Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, Beirut
AFPPresident Ahmed al-Sharaa has made significant advances in his efforts to unify a deeply fractured Syria, reclaiming…
Category: 4. World
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Rapid rollback of Kurdish-led forces reshapes Sharaa’s Syria
AFPSyrian government forces advanced rapidly into north-eastern Syria in recent days -
Iran Protest Deaths Seen Rising With One Estimate Topping 20,000 – Bloomberg.com
- Iran Protest Deaths Seen Rising With One Estimate Topping 20,000 Bloomberg.com
- Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says The New York Times
- Armed militias fire heavy machine guns through Tehran streets in deadly night…
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What we know about Trump’s ‘framework of a future deal’ over Greenland
EPAUS President Donald Trump has announced that there is a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland”.
The statement came as a surprise after days of mounting tensions, culminating with a threat to impose economic sanctions on eight…
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U.S. deports eight Palestinians to West Bank using private jet
A private jet was apparently chartered specifically by U.S. authorities for the deportation and belongs to an Israeli-American businessman, Haaretz has learned. Several security sources familiar with the details described the case as ‘highly unusual’
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Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says – The New York Times
- Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says The New York Times
- The night Iran went dark: Witness accounts and video reveal violence inflicted during Iran’s internet blackout CNN
- Iran: Authorities unleash heavily militarized…
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Nato chief cannot negotiate on behalf of Greenland or Denmark, says Danish PM | Denmark
The Danish government has said Mark Rutte cannot negotiate on behalf of Denmark or Greenland over the future of the Arctic island, as the broad outlines of a deal apparently struck by the Nato secretary general and Donald Trump began to emerge.
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Trump’s Board of Peace has divided the globe. Here are the participants. – The Washington Post
- Trump’s Board of Peace has divided the globe. Here are the participants. The Washington Post
- UK holds off joining Trump’s Board of Peace over Putin concerns BBC
- Putin on Trump’s Gaza peace board invite: Not no politico.eu
- Davos: delegates…
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Trump at presentation of 'Peace Council' for Gaza: If Hamas doesn't surrender weapons – ynetnews.com
- Trump at presentation of ‘Peace Council’ for Gaza: If Hamas doesn’t surrender weapons ynetnews.com
- Gaza Board of Peace charter signed, Albanese apologizes jpost.com
- Trump To Present First Gaza Board Of Peace Charter In Davos | LIVE BLOG
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European shares rebound as Trump withdraws tariff threats over Greenland – Reuters
- European shares rebound as Trump withdraws tariff threats over Greenland Reuters
- Trump says rare earths are part of his Greenland deal. It’s ‘completely bonkers’ CNN
- Tougher stance on Trump is ‘very good for business’, says JP Morgan’s…
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‘Gaza will be demilitarized and rebuilt’
President Donald Trump on Thursday formally launched his proposed Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum, unveiling an international initiative he said would begin by reinforcing the ceasefire in Gaza but could later take on a far broader…Continue Reading
