Trump claims solving Ukraine crisis his top priority
Agency : Donald Trump said solving the Ukraine crisis would be his top priority once he assumes office next month, describing the Middle East as...
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Philippine villages evacuated after major volcanic eruption
Agency : About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash...
S Korean president banned from leaving country
AFP : South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country on Monday, the justice ministry said, less than a week after...
Al-Bashir appointed caretaker Syrian PM
Al Arabiya : The Syrian opposition now in power in Damascus appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as head of a transitional government that will be in place...
Chinese gold mining endangers Congo’s protected
Agency : Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees...
“Trump’s tariffs makes life lot expensive in Canada”
Agency : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Americans “are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada...
Manipur lifts internet blackout
AFP : Internet was restored in India’s conflict-torn northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, weeks after a blackout was ordered to contain deadly ethnic violence...
Multiple corruption cases against Netanyahu
Al Jazeera : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing multiple corruption charges in Israeli courts, is due to testify on Tuesday for the first...
Haiti gang massacres 110 people
Reuters : At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected...
Where does Iran stand on Syria’s fast-moving dispute?
Al Jazeera : Iran has continued to voice support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as opposition fighters carry on with a blistering military offensive that...
Trump reopening of ‘dazzling’ Notre Dame
AFP : US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday arrived in Paris to join other world leaders for the reopening of the French capital’s Notre Dame...
Israeli army targets ambulance, uses human shields in Gaza
Al Jazeera : At least 26 people, including six children and five women, have been killed in Israeli strikes on central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp,...