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President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his claim that Greenland should become part of the United States, despite calls by Denmark's prime minister to stop "threatening" the territory.Washington's military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears for Greenland, which Tru...
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Sunday called for a "balanced and respectful" relationship with the United States, a day after American forces attacked Caracas and captured leftist leader Nicolas Maduro."We consider it a priority to move toward a balanced and resp...
Residents of Venezuela’s capital reported hearing at least seven explosions along with the sound of aircraft flying at low altitude around 2 a.m. local time on Saturday.The cause of the blasts was not immediately known. Venezuelan authorities, as well as the Pentagon and the White House, did n...
Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year.Analysts have largely attributed the surge in executions to Riyadh's ongoing "war on drugs" launched in recent years -- ...
Dozens were killed and over 100 injured when a fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxury Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana early Thursday as young revellers rang in the New Year.Horrified bystanders described "panic" as people tried to break the windows of the bar to escape, and...
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A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Thursday.The grim toll, up from 2024, "is not just a statistic, it's a global red alert for our colleagues," IFJ general se...
Israel plans to ban 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza from Thursday unless they hand over detailed information on their Palestinian staff, despite mounting criticism from the United Nations and the European Union.Several NGOs have told AFP the new rules will have a major impact on food and...
The US military said Wednesday that eight people were killed in multiple new strikes on alleged drug boats, bringing the death toll in Washington's campaign against what it says are narcotics traffickers to at least 115.US Southern Command, which is responsible for American forces operating in C...
Three Turkish police were killed and nine other people wounded in an operation Monday against the Islamic State group in the northwest of the country, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.The fighting took place at Yalova on the Sea of Marmara during one of scores of raids against the militant group...
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, the two countries said in a joint statement pledging to end weeks of deadly border clashes."Both sides agree to an immediate ceasefire after the time of signature of this Joint Statement with effect from 12:00 hours...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday for talks on how to end the Russian invasion, Kyiv said Friday.The meeting to discuss new peace proposals comes amidst Trump's intensified efforts to broker an agreement to end Europe's worst con...
Some 115 alleged members of the Islamic State group suspected of planning attacks during the end-of-year holidays have been arrested in Turkey, Istanbul's prosecutor general said on Thursday.His office said he had ordered the arrest of 137 people, of whom 115 so far have been detained, "fol...
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Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the shadow of the war in Gaza to celebrate its first festive Christmas in more than two years.Throughout the Gaza war that began with Hamas's attack on Israel in October 2023, a sombre tone...
At least 12 people died on Wednesday after a boat filled with migrants seeking to reach Europe sank off the coast of Senegal, security sources said.The coastal west African country is one of the main departure points for the thousands of Africans who for years have been taking the perilous Atlantic ...
A major winter storm rolled into California Tuesday, forcing hundreds of evacuations in burn areas while threatening flooding and travel delays through Christmas for much of the state, officials said.A "strong atmospheric river brings heavy rain, snow, and wind to California through Friday,&quo...
AFP, PHNOM PENH: More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand, Phnom Penh's interior ministry said Sunday."At present, more than half a million Cambodian people, including women and chi...
US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, seeks "damages in an amount not less than $5,000,000,000" fo...
Two American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the deaths on X after Syria's state media earlier reported an ...
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of striking a Turkish vessel transporting sunflower oil in the Black Sea, a day after a Russian attack triggered a fire on a Turkish-owned ship at a Ukrainian port."Russia delivered a targeted strike using a drone against the Turkish vessel '...
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said it would "temporarily" suspend a strike planned for Saturday that was intended to target what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.A November 2024 ceasefire sought to end over a year of fighting between Israel and t...
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