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In a world grappling with rising protectionism and shifting alliances, the United States and the United Kingdom have struck a landmark trade deal that signals a significant pivot in global economic relations.

May 8, 2025, marked a historic turning point for the Roman Catholic Church: for the first time in its 2,000-year history, the Church elected an American pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born

A powerful explosion tore through the Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas early Saturday morning, claiming at least 14 lives and injuring more than 750 people, according to Iranian authorities. The blast,

Pope Francis, the 266th pope and one of the most transformative figures in modern Catholicism, has died at the age of 88. His 12-year papacy reshaped the global Church with its deep

The Taiwan Strait, a narrow ribbon of water separating the island of Taiwan from mainland China, may be the most dangerous flash point in international geopolitics today. What lies beneath the rising

Nearly a decade after Aleppo became a battleground in Syria’s civil war, the city has once again become a focal point of conflict. The fall of Aleppo to an amalgamation of rebel

The South China Sea has become a flashpoint of conflict, with China’s militarization clashing with Philippine territorial claims. Heightened tensions, U.S. alliances, and ongoing confrontations increase the risk of broader regional conflict.