US oil pledged $100b for Venezuela ahead of meeting: Trump
AFP : US President Donald Trump said Friday the world’s biggest oil companies pledged to invest $100 billion to revive Venezuela’s oil sector as he...
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Italy PM says does not believe US will attack Greenland
AFP : Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday she does not believe the United States will attack Greenland, but that its “assertive methods” were...
Russia joins Chinese, Iran warships for drills off S.Africa
Agencies : A Russian warship arrived off South Africa’s main naval base Friday to join Chinese and Iranian vessels in military exercises that risk further...
Russian war deaths are rising to unsustainable levels: Ukraine
Al Jazeera : Russian mortality rates on the front lines are rising to levels that cannot be sustained by the current method of voluntary recruitment,...
Israel strikes Gaza rocket launch site, ceasefire deal under strain
Reuters : Israel’s military said on Thursday it had carried out a targeted strike on a rocket launch site near Gaza City after identifying a...