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Iran key services shut as rial plunges amid energy crisis, regional tension
18 December 2024Tehran, Iran – Tens of millions of people across Iran are facing major disruptions as authorities shut down services i...
What options does Trudeau have as Canadian PM faces calls to resign?
18 December 2024Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to step down as leader of his Liberal Party after the shoc...
Top France court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption conviction
18 December 2024News|European Union France’s highest court has upheld the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charg...
‘Not guilty’ pleas entered for suspect over murders in UK’s Southport
18 December 2024A British teenager had “not guilty” pleas entered on his behalf to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife...
US state of Indiana executes Joseph Corcoran after 27 year legal battle
18 December 2024The state of Indiana in the United States has carried out its first execution in 15 years, putting to death a man, whose...
Prime minister of Mauritius reopens talks with UK over Chagos Islands deal
18 December 2024A historic deal for the United Kingdom to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been put into questio...
UN envoy warns Syria’s war ‘has not ended yet’ as US says truce extended
18 December 2024The United Nations special envoy for Syria has warned that the war “has not ended yet” despite the removal of Presid...
Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say
18 December 2024A previously unknown disease making the rounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a severe form of malaria, th...
Mangione charged with ‘act of terrorism’ in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
18 December 2024Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of fatally shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York earlier thi...
US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya
18 December 2024The United States has released Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu to Kenya, bringing the number of pris...