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An employee of the Norwegian Nobel Institute holds a replica of a Nobel Peace Medal in the Institute in Oslo, Norway, September 9, 2025. Photo: Reuters.

Nobel Prizes 2025: The winners, their discoveries, and why Trump dominated the headlines

Much of the public attention this year was drawn away from the laureates themselves, as former US President Donald Trump’s campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize - and the White House’s reaction after...

Tear gas rises during a standoff with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, US, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

'Fear enforcement, not law enforcement': Why Chicago is protesting Trump’s ICE raids

Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of Kashmir civil rights groups, chant slogans as they gather to attend the funeral of men who were killed during a protest following a shutter-down strike in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Pakistan October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer ud Din

Explainer: What happened in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after days of anti-government protests?

Jimmy Carter

Carter, Civiletti, and the birth of the shutdown: America’s political gridlock explained

A firefighter vehicle is seen in Bagram US air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan 5 July 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Explainer: Why Trump is demanding Taliban to hand back Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase years after agreeing to leave it

From the left, Hinduja brothers Prakash, Gopichand and Ashok are laying the ground work for the conglomerate for the next century. Photo: KT Watson

Who are the billionaire Indian Hinduja family who are accused of human trafficking?

TBS Explainer: How the Taliban took over Afghanistan

TBS Explainer: How the Taliban took over Afghanistan

TBS Explainer: Why is the export income of RMG sector low?

TBS Explainer: Why is the export income of RMG sector low?

TBS Explainer: Why do bats fly at night?

TBS Explainer: Why do bats fly at night?

TBS Explainer: Why is sea-water salty?

TBS Explainer: Why is sea-water salty?

TBS Explainer: Why is China favoring a 3-child policy?

TBS Explainer: Why is China favoring a 3-child policy?

TBS Explainer: Why did Zidane leave Real Madrid?

TBS Explainer: Why did Zidane leave Real Madrid?

TBS Explainer: Cyclones explained

TBS Explainer: Cyclones explained