Category: 4. World

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María Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, and the…

“There’ve been cases when the Nobel committee awarded the prize to people who’ve done nothing for peace,” Putin said, without naming names. “That’s damaged the prize’s prestige.” 

While he demurred when asked whether he…

Minutes after the first stage of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas kicked in at noon local time on Friday in the Palestinian territory, Eyad Amawi, a representative of the Gaza Relief Committee, a local organization…

An explosion occurred at a military munitions plant in the US state of Tennessee on Friday, local officials said, with reports of multiple deaths.

“We can confirm there has been an explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in the Bucksnort area,”…

Donald Trump’s decisions to arm Ukraine and sanction Russia during his first term laid the foundation for the conflict that erupted in 2022—revealing that his later “peacekeeper” image was politically motivated.

The father of an American citizen taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, has spoken of the anticipation and uncertainty that continues to shroud his family while they wait for news on his son.

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During a press conference following his visit to Tajikistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin told special correspondent Kommersant reporter Andrey Kolesnikov that Russia and the U.S. remain within the framework of the…

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Israeli hostage’s father says family is counting the hours before his release

Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, recently told the Financial Times newspaper that Syria is on a “knife-edge” and “risks turning into Libya” should promised changes stall. 

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa “needs to do what I…