France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French massacre
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognised the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the Senegalese authorities. Macron’s move, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the World War II killings in Thiaroye...
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Ireland votes in close-run election
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Syria insurgents push their advance toward 2nd largest city Aleppo
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Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at crucial time in its war with Russia
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Survival rate of cuddly giant pandas goes up
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India re-elected to UN Peacebuilding Commission
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Historic debate on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales begins
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Russian defence minister in N Korea for talks
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Bangladesh freezes bank accounts of 17, including arrested leader
Bangladesh’s authorities have ordered freezing for 30 days the bank accounts of 17 people associated with ISKCON, including its former member Chinmoy Krishna Das arrested this week on sedition charges, media reports said Friday. The move comes after the Bangladesh High Court rejected a petition seeking a ban on International Society...
Negotiators get closer to agreeing on plastic pollution treaty
egotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution inched closer to an agreement Friday, with more countries saying they want to address the total plastic on Earth. The most contentious issue of the talks is whether there will be a limit on the amount of plastic...
US embassy in Pak issues securiy alert for Peshawar
The US Mission here has issued a security alert urging its citizens not to visit Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan until December 16 due to “security concerns.” The security alert titled ‘Threat to Serena Hotel, Peshawar’ advising the US Mission personnel to avoid the said hotel in...
Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump’s second term, said Zuckerberg, like...
Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump’s threat
Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a senior official has said. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t...
Thousands of Lebanese return home as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds
Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants returned home on Wednesday as a ceasefire took hold, driving cars stacked with personal belongings and defying warnings from Lebanese and Israeli troops to avoid some areas. If it endures, the ceasefire would end nearly 14 months of fighting...
Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, seeks release
Deposed prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said the leader must be released immediately. Das who was taken into custody earlier this week on sedition charges. “A top leader of the Sanatan religious community has been unjustly arrested, he...
