Saudi strikes UAE-backed faction in Yemen as Gulf rift deepens
Crisis has laid bare the increasingly fraught relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi...
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Crisis has laid bare the increasingly fraught relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Imralı is a prison island associated with Turkey's historical conflicts. ✓ The island mirrors the nation's strugg...
Nasry Asfura’s win comes after weeks of delays and intervention by President Donald Trump, and amid accusations of electoral fraud by Asfura’s main opponent....
Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura says he is ‘ready to govern’ after poll marred by allegations of fraud...
Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Cent...
Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro used a hospital stay for surgery to formally endorse his son Flavio’s 2026 presidential bid....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Ghana has legalized cryptocurrency trading with a new law. ✓ Plans to explore asset-backed digital settlement instruments...
A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
Wheels were turning in more ways than one at a packed Hong Kong Velodrome last month when cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing rode to her third gold medal of the 15th National Games. Roared on by home spectator...
All eyes are on how Beijing’s “Chinese dream” of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States – Taipei’s top international backer – appears less likely to i...
Competition from Alibaba and JD.com for fast-growing instant retail market has hit the Beijing-based group...
📋 Key Facts ✓ At least 70,669 Palestinians killed since October 2023 ✓ 171,165 Palestinians wounded in the same period ...
For the first time in decades, Somalia is abandoning its clan-based political system and allowing residents of Mogadishu to choose local representatives directly under the "one-person, one-vote" princ...
Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Gaza wa...
Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether....
Australian police are investigating a “suspicious fire” after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze on Thursday in Melbourne. The empty car, which had a “Hap...
Tarique Rahman, in pole position to become the next prime minister of Bangladesh, is back in the capital, Dhaka. Bangladesh goes to the polls on Febraury 12....
Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh on Thursday by huge crowds of joyous supporters after 17 years in self-imposed exile. Rahman, the son o...
The Navy's fleet size has fluctuated and shrunken as China continues to churn out more warships. Official US Navy photo The US Navy's fleet size has shrunk considerably due to problems with new ship c...
📋 Key Facts ✓ iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on December 14 and will be acquired by Picea Robotics. ✓ Founded in 1990 by Colin ...