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UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding
20 December 2024Sweden will no longer fund the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased...
More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says
20 December 2024More than 700 people have been killed in el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state since May, the United Nations human r...
Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more oil and gas from US
20 December 2024Donald Trump has threatened to levy tariffs against the European Union if the bloc does not buy more oil and gas from th...
Spain court sentences ex-IMF chief to more than four years over corruption
20 December 2024A Madrid court has sentenced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in pris...
‘Many more Russian war criminals on our list’: Ukraine vows more attacks
20 December 2024Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Kirillov, the 54-year-old general who led Russia’s nuclear protection forces, was assassinated ...
Biden cancels another $4.2bn in US student loans before leaving office
20 December 2024News|Joe Biden US President Joe Biden’s administration is cancelling student loans for another 55,000 people in the Un...
US officials on first diplomatic trip to Syria since al-Assad’s removal
20 December 2024The first United States diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad was removed earlier this month are holdin...
Who is Kyle Clifford, crossbow suspect accused of killing three UK women?
20 December 2024Kyle Clifford, a former British Army soldier who is accused of murdering a woman and her two daughters in the United Kin...
Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank
20 December 2024News|Israel-Palestine conflict Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, while also defacing...
Malaysia to resume search for missing MH370
20 December 2024News|Transport Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia...