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As Trump upended years of US policy staunchly backing Ukraine, he then had a televised shouting match with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office [Getty] Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday in a call with Donald Trump Tuesday to halt attacks against Ukrainian energy targets but would not accept an immediate full ceasefire and insisted […]

The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year [Getty] Iranians on Tuesday lit bonfires in the streets and jumped over them, carrying on an ancient tradition ahead of the Persian New Year to purify themselves and ward off evil spirits. The

Japan is poised to become the first nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday [Getty] Japan will become the first nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday if they defeat Bahrain at Saitama Stadium as Hajime Moriyasu’s side look to continue their imperious form in Asia’s preliminaries. Three points

Libyan authorities deported more than 150 Nigerian women and children on Tuesday under a UN-affiliated “voluntary return” scheme for irregular migrants, an immigration official and UN sources said. Libya is a key departure point on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea voyages in the hope of

Qatar hosts Rwanda and DRC leaders as they back ceasefire after failed talks [Getty] The presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo met Tuesday in Qatar and expressed their support for a ceasefire, a joint statement said, a day after peace talks in Angola failed. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched a massive offensive in the

Tunisia is a major transit country for African migrants hoping to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in search of economic opportunities and a better life [Getty] The families of detained Tunisian pro-migrant and anti-racism activists, imprisoned since May, launched an appeal on Tuesday for their release. Romdhane Ben Amor, the head of FTDES, an NGO,

The ministry said the miners would spend approximately 366 million riyals ($97.59 million) on exploration over the next three years [Getty] The Saudi industry and mineral resources ministry awarded on Tuesday mining exploration licenses to several local and international firms, state news agency SPA reported. The licenses were awarded to Indian miner Vedanta and a

Erdogan has also warned that cross-border military operations against the PKK would resume if promises were not kept [Getty] Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party said that President Tayyip Erdogan‘s ruling alliance had offered no clear steps during closed-door talks on Monday meant to advance a peace process after Kurdish militants pledged to disarm. In an interview late

Trump has already faced lawsuits for firing members of other independent agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board [Getty] President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the situation. This move marks another significant test of the independence of regulatory

Imamoglu slammed the decision as “unlawful” and said the board of Istanbul University had no authority to make such a decision [Getty] A Turkish university said on Tuesday that Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and already the target of a clutch of court cases – falsely obtained his