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Net closing in on South Korea’s president as MPs get death threats over impeachment vote

The news is moving so quickly in South Korea, the papers can no longer keep up. President Yoon Suk Yeol's shock attempt to impose...

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to...

Haiti gang ‘massacres around 180 people over witchcraft fears’

Haiti's officials insist they will "mobilise all forces to track down and annihilate" those responsible for the attacks, which targeted elderly people. Around 180 mostly elderly...

Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible

Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, describing it as part of his active...

Israel seizes Golan buffer zone after Syrian troops leave positions

Israel's prime minister has announced its military has temporarily seized control of a demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, saying the 1974 disengagement...

South Korea’s democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?

In an era of rising authoritarianism, at the heels of a six-hour martial law decree that unfolded while many South Koreans slept, something noteworthy happened: Democracy...

Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections

Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family's iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of...

South Korea’s Yoon apologises for martial law but does not resign ahead of impeachment vote

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol apologised on Saturday for his attempt to impose martial law this week but did not resign, defying intense...

Mexico wants a deal with Trump to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees

Mexico hopes to strike a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to limit the number of third-country deportees it could receive from the US, Mexican President...

South Korea’s governing party head supports suspending Yoon’s powers, making impeachment more likely

South Korea’s governing party chief expressed support Friday for suspending the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing martial law this week, in a...

South Korean president to lift martial law after parliament rejects declaration

"The troops deployed for martial law have been withdrawn," Yoon said. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said troops have been withdrawn, hours after he...

Israeli strikes kill at least 200 in Gaza as UN halts aid deliveries after more trucks stolen

At least 200 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza Saturday, according to local health officials, as the United Nations said it...

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