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Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United States has temporarily suspended the processing of all immigration requests for Afghan nationals, following a review of “security and vetting protocols” in the wake of a shooting that critically injured two National Guard soldiers near the White House. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the halt in processing on its official social media...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Trump administration has taken a major step to roll back stricter limits on deadly soot pollution, a move that has drawn widespread criticism from environmental groups and public health advocates. The decision comes after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a court motion challenging air quality standards introduced under the Biden administration in 2024. According to...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Bitter rivals India and Pakistan are set to face off in a highly anticipated group-stage match at the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled for February 15 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The announcement of the draw by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday has already generated widespread attention, reflecting the long-standing cricketing and political tensions between...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For more than a week, vast parts of Southeast Asia have been engulfed by some of the most destructive floods in living memory. In Thailand, a country accustomed to seasonal monsoons, an extraordinary weather event has pushed communities to the brink of disaster. Ten southern provinces are now under water, and authorities have confirmed that at least...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A group of 24 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted from their boarding school in Kebbi State over a week ago have been released, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu confirmed on Tuesday. The incident occurred on 17 November when armed assailants stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), killing one staff member and kidnapping 25 students. One of the...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Donald Trump’s overseas envoy, Steve Witkoff, is scheduled to hold talks at the Kremlin next week as the United States continues its diplomatic push for a peace deal aimed at ending the ongoing war in Ukraine. The visit, confirmed by Vladimir Putin’s close foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, comes amid growing international focus on advancing a US-brokered...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Israel has confirmed that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) handed over the body of deceased Israeli hostage Dror Or on Tuesday. The Israeli Prime Minister’s office expressed its condolences, stating that the government "shares in the deep sorrow of the Or family" following forensic confirmation of the remains. Authorities emphasized that they continue working tirelessly...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Royal Navy has carried out a sustained and carefully coordinated shadowing mission after detecting two Russian warships moving through the English Channel, marking the latest in a series of tense maritime encounters around British waters. The Ministry of Defence confirmed the interception and described the operation as part of a wider response to increasing Russian naval activity...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a historic and unexpected victory, 34-year-old state legislator Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s mayoral election, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, a candidate backed by both the political establishment and former President Donald Trump. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, becomes the city’s first Muslim immigrant mayor and the youngest in over a century, sending reverberations across...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organisation in the United States, has filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, challenging Abbott’s recent designation of the group’s Texas chapter as a “foreign terrorist organisation.” The move has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights advocates, Democratic lawmakers,...