domestically manufactured ‘Pars-I’ remote sensing satellite into orbit using a Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket. The event marks growing...

March 1, 2024

Peru Declares Health Emergency after Dengue Surge

The Peruvian government has declared a 90-day health emergency in light of the rapidly escalating dengue fever outbreak sweeping through the country. As of February 27th, over 31,000...

February 29, 2024

Maryam Nawaz -Pakistan’s First Woman CM

On February 27, 2024, Maryam Nawaz of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was elected unopposed as Chief Minister of Punjab province defeating former international cricketer Imran Khan-backed candidate, securing...

February 27, 2024

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia

As Russia-Ukraine conflict enters second year in February 2024, United States and European Union have jointly announced sweeping additional sanctions encompassing over 500 fresh punitive measures targeting Moscow...

February 24, 2024

Dubai Rolls Out 5-Year Multiple Entry Visa for Indian Tourists

In February 2024, Dubai authorities introduced a 5-year multiple entry tourism visa policy for Indian citizens to further boost annual visitor arrivals from the key source market and...

February 24, 2024

Shehbaz Sharif to be Pakistan Prime Minister

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif is set to assume the role of Prime Minister of Pakistan a week after 176 out of 342 lawmakers of the...

February 22, 2024

US vetoes UN Ceasefire Call for Israel-Gaza Fighting

At the United Nations Security Council on February 21st 2024, the United States exercised its veto power to override a resolution put forward by Arab nations led by...

February 21, 2024

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