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International students in Canada no longer require a separate work permit to participate in mandatory internships or co-op placements. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) introduced the reform on 1 April 2026 to eliminate the administrative burden of holding two distinct documents for a single educational programme. Under the new rules, a standard study permit…
President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric against NATO, declaring the alliance has “failed” during the ongoing war involving Iran. Following a tense, two-hour meeting with Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House, the President accused European allies of abandoning the United States in a moment of crisis. The friction stems from the refusal of…
Escalating violence across the Middle East has forced more than four million people from their homes and crippled the regional healthcare infrastructure. The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on 9 April that the humanitarian crisis is deepening as medical facilities face deliberate strikes. Iran and Lebanon bear the brunt of the displacement, with 3.2 million…
Pope Leo XIV departs Rome on Monday for an 11-day, 18,000-kilometre tour of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. The trip marks the American-born pontiff’s first major foreign mission since his election in May 2025 and comes at a moment of acute global instability. Over the course of the four-nation visit, the 70-year-old head of…
Tehran has designated alternative shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the presence of sea mines as it begins a tentative two-week reopening of the world’s most vital energy artery. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued the directive on Thursday, instructing vessels to follow specific entry and exit paths to avoid “maritime safety hazards.”…
The fragile two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran will not extend to the Lebanese front, according to the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu clarified on Wednesday that while Israel supports the American effort to neutralise the Iranian nuclear and missile threat, its own military campaign against Hezbollah continues unabated. This distinction sets Jerusalem at odds…
Rising energy costs and fractured supply chains are threatening to derail Japan’s fragile economic recovery. In its quarterly report released on April 6, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) warned that the war in the Middle East is beginning to squeeze regional businesses. Policymakers noted that while the domestic economy remains resilient, the closure of the…
Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his acting chief of staff, Ziv Agmon, following a wave of indignation over leaked racist remarks. In a late-night post on X, the Israeli Prime Minister announced that Ido Norden would take the post in the coming days. The exit follows reports that Agmon referred to Jews of Moroccan descent as…
US President Donald Trump has issued a 48-hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face “all-out hell” through overwhelming military action. The ultimatum, posted on Truth Social on Easter Sunday, follows six weeks of a joint US-Israeli campaign that has rattled global oil markets and left thousands dead. Trump’s warning coincides…
Russia has launched its largest evacuation of personnel from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant after a US-Israeli projectile struck near the facility on Saturday morning. The Russian state nuclear agency, Rosatom, moved 198 workers by bus toward the Iranian-Armenian border just 20 minutes after the explosion. This marks the third withdrawal of Russian staff from…
