Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 26, Palestinian medics say

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CAIRO (AP) — Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 26 people overnight and into Wednesday, including one that hit a home where displaced people were sheltering in...

S Korea police raid president's office over martial law attempt

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Seoul, December 11 — Police in South Korea have raided the presidential office in Seoul, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's abortive attempt to impose martial law last week. The...

Sudan air strike causes 'horrific massacre' in a Darfur market

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The Sudanese military has fighter jets while the RSF has been accused of using drones. (Getty Images) Anne Soy & Lucy Fleming, December 10 — Sudan's military has been accused...

Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law case

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law, officials said, as police were trying to...

Deadly landslides, flash floods hit Indonesia’s Java island

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Landslides, flash floods and strong winds devastated 172 villages and forced more than 3,000 people to flee [Rangga Firmansyah/AP Photo] JAVA (Indonesia), December 10 — Indonesian rescuers have recovered...

Sri Lanka repatriates 21 Indian fishermen

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Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10 — Twenty-one Indian fishermen, who were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy, have been successfully repatriated and are on their way back home, the Indian...

Singapore breaks November rainfall, December heat records

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SINGAPORE, December 10 — November 2024 will go down as a record-breaking month for Singapore's weather, as the National Environment Agency (NEA) announced Monday that the island recorded an average...

Israel carries out dozens of air strikes across Syria, reports say

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Damascus, December 10 — Syrian media reports say Israeli warplanes have carried out dozens of attacks across the country, including in the capital, Damascus. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for...

Photos: Syrian opposition flag raised at the Syrian embassy in Moscow

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Moscow, December 9 — The Syrian embassy in Moscow has raised the three-starred flag of the opposition. Photos: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo...

Russia says it has given political asylum to former Syrian President Assad

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MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Monday that Russia has granted political asylum to former Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russian President Vladimir Putin personally made the decision to offer...

Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters

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President-Elect Donald Trump on NBC (Getty Images) Washington, December 9 — Trump begins his second presidential term in January and has told NBC he will issue a range of...

South Korea orders travel ban for President Yoon

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Tens of thousands of people had come out in protest since Yoon's short-lived martial law order. (Getty Images) Seoul, December 9 — The chief prosecutor of the South Korea's...

'Fall of Assad is a blow to Russia's prestige'

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Moscow, December 9 — For nearly a decade it was Russian firepower that had kept Bashar al-Assad in  power. Until the extraordinary events of the last 24 hours. ...

Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow, Russian state media say

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized...

Ukrainian war dead reaches 43,000, Zelensky says in rare update

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Kyiv, December 8 — Some 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion began, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a rare admission of the extent of the nation's...