Syrian army says controls Aleppo district
AFP : Syria’s army said it had completed a “security sweep” on Saturday of a neighbourhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who denied losing control of the area after defying calls...
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UNSC plans emergency meeting on Ukraine
AFP : The UN Security Council will meet Monday to discuss Ukraine, after Russia launched strikes on capital Kyiv causing heating outages in the middle of winter, according to the body’s revised scheduled published...
Storm Goretti: 100,000 homes in France without power
AFP : A man was killed after a tree fell on a caravan in England after record winds brought by Storm Goretti, as 100,000 homes in France were still without power on Saturday. Some...
Fresh rallies in Iran: Son of Shah calls for city centres to be seized
AFP : Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centres. The...
Neighbours in Minneapolis protect each other from US immigration police
AFP : When Jennifer Arnold learned one of her neighbors in the midwestern city of Minneapolis had been arrested by immigration authorities late last year, she reached out to lend a hand. “She answered...
Europe to do ‘everything it can’ to support Syria: EU chief
AFP : European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Europe would do everything possible to assist Syria’s recovery and reconstruction, after meeting President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday in Damascus. Von der Leyen, the...
S Korea’s ex-President faces potential death sentence request
Reuters : South Korea’s special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a...
France: European political order in danger
AFP : The European political order “is today in danger,” the French foreign minister said on Friday in his annual address to France’s ambassadors. “No, European civilization will not fade away. But yes, our...
India pushes back at Trump aide’s claim
BBC : India has pushed back at US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s claims that the trade deal between the countries stalled because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not call President Donald Trump.Trump imposed 50...
Iran judiciary chief vows to punishment for protesters
AP : Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed Trump...
Sudan in need of urgent aid as it marks 1,000 days of war
Al Jazeera : Millions of people in Sudan are in urgent need of humanitarian help, aid organisations have warned, as the war in the east African state marked its 1,000th day. Fierce fighting and...
US to support Cambodian-Thai ceasefire with $45m aid pledge
Al Jazeera : The United States has announced it will provide $45m in aid to help solidify a fragile truce brokered by President Donald Trump between Thailand and Cambodia. Michael DeSombre, the US assistant...