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Syria FM says will visit Saudi Arabia in first official trip abroad 

30 December 2024

Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani says he has accepted an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Pri...

Russia, Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs in deal mediated by UAE 

30 December 2024

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russia and Ukraine have swapped more than 300 prisoners of war (POWs) in an exchange brokered by...

Maysaa Sabrine becomes first Syrian woman to lead central bank 

30 December 2024

News|Syria’s War Syria’s new rulers have appointed Maysaa Sabrine, formerly a deputy governor of the Syrian cent...

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash 

30 December 2024

United States President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed the continued leadership of Mike Johnson in the House of Represe...

Appeals court upholds Trump sexual abuse, defamation liability verdict 

30 December 2024

News|Donald Trump United States President-elect Donald Trump has lost an appeal to a jury’s 2023 finding that he was l...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say will close all NGOs employing women 

30 December 2024

The Taliban government says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women ...

Dominique Pelicot won’t appeal conviction in ex-wife’s rape trial in France 

30 December 2024

A Frenchman found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and soliciting dozens of men to do the same...

Five charged, including manager, in death of singer Liam Payne 

30 December 2024

News|Crime An Argentinian judge has allowed charges to proceed against the manager of former One Direction singer Liam P...

Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against alleged government abductions 

30 December 2024

Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is a ...

Inflation down, poverty up as Milei takes chainsaw to Argentina’s economy 

30 December 2024

Buenos Aires, Argentina – Late last month, Argentinian President Javier Milei uploaded a characteristically odd photo ...