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US announces first Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon under ceasefire deal
The command's leader General Erik Kurilla "was present at the implementation and monitoring headquarters today during the ongoing first Israeli Defense Forces withdrawal and Lebanese Armed Forces replacement in Al-Khiam
12 December 2024, 04:18 AM
FBI Director Chris Wray to resign following Trump nomination of Patel
Wray will leave before the end of the 10-year term that Trump himself appointed him to in 2017.
12 December 2024, 04:00 AM
Luigi Mangione was charged with murder - then donations started pouring in
More than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime.
12 December 2024, 03:47 AM
South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'
He faces a second impeachment vote in parliament expected on Saturday
12 December 2024, 03:42 AM
Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance
President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia would develop artificial intelligence with BRICS partners and other countries, a bid to challenge the dominance of the United States in one of the most disruptive technologies of the 21st Century.
11 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes kill 38 in Gaza
Israeli air attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 38 Palestinians yesterday, most of them in an airstrike on a house in Beit Lahiya town in the north of the enclave, medics said.
11 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel arrests almost 30 Jews citizens
Israel’s arrest of almost 30 mostly Jewish citizens who allegedly spied for Iran in nine covert cells has caused alarm in the country and points to Tehran’s biggest effort in decades to infiltrate its arch foe, four Israeli security sources said.
11 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Afghan refugees minister killed
The Afghan minister for refugees was killed yesterday in a suicide bombing at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul, government sources said, blaming the Islamic State group for the attack which has not been claimed.
11 December 2024, 18:00 PM
40 migrants missing in Med
Forty migrants are feared dead off Italy’s Lampedusa island after a lone 11-year-old survivor said the boat she was on capsized three days ago, a rescue group said yesterday.
11 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia calls for rapid Syria stabilisation, criticises Israel
"We would like to see the situation in the country stabilised somehow as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
11 December 2024, 10:17 AM
New Syria PM calls for Syrians abroad to return
"Their human capital, their experience will allow the country to flourish," Bashir said in an interview published Wednesday.
11 December 2024, 09:54 AM
The Israeli Jews who spied for Iran in biggest infiltration in decades
Almost 30, mostly Jewish citizens, allegedly spied for Iran in nine covert cells and caused alarm in Israel
11 December 2024, 09:19 AM
Trump says solving Ukraine crisis his top priority
"Both those countries are losing numbers that nobody can believe. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are being killed," Trump said, replying to a question about his top priority on the international stage.
11 December 2024, 07:43 AM
Refugees return to Syria as caretaker prime minister appointed
US officials, engaging with rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), urged them not to assume automatic leadership of the country but instead run an inclusive process to form a transitional government.
11 December 2024, 06:00 AM
US imposes trade curbs on China, Russia firms over human rights
The China-based companies identified include Zhejiang Uniview Technologies, which US officials accuse of enabling human rights violations such as surveillance of Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups.
11 December 2024, 05:56 AM
Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way'
The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad
11 December 2024, 04:26 AM
South Korean ex-defence minister tried to kill himself
Says a senior prisons official
11 December 2024, 04:04 AM
China deploying largest fleet of ships in years
China is deploying its largest navy fleet in regional waters in nearly three decades, posing a threat to Taiwan that is more pronounced than previous Chinese war games, the Taiwanese defence ministry said yesterday.
10 December 2024, 18:00 PM
104 journos killed in 2024
This year has been “particularly deadly” for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said yesterday.
10 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Chernobyl dogs are evolving in strange ways
Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
10 December 2024, 18:00 PM