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US says conducted strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital 

21 December 2024

News|Houthis The United States military says it has conducted air strikes against targets linked to the Houthi rebels in...

Germans mourn five people killed, 200 injured in Christmas market attack 

21 December 2024

Germans have gathered in Magdeburg to mourn the victims of a car-ramming attack in the eastern city that killed at least...

Syrian authorities appoint HTS figures as foreign, defence ministers 

21 December 2024

Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign and defence minister, the official Syrian news agency SANA reports, as the...

‘No concern for Palestinian suffering’: Ex-official slams US’s Gaza policy 

21 December 2024

Mike Casey says he has never seen anything like it. In fact, the former States Department official — who served as a d...

At least 13 people killed in Nigeria stampedes at charity events 

21 December 2024

At least 13 people, including four children, have been killed in two incidents in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to co...

Biden signs funding bill into law, averting US government shutdown 

21 December 2024

United States President Joe Biden has signed into law a bipartisan funding bill that averts a government shutdown, days ...

Albania bans TikTok for one year after school stabbing 

21 December 2024

News|Social Media Albania has announced a ban on TikTok for one year after the killing of a teenager last month raised c...

At least 32 people killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil 

21 December 2024

News|Transport At least 32 people have been killed when a passenger bus and a truck collided on a highway in southeaster...

French court sentences eight people over murder of teacher Samuel Paty 

21 December 2024

A French court has jailed eight people for their role in the murder of a teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophe...

The Iran-led axis of resistance in the aftermath of Syria’s upheaval 

21 December 2024

Tehran, Iran – For decades, authorities in Iran have been meticulously building an “axis of resistance” of like-mi...