World
Canada on Friday removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism, and revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's (HTS) designation as a "terrorist entity," joining a list of countries to ease sanctions on Damascus.The moves come after HTS ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad la...
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russia.Two days after the envoys met Russian President Vladimir Putin, the US Treasury Department par...
World,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
Turkey has warned Russia and Ukraine against targeting energy infrastructure following several Black Sea drone attacks claimed by Kyiv on Russia-linked tankers, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said.In response to the attacks, Ankara has summoned Russian and Ukrainian envoys, a Turkish foreign mi...
Under a scorching sun, Nur Apsyah waited in line with hundreds of others, hoping to secure some of the food aid in short supply in Indonesia's flood-hit Sumatra.She was one of the lucky ones on Wednesday, when soldiers in military fatigues oversaw the distribution of rice to flood survivors.Her ...
A majority of citizens across nine EU countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc's members and Russia, according to a survey by polling group Cluster 17 published Thursday in the French international affairs journal Le Grand Continent.The poll's findings, based on a sampl...
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Wednesday that a new radar installed by the United States in the archipelago is aimed at curbing drug trafficking and the movement of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.The United States has in recent months increased military cooperation with Tr...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he still planned to visit New York despite incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani's threats to arrest him in compliance with an International Criminal Court warrant."Yes, I'll come to New York," Netanyahu said in a virtual interview w...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched an immigration crackdown on Wednesday in New Orleans, the latest Democratic-run city to be targeted by the Trump administration."The men and women of DHS law enforcement have landed in The Big Easy," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on X,...
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday called for the immediate and unconditional return of Ukrainian children "forcibly transferred" to Russia -- a delicate issue as Kyiv and Moscow try to negotiate an end to the fighting.The assembly adopted the non-binding resolution by a vote of 91-12, w...
A defence pact announced by Britain and Norway on Thursday will see their navies jointly operate a warship fleet to "hunt Russian submarines" in the North Atlantic, the UK government said.The agreement aims to protect critical undersea infrastructure, such as cables, that Western officials...
Tech giant Meta said Thursday it is starting to remove under-16s in Australia from Instagram, Threads and Facebook ahead of the country's world-first youth social media ban.Australia is requiring major online platforms, also including TikTok and YouTube, to block underage users by December 10, w...
French President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that France and China must overcome their "differences", as the two leaders met in Beijing on Thursday."Sometimes there are differences, but it is our responsibility to overcome them for the greater good," Macron told Xi during the...
The death toll from severe flooding in southern Thailand last month rose to 267, a health ministry spokesman told AFP on Wednesday.Heavy rain and flooding inundated the country's south late last month, killing at least 267 people across eight provinces from November 22-27, with more than half --...
A local government official and five police officers have been killed in two attacks in Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan, officials told AFP on Wednesday.Tensions between the two countries remain high after weeks of escalating border clashes, despite a ceasefire agreed after violent fightin...
World,ICT,Science & Technology
As planes make their final approach to Washington DC's Dulles Airport, just below lies Ashburn, a town otherwise known as Data Center Alley -- where an estimated 70 percent of all global internet traffic at any moment finds its way.Decades ago, the expanse of empty lots, forest and farmland in t...
Moscow: High-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, as the Kremlin said "no compromise" had been found yet on the key question of territory.Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kus...
Gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing seven people and severely wounding five others on Saturday, police said.Four people were found dead at the scene while three more died while receiving medical care after the shooting in Tula, around 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of the capital ...
AFP, ParisA NASA rover has recorded evidence of lightning on Mars for the first time, its microphone picking up the sounds of tiny "zaps" whipped up by the dust storms constantly sweeping across the planet.Scientists have long debated whether electrical discharges could be sparking in the ...
Israeli strikes in Gaza overnight have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials reported Wednesday.The attacks follow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s directive for “powerful strikes” in Gaza, citing Hamas’s violations of the fra...
AFP, Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday that the government had "approved the framework" of a hostage release deal with Hamas, as both sides edged closer to ending more than two years of hostilities in Gaza.Israel previously said "all part...
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