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Published: 04 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for his first visit to India since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago. The two-day trip comes at a moment when global pressure on Moscow to end the war is mounting and when India’s relationships with both Russia and the West face renewed...

Published: 03 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated that he did not personally see survivors before a follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on 2 September, which left two survivors dead. The incident has raised serious questions about whether US forces may have violated laws governing armed conflict. During a White House cabinet meeting, Hegseth...

Published: 03 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Indonesia and the Netherlands have reached an agreement to repatriate two elderly Dutch nationals serving prison sentences in Indonesia for drug offences—one on death row and the other serving a life sentence. The repatriation, requested by the Dutch government on humanitarian grounds, was approved in October by Indonesian authorities, citing health concerns for both men. Siegfried Mets, 74,...

Published: 03 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Five hours of high-level talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s senior negotiator have ended without a breakthrough on a potential Ukraine peace deal. A Kremlin spokesperson described the Moscow meeting as “constructive,” but acknowledged that several elements of the plan remained unacceptable to Russia. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Irish government is set to approve an additional €125m (£110m) in support for Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Dublin for his first official visit to the Republic of Ireland. Zelensky, accompanied by Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, landed at Dublin Airport on Tuesday morning, where they were welcomed on the runway by Taoiseach Micheál...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has sharply criticised delays in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza after a shipment of more than 1,100 tents it sent took over a year to reach the territory. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper expressed concerns that other UK-funded aid had also struggled to reach residents, despite the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. She described the...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday as efforts intensify to reach a deal aimed at ending the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has acted as an outside adviser in previous diplomatic discussions, is also expected to attend. The summit follows two...

Published: 02 December 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the East China Sea, tensions flared again as Chinese and Japanese coast guards reported conflicting accounts of a maritime confrontation near a cluster of geopolitically sensitive islands. China’s Coast Guard (CCG) stated that a Japanese fishing vessel had entered waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands — which Tokyo administers as the Senkaku Islands — without authorization. Beijing...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Japanese court has upheld the country's ban on same-sex marriage, ruling it constitutional, in a verdict that defies a series of other high court decisions across Japan that had suggested a trend toward marriage equality. The decision disappointed plaintiffs and their legal team, who gathered outside the Tokyo courthouse holding signs that read "unjust verdict." Judge...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An unusually early outbreak of bird flu is affecting large numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North America, raising fears of a repeat of past crises that triggered mass culling and food price spikes. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has previously led to the culling of hundreds of...