US Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark on Friday of not having done enough to protect Greenland, when he visited the strategically-placed, resource-rich Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump. Vance made his comment during a trip to the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, a visit viewed by Copenhagen and Nuuk as a […]
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The Israeli strikes are the worst violation of the ceasefire since it was negotiated four months ago [Getty] Israel said on Friday it will strike anywhere in Lebanon it sees a threat, after alleged rocket fire prompted it to bomb Beirut for the first time during the fragile four-month-old truce with Hezbollah. Lebanese Prime Minister
Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday appointed Osama al-Rifai, a moderate Muslim cleric known for having opposed now ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, as the country’s grand mufti. “Today, this position is held by one of the finest scholars” in Syria, Sharaa said in a statement. Rifai, a Damascene born in 1944, publicly expressed opposition
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Syrian authorities have reversed a decision to shut bars and restaurants serving alcohol in Christian-majority areas of Damascus after public outcry, witnesses and a Syrian news outlet said on Friday. After Islamist-led rebels ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, the new authorities had pledged to protect the country’s ethnic and religious minorities. An AFP journalist
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Israel levelled a building in Hadath, south of Beirut, in the first attack on the area since the fragile November ceasefire took hold (AFP via Getty Images) The Israeli army carried out an airstrike on a south Beirut suburb Friday, the first since a fragile November ceasefire took hold and amid Israel’s continued violations of
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Global 195, led by the UK-based International Center of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), launched on March 18 as a worldwide legal coalition that is set to hold accountable Israeli citizens and dual nationals involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The international initiative will seek to activate domestic and international legal mechanisms to
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Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin, who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest, was jailed pending trial on terrorism charges, Turkey’s Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday. Medin was detained in Istanbul as part of an investigation launched after a protest in Stockholm in January 2023, where a
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Tehran would strike U.S. bases in the region if Washington follows through on its warning of military consequences for Iran in the absence of a new nuclear deal, the speaker of the Iranian parliament said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this month that he had sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student the Trump administration is trying to expel from the US because of his role in campus protests against Israel, are expected to appear Friday before a judge in New Jersey as they fight for his release from federal custody. Khalil, 30, was arrested March 8 at his
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Qatar is trying to bring an end to the rebellion in Congo by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels [Getty] Qatari mediators hosted a second round of talks on Friday between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and separately met representatives of the Rwandan-backed rebellion waging an insurgency in eastern Congo, four sources told Reuters. Congo President Felix
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