Tehran has witnessed its largest anti-government demonstrations in decades, as protests swept through dozens of districts across the capital and its wider metropolitan area of nearly 16 million people.
For several hours there on Thursday night,…
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High costs, falling returns: what could go wrong for Trump’s Venezuela oil gamble? | Oil
1. Time, money and broken pipes
Venezuela was a founding member of the Opec oil cartel, with its oil output reaching a peak of 3.5m barrels of crude a day in the late 1990s. But after decades of neglect and alleged corruption, the state-run…
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Owner of Swiss ski resort held in custody after deadly New Year’s Eve fire
One of the co-owners of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a fire on New Year’s Eve has been detained.
Sources told Swiss media that Jacques Moretti, a French national, was a potential flight risk.
The blaze at Le Constellation bar in…
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Polls show growing public push back against militarisation across Europe
A new poll in Scotland shows that voters are against giving taxpayers money to arms manufacturers. This is despite a concerted propaganda push by the UK government criticising the Scottish Government’s restrictions on…
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Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council to dissolve after leader fled to UAE : NPR
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa.
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Praying at the Jordan River for peace in the Holy Land
On Friday, 9 January, Catholics from across Jordan made their annual pilgrimage to Bethany Beyond the Jordan (Al-Maghtas) to celebrate Holy Mass for the Baptism of the Lord.
By Claudia Torres – Jordan
On Friday, 9 January, Catholics…
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Four ways to understand what’s going on with the US, Denmark and Greenland
European countries, and Denmark in particular, are scrambling to respond to threats from US officials over the future of Greenland.
Having successfully taken out the leadership of Venezuela in a raid on January 3, an emboldened US…
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Iran: What challenges face the country in 2026? – The House of Commons Library
- Iran: What challenges face the country in 2026? The House of Commons Library
- Iran’s military might break with the regime The Hill
- Why Reza Pahlavi is unqualified to lead Iran The Jerusalem Post
- ‘A big storm is coming’ triggering major upheaval,…
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Opening remarks by President António Costa at the meeting with President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa – consilium.europa.eu
- Opening remarks by President António Costa at the meeting with President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa consilium.europa.eu
- EU grants Syria $722 million for recovery, humanitarian aid, von der Leyen says Reuters
- Europe will do ‘everything it can’ to…
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Leicestershire councillor criticised over Muslim prayers comments
Chris Harper,Local Democracy Reporting Serviceand
Dan Martin,Leicester political reporter
Leicestershire County CouncilCarl Abbott is the authority’s cabinet member for adult social care A senior Reform UK councillor has been criticised for saying…
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