South Korea’s President Yoon arrested: What happened and what’s next
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested after a dramatic and drawn-out showdown with law enforcement officials.
Police and corruption officers on Wednesday scaled the walls of his residential compound,...
US calls for post-conflict vision as Gaza ceasefire nears
Hamas has recruited almost as many new fighters as it has lost in its 16-month full-scale war with Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Washington’s top diplomat made the assertion...
Russian attacks force power cuts in Ukraine
Ukraine has implemented power cuts as a Russian air barrage targeted critical energy infrastructure.
Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo introduced emergency power cuts in six regions on Wednesday amid a nationwide air...
Ukraine captures North Korean soldiers; Russia readies for talks with Trump
Russia appeared to ready itself for talks on the future of Ukraine with United States President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his swearing-in on Monday.
“No special conditions are needed for this. What...
What to know about the LA Fire Department’s budget
As wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighbourhoods, many people have taken to the internet to blame the destruction on the mayor and budget cuts.
The critics included...
Who is Tulip Siddiq and why has she resigned as UK minister?
UK treasury and anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned over a flurry of media reporting about her links to corruption charges being faced by her aunt, the deposed Bangladeshi former prime...
Qatar announces Israel and Hamas agreement on Gaza truce, captive exchange
Mediator Qatar says that Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement to halt the 15-month war in Gaza and exchange Israeli captives for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed...
US bans dye Red No. 3 from foods, saying it causes cancer in lab...
The United States has banned the use of a synthetic food dye that gives some candies, cakes and certain oral medications a cherry-red colour, following evidence that the dye causes cancer...
Israeli historian Ilan Pappe: ‘This is the last phase of Zionism’
Copenhagen, Denmark – On a freezing Saturday morning in Copenhagen, Ilan Pappe warmed up in a cinema hall, chatting and joking in fluent Arabic with one of the organisers of a conference...
Rubio, pro-Israel hawk set to be Trump’s top diplomat, vows ‘America First’
United States Senator Marco Rubio has pledged to advance President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy during a Senate confirmation hearing to become the country’s next secretary of state.
Speaking before the Senate Foreign...
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Ending Russia-Ukraine war will take time and effort, Mike Waltz says
Incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz said he expects President-elect Donald Trump will establish relationships “in the coming months” that will lead to an...
