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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,...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Barcelona will make a long-awaited return to their iconic Camp Nou stadium on Saturday when they host Athletic Bilbao in a La Liga clash, marking their first competitive match at the ground in more than two-and-a-half years. The match promises to be a memorable occasion for fans, as the stadium reopens following extensive renovations. Due to ongoing...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A powerful earthquake shook Bangladesh on Friday, causing widespread panic and claiming at least three lives, health officials confirmed. The tremor struck near the crowded capital of Dhaka, raising concerns about structural safety in one of the world’s most densely populated regions. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake registered a magnitude of 5.5...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Venezuela’s political crisis has taken a dramatic turn as the nation’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has been warned that she will be considered a fugitive if she travels abroad to accept her Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement by Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarik William Saab, has added a new layer of tension to an already volatile political...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As the COP30 climate summit unfolds in the Amazonian host city of Belém, global attention has turned sharply toward India, the world’s third-largest carbon emitter, and the only major economy still holding back its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The delay has prompted mounting questions from diplomats, environmental groups, and analysts who fear that the world cannot...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday The English Chronicle Desk The English Chronicle Online Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned Miss Universe in a glimmering ceremony in Bangkok, bringing a dramatic and controversy-ridden pageant season to an unforgettable close. The 25-year-old model and social advocate stunned audiences with her poise and confidence, but her victory arrives under an unusually heavy cloud of scandals, disputes with organisers, and a global conversation...