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The reviews are starting to come in as details emerge about the debt ceiling agreement reached by United States President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.Even before seeing those details, some politicians were criticising the deal as not doing enough to tackle the nation’s debt, while others worried it

Iranian journalist Elaheh Mohammadi, one of two Iranian reporters accused of conspiring against national security, was tried in a closed court on charges linked to her coverage of Mahsa Amini’s funeral.An Iranian journalist has gone on trial behind closed doors on charges linked to her coverage of the funeral of

The 15-year-old is accused of starting a fire in a school dormitory, killing 19, after her cell phone was confiscated.A teenage girl has been charged with 19 counts of murder for allegedly starting a deadly fire in a school dormitory in the South American nation of Guyana. The 15-year-old student

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this weekend after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings.Violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and NATO-led peacekeepers on one side and local Serbs on the other have left several people injured on both sides. The situation

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Mauricio Funes, who currently lives in Nicaragua, denies the charges and says 2012 truce was brokered by the church.A court in El Salvador has sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs during his administration. The sentence on Monday follows a trial that began

Appeals court sentences 14 others to life in prison for campaign including beheading Egyptian Christians in 2015.A Libyan court has sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison for their role in a deadly ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and

The ‘criminal conspiracy’ case is related to the procurement and licensed manufacturing of 123 advanced jet trainers.India has filed a graft case against Britain’s BAE Systems plc and Rolls-Royce Holdings for “criminal conspiracy” in the procurement and licensed manufacturing of 123 advanced jet trainers, according to a federal police document.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has held talks with his Venezuelan counterpart, as Nicolas Maduro made his first visit to Brazil in years in a sign of warming ties between the two South American nations.Maduro was welcomed by an honour guard at the Brazilian presidential palace in the

The debt-ceiling deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would suspend the United States’ debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending, but its details are unlikely to be popular with progressive Democrats or hard-right Republicans.The Democratic president and Republican speaker are

Package imposes trade, financial and technology sanctions against Iran and stops Tehran from using Ukraine’s airspace.The Ukrainian parliament has approved a sanctions package against Iran, a Russian ally it accuses of sending weapons to Moscow during its more than year-long invasion of Ukraine. The measures were approved on Monday, a

The conflict has inflicted widespread destruction on residential areas in Khartoum and its adjacent cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North.Gunshots and artillery fire have rocked the Sudanese capital as two warring sides are under pressure to extend a shaky ceasefire, which ends on Monday, in their six-week fight for control

On May 4, 2023, South Africa’s parliament voted for an amendment to the constitution that added sign language as an official language. It was a historic moment, three decades of struggle in the making.It was a struggle against the capitalistic approach to society that dominates South Africa, three decades after

More than 16,000 people leave their homes as crews battle raging blaze near Halifax, Nova Scotia.The capital of Canada’s eastern province of Nova Scotia has declared a state of emergency as an out-of-control wildfire raging near Halifax forced thousands of residents to evacuate and prompted the closure of schools. The

Temperature hits 36.7C in China’s largest city as records fall across Southeast Asia and South Asia.Shanghai has recorded its hottest day in May in 100 years at 36.7C (98F), shattering the previous high by a full degree. Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather with many countries experiencing deadly

The visits come as global powers continue to tussle for influence on the continent of 1.3 billion people.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Kenyan leaders on Monday on a surprise visit to Nairobi, as Moscow and Kyiv both seek to bolster support from African nations over the war in Ukraine.

The government did not specify the groups the men were associated with, but said they had been planning to launch attacks.Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on Monday, raising the number of similar executions to nine this

Istanbul, Turkey – Following his third presidential victory, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will sit down at his desk to tackle a host of immediate issues facing Turkey.Foremost in the president’s in-tray will be the economy and how to tackle the country’s ongoing financial crises. Erdogan successfully took the focus away from

Ashraf Mohammad Ameen Ibrahim, 37, dies from gunshot wounds after a raid by Israeli forces on the Jenin refugee camp.Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man and injured others during an overnight raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. The

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has extended his leadership of Turkey into a third decade after he won re-election in a tense run-off.Erdogan received 52.2 percent of votes in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday, beating his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who won 47.8 percent, according to preliminary results.

The 51-year-old Argentinian is tasked with reviving Chelsea’s football fortunes after its worst Premier League campaign since 1994.Chelsea have confirmed the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as head coach after the former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain manager signed a two-year contract with the option of a further year. Pochettino will

Cucuta, Colombia – In the last WhatsApp message that 17-year-old Nestor Pena sent on May 16, 2020, he promised his mother he would write to her again when he clocked out from work.But at about 3:30pm, Nestor went for lunch in Tulua, a city in western Colombia, and was never

Wadi Nisnas, Haifa – Visual artist Abed Abdi was expelled from Haifa – a major port city on the Mediterranean Sea – along with tens of thousands of fellow Palestinians by Zionist militias in 1948.Memories of displacement and dispossession that started at age six inspire the art Abdi produces even

Abuja, Nigeria – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has handed over the reins of power to fellow party man Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), leaving charge with a legacy very different to the one voters had hoped for when they elected him eight years ago.His 2015 victory

After India declined to tour Pakistan for the Asia Cup, Pakistan says it won’t play in the Cricket World Cup in India.Senior International Cricket Council (ICC) officials are set to travel to Pakistan to secure the country’s participation in this year’s 50-over World Cup in India which has been in

Five months after he shocked the football world by signing for Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo’s first season in Saudi Arabia is set to end with mixed results.The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is not going to add to the seven league titles won in England, Spain and Italy as his Riyadh-based

Russia’s Investigative Committee says it is opening a criminal investigation into comments made by Republican senator.Russia has put United States Senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list, according to Russian media reports citing the interior ministry’s database. Ukraine’s presidential office on Friday released an edited video of a meeting between

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Soldiers block off four town halls to keep back Serbs protesting against ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in north Kosovo.NATO peacekeeping soldiers have formed security cordons around four town halls in Kosovo to keep back Serbs protesting against ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in a

The new law, one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ laws, comes in defiance of condemnations from the international community.Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has assented to an anti-homosexuality law, the speaker of the country’s parliament said on Monday. The approval of the law, one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ laws, comes

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s second visit to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Israel’s national security minister on May 21 represents a dangerous mix of religion and politics.Ben-Gvir was seen standing and reading off his phone, apparently in prayer. Such an act would be forbidden under the current “status quo” governing Al-Aqsa, referred

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election on Sunday in a heavily-contested run-off election.With more than 99 percent of both domestic and international votes counted, Erdogan secured 52.16 percent of the vote, and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.84 percent. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for 20 years, will now

The Turkish leader won the presidency for a third time after a run-off vote on Sunday.The Turkish lira has plunged to record lows after the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a sign that currency markets are not confident in the country’s economic future after the longtime leader’s re-election. The

Tinubu is Nigeria’s fifth president since the return of democracy in 1999.Bola Tinubu, the former Lagos governor who is credited with helping the city-state increase its revenue base, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s new president. He was sworn in by Olukayode Ariwoola, chief justice of the country, in a

When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first climbed Mount Everest 70 years ago, they paved the way for thousands of foreign climbers to try to follow in their footsteps.The eight-day trek to the Everest base camp is among the most popular multiday hikes in Nepal with tens of thousands

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Prime minister says he will dissolve Spain’s parliament after his party performed poorly in local and regional polls.Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, has called an early general election for July 23 after his party suffered a major setback in local and regional polls.