December 11, 2024
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December 11, 2024
UN General Assembly to vote on ‘unconditional’ cea…
The UN General Assembly is set to vote Wednesday on a draft resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, as well as the release of all hostages. The non-binding resolution
December 11, 2024
In first contacts, US officials urge Syrian rebels…
Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria on December 8, 2024. — Reuters Hayat
December 11, 2024
New Delhi sends envoy to Dhaka to defuse tension
India’s top career diplomat was in Bangladesh on Monday to defuse tensions between the two neighbours arising from the August overthrow of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in a student-led revolution. Hasina’s iron-fisted rule was
December 11, 2024
Prosecutors suggest no jail time for Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump. — Reuters/File NEW YORK: Prosecutors have proposed to a New York judge that Donald Trump might be spared prison time following his conviction on charges of paying hush money to
December 10, 2024
US offers $10 million reward for wanted Chinese ha…
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. — Reuters The United States offered a $10 million reward on
December 10, 2024
Syria rebels name head of transitional govt
Mohamed Bashir, who heads HTS’s so-called “Salvation Government”, holds a press conference in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on November 28, 2024. — AFP DAMASCUS: The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad
December 10, 2024
India’s opposition parties move to impeach V…
Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. —AFP/File NEW DELHI: Indian opposition parties moved on Tuesday to impeach Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a spokesperson said, accusing him of being partisan in his role as chairman of
December 10, 2024
Japan’s atomic bomb survivors to receive Nob…
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be presented Tuesday to Japan’s atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo, which lobbies against the weapons now resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
December 10, 2024