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Brazil condemns handcuffing of deportees on flight from US

Brazil condemns handcuffing of deportees on flight from...

Brasília [Brazil], January 26: Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees who were flown...

Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants

Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants

Mexico City [Mexico], January 26: Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military...

US issues broad freeze on foreign aid after Trump orders review

US issues broad freeze on foreign aid after...

New York [US], January 26: The U.S. State Department issued a "stop-work" order for all existing foreign assistance and paused...

'Gulf of America' name change now official

'Gulf of America' name change now official

New York [US], January 26: The Trump administration's Interior Department said it had officially changed the name of the Gulf...

Slovakia's PM threatens expulsions from country

Slovakia's PM threatens expulsions from country

Bratislava [Slovakia], January 26: Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday accused foreign countries of meddling in Slovakia's internal affairs and...

Hegseth narrowly gets the nod to become US defence secretary

Hegseth narrowly gets the nod to become US...

New York [US], January 26: Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday to become the next US defence secretary,...

EU military chief suggests stationing troops in Greenland

EU military chief suggests stationing troops in Greenland

Berlin [Germany], January 26: The chairman of the European Union Military Committee, Robert Brieger, is in favour of stationing EU...

Philippines stops research survey in disputed sea

Philippines stops research survey in disputed sea

Manila [Philippines], January 26: The Philippines says it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after its...

Yemen's Houthis unilaterally release 153 prisoners of war

Yemen's Houthis unilaterally release 153 prisoners of war

Sanaa [Yemen], January 26: The Houthis in Yemen have unilaterally released 153 prisoners of war to the International Committee of...

US military support to Ukraine unaffected by aid freeze: Zelensky

US military support to Ukraine unaffected by aid...

Kiev [Ukraine], January 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that US military assistance to Kiev has not been...

Investigation launched after 23 German police cars destroyed

Investigation launched after 23 German police cars destroyed

Berlin [Germany], January 26: The security services in the southern German state of Bavaria launched an investigation on Saturday after...

Thousands still without power across Ireland as storm clean-up begins

Thousands still without power across Ireland as storm...

Dublin [Ireland], January 26: Thousands were still without power across the island of Ireland on Saturday after Storm Éowyn swept...

Two killed in collapsed apartment building in central Turkey

Two killed in collapsed apartment building in central...

Istanbul [Turkey], January 26: Two people were killed and three were injured in an apartment building that collapsed in the...

Roundup: Sudanese army announces breaking siege on General Command HQ, paramilitary forces deny

Roundup: Sudanese army announces breaking siege on General...

Khartoum [Sudan], January 25: The Sudanese army announced on Friday that it has broken the 21-month-long siege imposed by the...

Man sets himself on fire in Tunisian capital

Man sets himself on fire in Tunisian capital

Tunis [Tunisia], January 25: A man set himself on fire on Friday evening in the Lafayette area of Tunis,...

Libya's rival gov'ts agree to establish joint center to combat terrorism, irregular migration

Libya's rival gov'ts agree to establish joint center...

Tripoli [Libya], January 25: Military and security institutions from Libya's two rival governments, based in the east and west, have...

World Insights: Profiteering landlords gouge LA fire survivors

World Insights: Profiteering landlords gouge LA fire survivors

Los Angeles [California], January 25: Recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area destroyed over 10,000 structures, many of them homes....

Canadian gov't threatening to review commercial relationship with Amazon

Canadian gov't threatening to review commercial relationship with...

Ottawa [Canada], January 25: The Canadian government is threatening to review its commercial relationship with Amazon after the online retail...

Newark mayor slams U.S. ICE for detaining army vet as raids start

Newark mayor slams U.S. ICE for detaining army...

Albany [New York], January 25: Newark's mayor and a Democratic congresswoman for the district hit out at the Immigration and...

Premier combat unit ordered to prep for border amid Trump's anti-immigrant push

Premier combat unit ordered to prep for border...

Albany [New York], January 25: One of the Pentagon's premier units has been ordered to prepare to be deployed to...

Reality TV couple sue Los Angeles after losing home in fires

Reality TV couple sue Los Angeles after losing...

Albany [New York], January 25: U.S. reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los...

Estimated cost of fire damage in S. California to exceed 250 bln USD

Estimated cost of fire damage in S. California...

Albany [New York], January 25: As raging wildfires continue to torment Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss have...

U.S. homes sales in 2024 fell to lowest level in nearly 30 years

U.S. homes sales in 2024 fell to lowest...

Albany [New York], January 25: U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, the second straight...

Unemployment in Finland rises in 2024

Unemployment in Finland rises in 2024

Helsinki [Finland], January 25: Finland's unemployment rate rose as employment weakened in 2024, announced Statistics Finland on Friday.

6 arrested in Bulgaria's crackdown on financial crimes

6 arrested in Bulgaria's crackdown on financial crimes

Sofia [Bulgaria], January 25: Bulgarian law enforcement officers have arrested six people suspected of crimes against Luxembourg's financial system, authorities...

Putin says Russia prepared for talks on Ukraine issue

Putin says Russia prepared for talks on Ukraine...

Moscow [Russia], January 25: Moscow is open to talks on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

Kremlin says Russia open to disarmament talks with U.S.

Kremlin says Russia open to disarmament talks with...

Moscow [Russia], January 25: Moscow is ready for nuclear disarmament talks with Washington, although it would be necessary to take...