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People celebrated while watching a television on a street in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, as news of the ceasefire spread

Eyeing permanent end

Qatar, US announce Gaza truce, hostage release deal

Fires around Los Angeles created fear and anxiety for tens of thousands of people

Between ashes and heartbreak

Survivors count the mental cost of Los Angeles fires

Gazans celebrate along a street in Khan Yunis after news spread of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel

After 15 months of war

Thousands across Gaza celebrate ceasefire deal

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Seoul

End of standoff

South Korean President Yoon arrested over failed martial law bid

US Senator Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination to be Secretary of State

Rubio vows to confront 'dangerous' China, deter Taiwan invasion

Signs posted on the buildings said activities on the premise had been temporarily suspended

Ramped up animosity

Kosovo raids Serbia-linked offices as tense elections loom

Several leading politicians, including Finnish President Alexander Stubb (C) have acknowledged the need for increased defence spending

Amid global instability

Upping defence spending 'key point' for NATO summit: ministers

Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled, according to a new study

Drug consumption rising

Cocaine use nearly doubles in France: study

Zelensky called on the West to use around $250 billion of unallocated frozen Russian assets to buy Kyiv weapons

Critical infrastructure

Russia strikes Ukraine energy sites in 'massive' barrage

Mozambique's new president Daniel Chapo (CR) was inaugurated under heavy security

Amid disputed results

Mozambique's new president vows 'unity' as sworn in amid deadly protests

UN rights chief Volker Turk met with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

Following regime change

UN rights chief says transitional justice 'crucial' in Syria

Vietnam's President Luong Cuong (right) and Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi

Bolstering support

Russia PM meets Vietnam president, seeking deeper ties

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv call for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza

'Flexibility' required

Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal

Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong says

Australia mulls 'all options' after citizen reported killed by Russian forces

Thousands of residents on the island of Halmahera are set to be evacuated after Mount Ibu erupted on Wednesday

Thousands to be evacuated after Mount Ibu eruption

The launch of two warships, like the INS Surat shown here, and a submarine was key to India's 'quest towards self-reliance', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said

Warships and submarine

India's triple naval launch shows 'self-reliance': Modi

Morning Roundup

City Mayor calls situation in Gare 'untenable', Diesel price hike, and US TikTok ban ruling imminent

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is facing a 14-year prison term this month in one of the numerous cases against him

Political persicution?

Pakistan's Imran Khan defiant even as longer sentence looms

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus demanded the return of stolen assets, decrying the 'scale of corruption' under the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh's Yunus demands return of stolen billions

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has staggered from scandal to crisis, was arrested on Wednesday

Court trial pending

S. Korea's Yoon: from rising star to historic arrest

Police officers patrol near the residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea's six weeks of political chaos

Canadian fans at the Paris Olympics -- A new poll found 90 percent of citizens reject the idea of linking up with the United States

Humour, pride, and sovereignty

'We may look easy-going, but...' Canadians veto Trump's merger plan

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in to a third, six-year term after claiming victory in elections he is accused of having stolen

Citing 'hostile' response to Maduro

Venezuela restricts diplomats from 'hostile' European countries

President Joe Biden's order undoes punitive efforts by Donald Trump's administration against Cuba

Cuba to free over 550 prisoners after removal from US terror list

Protesters outside Israel's parliament call for a deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas

Intensified efforts for ceasefire

Qatar says Gaza truce talks in 'final stages'

Argentina's President Javier Milei attends a political meeting organized by a right-wing group in Rome in December 2024

Argentine annual inflation nosedives, in boost for Milei

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Gaza should be under the control of the Palestinian Authority

Blinken proposes UN role, Palestinian state path in Gaza

Lebanon's new prime minister Nawaf Salam has said he wants to include all sides to help save the country

Lebanon's new PM says reaching out to all sides to save country

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