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Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the 42-year-old leader of the insurgent group that forced Syrian President Bashar Assad out of the country and ended his regime, is said to have worked for years to distance himself from his extremist past and…
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President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing one of his defense attorneys in the New York hush money case as counselor to the president. Alina Habba, 40, defended Trump earlier this year, also serving as his legal…
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The UN Security Council will convene Monday afternoon for an emergency closed door meeting regarding Syria in the aftermath of president Bashar Assad fleeing the country, multiple diplomatic sources told AFP on Sunday. The meeting, set for…
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As Syrian opposition forces “entered” capital Damascus after having taken control of key cities, President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday left for an ‘unknown location’ on a plane, a development confirmed by Army officers to Reuters. On just…
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South Korea’s former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun has been arrested over his role in a martial law declaration that plunged the country into turmoil, local media reported Sunday. Kim had already resigned after the brief imposition of…
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The White House said Saturday that US priorities in Syria now are to ensure the country’s conflict does not encourage a resurgence of the Daesh militant group or lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Spillover “is a concern,” said National…
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Syrian President Bashar Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments. Thousands in cars…
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France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral is formally reopening its doors on Saturday for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. The restoration, a spectacular achievement in just five years…
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The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Saturday alleged that its centre in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka was burnt down earlier in the day. ISKCON's Kolkata vice president Radharamn Das said in an X post,"ISKCON…
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As climate change intensifies, scientists are raising alarms about its devastating impact on global food security. A study published in Trends in Plant Science by an international team of researchers points to the urgent need to develop…
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