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Nicolás Maduro, who rose from a unionized bus driver to the presidency of Venezuela, was captured by U.S. forces Saturday in Caracas, ending years of political and economic turmoil under his rule.Maduro’s political career began in the mid-1980s after a year of ideological training in Cu...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday issued a stern warning amid nationwide protests, saying “rioters must be put in their place,” a remark widely seen as endorsing a tougher security crackdown.His first public comments come as demonstrations driven by economic ...
At least 40 people, including civilians and members of the armed forces, were killed in U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela on Saturday, The New York Times reported, citing a senior Venezuelan official who spoke on condition of anonymity.The large-scale strikes were carried out in the early hours as U.S. f...
A court in Pakistan’s capital on Friday sentenced seven people, including three journalists, two YouTubers and two retired army officers, to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of inciting violence during the 2023 unrest and spreading hatred against state institutions.Anti-Terrorism Co...
Saudi Arabia has welcomed a request from Yemen’s Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) to convene talks in Riyadh aimed at easing a violent power struggle in southern Yemen that has intensified fighting and heightened tensions among Gulf states.In a statement issued Saturday, the ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, as his new chief of staff, a move aimed at strengthening security, defense development, and diplomatic efforts amid ongoing peace talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year inv...
Violence linked to ongoing protests in Iran over the country’s worsening economy has claimed at least two more lives, raising the overall death toll to 10, authorities said Saturday, as demonstrations show no signs of easing.The new deaths occurred overnight. In Qom, a man was killed when a gr...
Myanmar’s military-appointed election body has released early results from the first phase of the country’s three-part general election, showing the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) leading in most constituencies, as widely expected.The Union Election Commiss...
Canada’s transport authority has warned Air India that it could lose its flight authorisations if it fails to comply with regulations on alcohol consumption by flight crew, following the arrest of one of the airline’s pilots at Vancouver International Airport.Transport Canada said the in...
Swiss investigators said Friday they believe decorative sparklers attached to Champagne bottles sparked a devastating fire at a crowded ski resort bar after coming too close to the ceiling during New Year’s Eve celebrations.Authorities are examining whether the ceiling’s soundproofing ma...
U.S. President Donald Trump and senior Iranian officials exchanged sharp warnings on Friday as protests expanded across Iran, further heightening tensions between the two countries following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June.Violence linked to the demonstrations has left at least...
At least seven people drowned and many are missing after a boat carrying some 200 people capsized during the night of Wednesday to Thursday off the coast of Gambia, the government said.At least 96 were rescued, many of whom were seriously wounded. "The Government of The Gambia is aware of a tra...
Pakistan suffered its most lethal year in more than a decade in 2025, with deaths linked to militant violence rising by 74%, according to a report published by an independent research organization.The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) said a total of 3,413 people were kill...
Afghanistan’s first major rainfall and snowfall of the season ended weeks of dry weather but unleashed flash floods in several regions, leaving at least 17 people dead and 11 others injured, officials said Thursday.Among the victims were five members of a single family who died when the roof o...
Protests driven by Iran’s worsening economic conditions expanded into rural provinces on Thursday, leaving at least seven people dead in the first reported fatalities involving both demonstrators and security personnel, according to authorities.The deaths — two on Wednesday and five on ...
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A United Nations humanitarian team has visited Sudan’s el-Fasher city for the first time since it was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in October, finding hundreds of civilians living in desperate conditions amid severe shortages of food, medicine and shelter.The hours-lon...
Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region said on Thursday that a Ukrainian drone strike killed at least 24 people and injured more than 50 others during New Year celebrations, amid rising tensions despite ongoing peace efforts.According to Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-a...
A 21-year-old volunteer in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed Wednesday night in Lorestan province during protests driven by economic hardship, authorities said Thursday, marking the first reported security force fatality in the demonstrations.State-run media said the Basij vol...
Dozens of people are presumed dead and around 100 others injured, most seriously, after a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss Alps resort town of Crans-Montana during New Year celebrations, police said Thursday.Valais Canton police commander Frédéric Gisler said the exa...
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers tore down their homes Wednesday in Nur Shams refugee camp, part of an almost year-long campaign in northern West Bank camps.Since early 2025, Operation "Iron Wall" has damaged or destroyed at least 850 st...
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