JERUSALEM—President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday weighed in for the first time on the Syrian Islamist revolt against the country’s dictator Bashar al-Assad who is holed up in his palace in Damascus. The radical Islamist movement…
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President-elect Trump and Prince William shook hands at the re-opening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, and afterward held a sit-down meeting at the British Embassy ahead of Trump’s inauguration. Trump and…
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Biden administration announces $988M in aid to Ukraine on same day Trump meets with Zelenskyy in Paris
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Trump responds after rebels overtake Syria, ousting longtime dictator: ‘Assad is gone’
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A man is recovering from serious injuries after leaping onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled by the animal, according to police in Canada’s Ontario province. A man and a woman…
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How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
by adminAhmed Al Sharaa, an Islamist militant in his late 20s, moved back to Syria from Iraq in 2011 with six men and a monthly stipend of $50,000 from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on…
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Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, eyewitnesses say
by adminIsraeli troops also forced health care workers and patients to leave the facility, and destroyed critical medical supplies, according to a statement by Dr Hussam Abu Saifya, the hospital director. In the early hours of…
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Deaths of 13 children in Mexico may be linked to IV bag contamination, authorities say
by adminMexican authorities are investigating the deaths of 13 children suspected to be linked to contaminated bags of intravenous nutrition in four hospitals in central Mexico. The children were 14 or younger, say Mexico health officials,…
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The EU and a South American trade bloc reach a giant trade deal after 25 years of talks
by adminThe European Union reached a blockbuster free trade agreement Friday with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance, capping a quarter-century of on-off negotiations even as France vowed…