Crucial talks regarding the 2026 budget are set to resume in the French National Assembly on January 13. A few days earlier, a parliamentary committee rejected the budget bill in its present form, ano...
Venezuela underwent major economic and social changes in the mid-20th century. Jack Manning/Getty Images Venezuela, home to the world's largest oil reserves, was once among the world's richest nations...
On December 31st, a brand-new account on Polymarket placed a bet: Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, would be out of office by the end of January. It was the first in a series of increasi...
Two people were shot by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, local and federal sources told ABC News....
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Matchday One of AFCON 2025 wrapped up last night in Morocco, with all 24 teams having now played their opening game....
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim expressed "great satisfaction" over Sunday's launches, which occurred off the country's west coast....
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said more than 90 others were injured, some of whom remained in critical condition. An investigation is now underway....
Rich nations built their wealth on coal, oil and gas. Now the world is asking poorer countries like Mozambique to chart a different course....
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Speaking to Fox News, Trump said it âwould be a great honorâ if the Venezuelan opposition leader decided to share her Nobel Peace Price with him....
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian says there is not much he can do as the currency has rapidly depreciated, with $1 now trading at around 1.4 million rials....
In March 2025, Ahmad Naghibzadeh told Euronews that much of what he foresaw for 2025 would come to pass. Now, he predicts a "big storm coming" Tehran's way....
Tehranâs military chief warned that Iran is now far more prepared and stronger to face any attacks, threatening a âdecisive responseâ to any action it considers a breach of sovereignty....
When the United Nations General Assembly unanimously recognised Turkmenistanâs status of permanent neutrality in December 1995, few could have predicted quite how central this principle would become t...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff, as Christians flocked to Bethlehem after "two years of darkness" during the war in Gaza. Follow for the latest Christmas news....
Security forces reportedly used tear gas on demonstrators at the Tehran Grand Bazaar as they held a sit-in. The protests, triggered by rising cost of living, are now into their 10th day....
Swiss officials say identifying the burned bodies of those killed in a fire in a bar in Crans-Montana could take days, as families anxiously await news of their loved ones. Follow the latest....