World News

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Trump administration has announced a sweeping plan to re-examine green cards issued to immigrants from 19 countries, citing national security concerns and renewed scrutiny following a violent attack involving an Afghan national in Washington DC. The decision marks one of the most extensive immigration reviews under President Donald Trump’s current term and has reignited fierce debate...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Mr Chung still hears the last words his wife said to him: “Hang in there.” Those words, spoken in panic as flames engulfed their 31-storey public housing block in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, have echoed in his mind as the agonising hours have stretched into days. What began as a desperate phone call has turned into...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Israeli security forces have come under intense scrutiny after video emerged showing troops shooting dead two Palestinians who appeared to have surrendered during a military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The footage, which circulated widely on social media, shows the men exiting a building with their hands raised before kneeling on the ground,...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online India is facing one of its most intense national debates in years after the government moved to implement what many are calling the country’s biggest labour reform since independence. By consolidating 29 federal labour laws into four simplified codes, the government has dramatically reshaped the rules that govern the country’s vast workforce. Supporters say the reforms modernise...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Sri Lanka is reeling from one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years, with at least 56 people dead and 21 missing after relentless rainfall triggered severe floods and landslides across the island. Entire towns have been inundated, key transport networks brought to a standstill, and thousands displaced as the country braces for even more extreme...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online President Vladimir Putin has hardened his longstanding territorial demands ahead of high-stakes talks with US officials in Moscow, declaring that Russia will only halt its offensive in Ukraine once Kyiv’s forces fully withdraw from regions claimed by the Kremlin. The Russian leader’s remarks underscore how far apart the two sides remain, even as a recent surge of...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Israel has intensified its aerial attacks on southern and central Gaza, striking multiple areas that lie beyond the so-called yellow line — the boundary Israel agreed not to cross during the current ceasefire arrangement. The strikes mark a deepening breach of the fragile seven-week truce, raising renewed fears of a wider military escalation and further complicating already-stalled...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Manchester City’s Champions League campaign has hit an unexpected snag after a surprising defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, leaving their hopes of automatic qualification for the knockout stages in jeopardy. Pep Guardiola admitted post-match that his decision to make ten changes to the squad was “too many,” acknowledging the misstep that contributed to the team’s 2-1 loss. The...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Kylian Mbappe made Champions League history by scoring the second fastest hat-trick ever, helping Real Madrid secure a thrilling 4-3 victory over Olympiakos at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis. The French superstar scored three goals within seven minutes in the first half, netting in the 22nd, 24th, and 29th minutes, before adding a fourth later to complete his...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Last Friday evening, an Israeli airstrike hit a car in Froun, a village in southern Lebanon, marking yet another violent episode in a region already heavily impacted by decades of conflict. The area, historically a stronghold of the Shia Muslim community and Hezbollah, has long celebrated its fighters as “martyrs of the resistance,” with banners of those...