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Erdogan urges end of foreign support for Kurdish fighters in Syria

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 22:16
Turkish president compares Kurdish YPG fighters to ISIL and says neither group has a future in Syria.

What are the implications of Israel’s attacks on Yemen?

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 22:11
Houthi forces carry out attacks on Israel since start of its war on Gaza.

Israeli forces fire at Syrian protesters in Deraa, wounding one

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 22:09
Demonstrators demand an end to Israeli military presence in border town in southern governorate.

US Congress debates last-minute spending bill to avert government shutdown

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 21:46
Nonessential government functions are expected to shutter on Saturday unless a government spending bill can be passed.

Elon Musk backs Germany’s far-right AfD before elections

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 20:57
Germans expected to vote on February 23 after centre-left coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapses.

Thousands of Syrians celebrate new government in Umayyad Square

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 20:46
Thousands of Syrians, many newly returned to the country after the fall of Assad, celebrated in Umayyad Square.

US consumer watchdog sues big banks over ‘widespread’ fraud on Zelle app

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 20:44
Customers of banks named in lawsuit lose more than $870m over seven years since Zelle was introduced, watchdog says.

US charges IRGC officer with killing of American citizen in Iraq

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 19:56
US says Mohammad Reza Nouri orchestrated the killing of Stephen Troell in 2022 as revenge for Qassem Soleimani.

Israeli settlers defaced a mosque and set it on fire

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 18:56
Israeli settlers broke into the Bar al-Walidain mosque, defacing it with hateful slogans and setting it on fire.

UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 18:54
Stockholm says decision comes in response to Israel's plan to ban the UN agency starting in late January.

Russia targets Ukrainian capital with missile salvo

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 18:44
Russia reportedly used hypersonic missiles in a rush-hour attack on Kyiv.

Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles cabinet amid persistent pressure to resign

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 18:10
Shakeup comes as Canadian prime minister is mulling his future as Liberal Party leader after top minister's resignation.

Aston Villa vs Man City: EPL preview, team news, how to follow, stream

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 17:24
Man City manager Pep Guardiola says he will not seek to rebuild his struggling squad in the January transfer window.

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 17:22
UN report finds at least 782 civilians killed since May 'amid regular and intensive shelling' of the North Darfur city.

Spain court sentences ex-IMF chief to more than four years over corruption

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 16:35
Rato found guilty of multiple offences including corruption and money laundering.

What future for Syrian refugees after Bashar al-Assad’s fall?

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 16:06
Marc Lamont Hill speaks to the director of Human Rights Watch's Refugee and Migrant Rights Division, Bill Frelick.

‘The only remaining colonialist country is Israel’: Gideon Levy

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 16:01
What’s Netanyahu’s endgame in Syria? Marc Lamont Hill discusses it with author and columnist Gideon Levy.

Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more oil and gas from US

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 15:40
EU spokesman says 27-nation bloc, which already buys most US oil and gas exports, open to talks with president-elect.

Biden cancels another $4.2bn in US student loans before leaving office

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 14:33
Move brings total in student loan forgiveness during Joe Biden's term as president to $180bn, Education Department says.

‘Many more Russian war criminals on our list’: Ukraine vows more attacks

Around The Globe - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 14:12
Ukraine has raised the stakes with its boldest wartime assassination, killing a high-profile general in Moscow.

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