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Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire Tuesday in a tense area of eastern Aleppo province, marking a possible escalation after days of clashes in the northern city. No casualties were immediately reported, as an impasse continues in negotiations between the central government and the SDF
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to accept an offer to sit on a US President Trump-led board that would temporarily run Gaza, The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. The report cited a senior British official as saying the first meeting was expected to take place next week on
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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration is going to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized immigrant from Somalia or any other country who is convicted of defrauding “our citizens.” “We’re also going to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized immigrant from Somalia or anywhere else
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Two people were killed and several wounded as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian border regions, local authorities said Wednesday. In the city of Rostov-on-Don, a drone attack sparked a fire in a residential building and the body of a man was found in the charred remains of
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The international stabilization force in Gaza is a “temporary measure” and a two-state solution remains the end-goal, Indonesia’s foreign minister Sugiono said on Wednesday.
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Former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson has offered an “unequivocal” apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for his friendship with the late US sex offender. Mandelson had faced criticism after failing to apologize in his first broadcast interview, which aired on Sunday, since he was fired as Britain’
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Taiwan has reached a “general consensus” with the United Sates on a trade deal, the democratic island’s negotiators said Tuesday, after months of talks. Taiwan and the United States began negotiations in April to hash out a trade deal after US President Donald Trump slapped a 32 percent tariff
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Germany’s top diplomat on Monday played down the risk of a US attack on Greenland, after President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize the island from NATO ally Denmark. Asked after meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio about a unilateral military move by Trump, German Foreign Minister Johann
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As dark clouds gathered overhead, young and old members of Uganda’s long-embattled opposition gathered for prayers at the home of an imprisoned politician — the mood both defiant and bleak. The mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago, told the gathering on Sunday that this week’s election was a “face off”
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Hamas is preparing to hold internal elections to rebuild its leadership following Israel’s killing of several of the group’s top figures during the war in Gaza, sources in the movement said on Monday. “Internal preparations are still ongoing in order to hold the elections at the appropriate time
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Venezuela has freed three more Spanish prisoners following the US ouster of long-time strongman Nicolas Maduro, after five were released last week, Spain’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. The releases on Monday concerned three Spanish-Venezuelan dual nationals, with one deciding to stay in the South American country and another
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Emergency crews toiled to restore heat and power to beleaguered Kyiv residents on Monday, more than three days after Russian strikes on energy targets, and President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that new air attacks could be imminent. Officials said hundreds of apartment blocks in the capital remained without heat despite round-the-clock
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Syrian authorities said Monday they have arrested two members of the Islamic State (IS) group, accusing them of being behind December’s deadly bombing of a mosque in an Alawite area of the city of Homs. In a statement, the interior ministry announced the arrest of “Ahmed Attallah Al-Diab and
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The Royal Jordanian Air Force participated in striking targets of the Daesh terrorist group at multiple locations inside Syria, alongside the US and other partners. The large-scale strikes occurred around 12:30 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, according to US Central Command, and were retaliation for last month’s
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Venezuelans waited Sunday for more political prisoners to be freed as ousted president Nicolas Maduro defiantly claimed from his US jail cell that he was “doing well” after being seized by US forces a week ago. The government of interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday began to release prisoners jailed
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s leadership had called him seeking “to negotiate” after he repeatedly threatened to intervene militarily if Tehran killed protesters. For two weeks, Iran has been rocked by a protest movement that has swelled in spite of a crackdown rights groups warn has