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Plane crash kills 39
An Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 39 people and injuring 28, according to Kazakh authorities. The plane, which was en route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members. Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed that fire services extinguished the…
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Trump plans immediate US withdrawal from WHO, says expert
–Plan aligns with Trump’s criticism of WHO, isolates U.S. from global health efforts-Trump nominated WHO critics to key health positions, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr-Critics warn U.S. withdrawal weakens WHO, boosts China’s global health influence Members of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first…
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Kenya’s Ruto embraces rivals to shore up support
Kenya’s President William Ruto has incorporated even more opposition figures to his cabinet in a move seen as trying to solidifying his hold on power amidst increasing criticism of his administration.Ruto recently reached out to his rival and predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta in a surprise meeting that came months after he had brought into government allies of opposition leader Raila Odinga.Kenyatta…
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Returning to prison won’t stop my fight for equality – Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi
Iran’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, said she will never stop fighting for democracy and equality, and she doesn’t fear retribution by the Iranian regime. Speaking exclusively to CNN while on a three-week medical release from prison, Mohammadi said, “Not even the prison walls and all these convictions can ever stop me.”…
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Iran, Turkey, other D-8 countries meet in Egypt over crisis in Syria
The leaders of Turkey and Iran were in Egypt on Thursday for a summit of eight Muslim-majority countries, meeting for the first time since the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey historically backed the opposition to Assad, while Iran supported his rule.The gathering of the Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as the Developing-8, was being held against a…
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Israeli military strikes Yemen after Houthi attack
Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel. A report by CNN disclosed that nine people were killed and three others injured in Israeli airstrikes on a port and oil facility near the capital Sanaa, said Nasruddin Amer, deputy head of the Houthi media office,…
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Canada’s finance minister Freeland quits over Trump tariff dispute with Trudeau
Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post, citing disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on how to respond to incoming President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs. A report by BBC stated that Freeland announced her resignation in a letter to Trudeau on Monday, in which she said the two have been “at odds about the best path…
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Xi Jinping brought down powerful rivals in military
In the early years of Xi Jinping’s war on corruption, the Chinese leader consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and proteges loyal to himself, according to report by BBC. A decade on, having given the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) a structural overhaul and stacked its top…
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British govt in diplomatic contact with Syrian rebels, says David Lammy
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had “diplomatic contact” with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime. Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organisation, but the UK “can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact, as you would expect”.His US counterpart Antony Blinken said on Saturday…
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BREAKING: Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali to leave ECOWAS permanently in 2025
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic will cease to be members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from 2025. Alieu Touray, president of ECOWAS commission, made the announcement on Sunday during the 66th ordinary session of heads of states and governments in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Touray set the countries’ exit at January 29, 2025 – July…
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