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US secretly spied on Venezuelan officials and President Maduro, flouting international law
The never-before-seen document was authored as part of Republican President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign to remove the Venezuelan president.
UN says Israel-Hamas war leaves Gaza ‘uninhabitable’
Using satellite imagery and official data, UN agency UNCTAD estimated that Gaza's economy had already contracted by 4.5 per cent in the first three quarters of 2023.
Biden calls Trump a ‘loser’ as he raises money on ex-president’s home turf in…
Biden said Republicans were determined to undo the Trump administration's progress, such as limiting the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs.
Zuckerberg apologizes to victims’ families in emotional Senate hearing on child exploitation
Child health advocates say social media companies have failed repeatedly to protect minors.
South Africa says Israel is already ignoring UN court ruling ordering it to prevent deaths in Gaza
“We are allowing this to happen again, right before our eyes, on our TV screens,” South Africa's foreign minister said.
China executes couple who threw two toddlers out of a window in 2020
Zhang, the father of the two children, had begun an affair with Ye, who was initially unaware he was married and had children. She then urged Zhang to kill them.
Victims of genocide in Rwanda still being found 30 years on
A total of 210 bodies have been discovered, an official from the genocide survivors' group Ibuka told AFP on Monday as digging on the site ended.
Yemen’s Houthis fire missiles at US warship in Red Sea
"Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired one anti-ship cruise missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Red Sea," a Centcom statement said.
Nearly eight million displaced by Sudan war: United Nations
ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA): The number of people uprooted by the war between rival generals in Sudan is almost eight million, the United Nations said Wednesday.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who is on a visit to Ethiopia,…
Imran Khan’s party leader Rehan Zeb Khan shot dead, Three supporters injured in rally
Khan's death came a day after at least four people were killed while five more were injured on Tuesday in a bomb blast near the rally of PTI in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan.
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of POWs
Russia's defence ministry said 195 of its soldiers were freed, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 207 people -- both soldiers and civilians -- had returned to Ukraine.
Military veteran who killed Iraqi civilian is ordered jailed on US Capitol riot charges
Richmond is prohibited from possessing firearms after his 2004 manslaughter conviction for fatally shooting an Iraqi cow herder while serving in the U.S. Army.
2 Punjabi-origin youths and a man 60 living in Canada arrested on drug charges
Ayush Sharma, 25, Subham Kumar, 29, from Calgary, and Guramrit Sandhu, 60 from Brampton were arrested under an international arrest warrant
After Alabama pioneers nitrogen gas execution
Republican state Attorney General Dave Yost scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss “next steps to kickstart” Ohio’s capital punishment system.
Ukraine’s attacks on Russian targets damaged Putin’s efforts to distance the fight
As Putin ramps up presidential election campaign, he wants to maintain normalcy but the increasing Ukrainian attacks have raised the visibility of the war on Russian soil.
Maldives government asks SC to change rules so opposition may impeach President Mohamed Muizzu
On Monday, a lawmaker from MDP confirmed the party had gathered enough signatures to file an impeachment motion. But the party has not yet submitted it.
Man dies after UK police shooting
Unlike many forces around the world, British police do not routinely carry guns but can call in specialist firearms units to deal with the most serious incidents.
Dutch lady at 28, dies via euthanasia after recording her ‘chronic tiredness syndrome’
In her parting message Lauren Hoeve thanked everyone who has been there for her during her illness and especially in the time before she announced her euthanasia wish.
Northern Ireland party lifts 2-year boycott that brought down government
After a marathon late-night meeting, Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said Tuesday that the party’s executive had backed proposals to return to the government.
France’s National Assembly considers introducing abortion rights into the Constitution
The measure has been promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in the United States.