Lebanon risks dragged into ‘new war’ with Israel
Al Jazeera : Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said his country is at risk of being drawn into a “new war”, as dozens of...
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Iranian Leader Khamenei US threats ‘Will Get Nowhere’
Agency : Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian leader, stated that the United States should understand that they will not achieve anything through threats against the...
Water-rich Brazil becoming ever drier: Report
AFP : Brazil is home to 12% of Earth’s freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate...
Record number of people died on migration routes in 2024: UN
AFP : Last year was the deadliest year for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying worldwide, the United Nations said on Friday, calling the “tragedy…...
Sudan army retakes presidential palace
AFP : Sudan’s army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Friday after a...
Trump pressures courts after reprimand on deportations
AFP : US President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that courts stop blocking his agenda, edging closer to a constitutional showdown after a judge suggested the...
Indonesian volcano sends ash cloud
Al Jazeera : An eruption by Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano, located in the southeastern part of Flores Island, spewed ash clouds more than 8km...
Women presidents in Africa
AFP : Namibia’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is set to take over as head of state on Friday, joining a still relatively small circle of women in...
Tunisia’s president sacks PM
Al Jazeera : Tunisian President Kais Saied has fired Prime Minister Kamel Maddouri less than a year after his appointment, as the country grapples with...
Trump plans to sign executive order for shutdown of US Education Dept
AP : President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Thursday aimed at dissolving the U.S. Education Department, fulfilling a long-standing conservative...
Istanbul’s mayor still held as new rally called
AFP : Istanbul’s powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, remained in police custody on Thursday over graft and terror allegations after being held the day before, as...
Iran FM says nuclear talks letter ‘more of a threat’
AFP : Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that a recent letter sent by US President Donald Trump calling for new nuclear talks...