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Published: 30 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Newly released files reveal that former Prime Minister Tony Blair exerted significant pressure on government officials to ensure that British soldiers accused of beating an Iraqi detainee to death would avoid trial in civil courts. The documents, made public by the National Archives at Kew, shed light on internal communications during a highly sensitive period of the Iraq...

Published: 30 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Khaleda Zia, the first woman to serve as Bangladesh’s prime minister and a towering political figure, has died at the age of 80, marking the end of an era defined by intense rivalry, resilience, and enduring influence. Her death was confirmed early Tuesday morning by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which she led for decades and shaped into one...

Published: 27 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that he will meet with US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday for high-level talks aimed at finding a way to end Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky’s visit comes as both nations continue to explore options for peace, with a focus on a US-brokered peace plan and proposals for US...

Published: 27 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online On a patch of rough ground near the Irrawaddy River in Mandalay, retired Lieutenant-General Tayza Kyaw, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) candidate backed by Myanmar's military rulers, attempts to rally support. Speaking to a crowd of 300-400, he promises better times ahead, but the apathetic audience seems unmoved. Many wear the party’s branded hats and wave...

Published: 27 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, ending weeks of intense border clashes that resulted in the deaths of at least 41 people and displaced nearly a million. The announcement, made on Saturday by the defense ministers of both nations, marks a significant breakthrough in the ongoing border dispute that has escalated throughout December. The ceasefire,...

Published: 24 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Libyan army has suffered a severe blow following the sudden death of its chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, in a plane crash shortly after departing from Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah confirmed on Tuesday evening that al-Haddad had perished in the accident, which also claimed the lives of four other individuals who...

Published: 24 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A quiet village in central Portugal was shaken yesterday by the heartbreaking death of a British boy aged just thirteen in a violent domestic incident that unfolded before local emergency services arrived. Portuguese authorities responded to what was initially described as a domestic violence alert at a home in Casais, within the municipality of Tomar, roughly ninety miles...

Published: 24 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Kimberlee Singler, an American woman accused of killing her two young children in Colorado, was extradited from the United Kingdom back to the United States this week to face a series of serious charges. The dramatic return of Singler to Colorado follows a lengthy legal battle over her extradition that captured international attention and legal scrutiny across both...

Published: 24 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Fresh details from the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein’s files have cast a long, troubling shadow over the legacy of Britain’s former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor. In a batch of documents released by the United States Department of Justice this week, a striking email from 2001 emerged that appears to show an individual signing off as “A”...

Published: 24 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Gibraltar’s political landscape was carved into sharp relief this week as a long‑awaited public inquiry delivered devastating scrutiny of the Chief Minister’s conduct during a live criminal investigation. In a detailed report published Tuesday, retired high court judge Sir Peter Openshaw Q.C. concluded that Fabian Picardo engaged in a series of interventions that crossed fundamental boundaries between government...