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Chemical weapons watchdog urges probe in Syria after al-Assad toppled 

13 December 2024

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog says he will ask Syria’s new leaders to grant investigators ac...

EU approves Schengen zone membership to Romania, Bulgaria 

12 December 2024

The European Union has cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the star...

Why are mysterious drones flying over New Jersey? 

12 December 2024

The night skies over New Jersey have come alight as dozens of mystery drones have been spotted flying over the state, in...

Kyiv ups call for air defences as Trump warns aid to Ukraine could be cut 

12 December 2024

Ukraine’s president has sharply raised his demand for air defence systems, highlighting how much Russia has intensifie...

Redrawing the map: Israel seeks to remake the Middle East to its own design 

12 December 2024

Since former Syrian President Basher al-Assad’s dramatic flight to Moscow on Sunday, Israel has launched hundreds of a...

Biden aides in Middle East in diplomatic push for Syria, Gaza 

12 December 2024

News|Syria’s War US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Jordan, launching a crisis tour of the Middle...

Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 people 

12 December 2024

United States President Joe Biden has commuted nearly 1,500 prison sentences and pardoned 39 people in what the White Ho...

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’ 

12 December 2024

Two separate reports from media freedom organisations that analysed the deaths of reporters worldwide this year found Is...

What happened to little Sara Sharif and did Britain let her down? 

12 December 2024

Sara Sharif was just 10 years old when she was tragically found dead in her home in the United Kingdom last year. On Wed...

TIME Magazine names Donald Trump ‘Person of the Year’ 

12 December 2024

TIME Magazine has named Donald Trump its “Person of the Year”, saying “perhaps no single individual has played a l...