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Syria FM says will visit Saudi Arabia in first official trip abroad
30 December 2024Syria’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 2024News|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 2024News|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 2024United 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 2024News|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 2024The 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 2024A 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 2024News|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 2024Police 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 2024Buenos Aires, Argentina – Late last month, Argentinian President Javier Milei uploaded a characteristically odd photo ...