Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast...
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Threatened by two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked the Minister of the Interior to look into the possibility of holding legislative elections on the same dates as m...
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ABS issues bring in badly needed money but some assets are of uncertain quality...
Nigeria, which is battling multiple armed groups, said last month that the US strikes were part of an exchange of intelligence and strategic coordination between the two nations....
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The deadliest clashes so far broke out on January 6 between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo. This comes as efforts to merge the U.S.-ba...
Rep. Ritchie Torres Alex Wong/Getty Images A Polymarket user made over $400,000 off a well-timed bet on Nicolás Maduro's political future. The bet was made just one day before US forces captured the V...
X users are asking Elon Musk's Grok AI to create sexualized deepfakes of women and minors. VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images X users have used Elon Musk's Grok image generator to create s...
Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in the country's first general election since a takeover that installed a military government five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships incl...
Stocks hurtled past tariffs, a government shutdown and AI fears....
In Aleppo, at least nine people were killed in clashes between government forces and Kurdish SDF forces on January 6. A defence ministry statement blamed the SDF for the civilian casualties, while the...
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Communist government in Havana strikes defiant pose after US president vows to cut off energy lifeline...
Rep. Ritchie Torres introduced legislation to ban government officials from prediction markets, citing insider information concerns....
US president shifts tone on interim government as he takes a more conciliatory approach to opposition...
Massive shake-up is a show of force after corruption scandal last year weakened Ukraine’s government...