The United States has removed Syria from its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, granting the post-Assad government of Ahmed al-Sharaa another major vote of confidence as Washington seeks to consolidate
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Editorial Ratko Mladić is dead at 84, having spent the final years of his life behind the walls of a United Nations detention facility in The Hague. His death closes the biological
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At the edge of Szeged in southern Hungary, a new industrial presence is taking shape. Dozens of Chinese construction workers walk or cycle towards a supermarket beside a sprawling construction site, where
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has formed an alliance with the leaders of Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden to oppose a major expansion of the European Union’s long-term budget, arguing that
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The death toll rose to at least 163, according to Nepal Police in a statement on X, while more than 800 people are missing in Nepal alone. Combined with those missing in
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Vichy is known today for its thermal waters, cosmetics and distinctive hexagonal mint sweets, but the name remains inseparable from one of the darkest episodes in modern French history. On 10 July
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The International Labour Organisation (ILO), led by Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo, is seeking approval for a major reduction in its workforce as it confronts a severe liquidity crisis, with the organisation warning
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In Gori, a provincial Georgian city better known as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, dozens of bullet marks remain visible on the façade of the town hall, physical scars from the fighting
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The military trial of alleged 11 September mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other defendants is scheduled to begin at Guantánamo in 2028, nearly 27 years after the attacks that killed around
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At a time when wars and humanitarian crises- from crimes in Gaza to the bitter tragedy like attacking Minab School- have reached unprecedented proportions and political mechanisms often fail to deliver peace,
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