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Defence minister orders Israeli troops to prepare to spend winter on Mount Hermon
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israeli troops to prepare to stay over the winter on Mount Hermon, a...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions
AJACCIO, France - Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions,...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
New technology aids Brazil's crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade
BRASILIA - Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally...
Dec 15, 20245 min read
At least 22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes, Palestinian medics say
CAIRO - At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it...
Dec 15, 20242 min read
Lawmakers in Georgia elect hardline critic of West as new president
TBILISI - Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Russia pulling back but not out of Syria, sources say
TARTOUS, Syria - Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains but...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Russian cargo plane departs Syria for Libya, more flights expected, official says
LATAKIA, Syria -A Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base in the Syrian port city of Latakia for Libya on Saturday, a Syrian...
Dec 15, 20241 min read
Who is Han Duck-soo, South Korea's acting president after Yoon impeachment?
SEOUL - Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea's acting president after Saturday's impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, is a career...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Factbox-South Korea's Yoon impeached: powers stripped, benefits kept and retirement
SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, has been stripped...
Dec 15, 20242 min read
Analysis-Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems
PARIS - When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
South Korea's Yoon impeached: Embittered survivor buckles under martial law backlash
SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest threat to his brief but chequered political career, with his fate in the...
Dec 14, 20244 min read
Who is Han Duck-soo, South Korea's acting president after Yoon impeachment?
SEOUL - Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea's acting president after Saturday's impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, is a...
Dec 14, 20243 min read
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