3 d. ago South Korea’s Yoon Sentenced to Five Years Over Martial Law Attempt

A Courtroom, a Country on Edge: The Fall of Yoon Suk Yeol The morning air outside the Seoul Central District Court was cold and taut, like the silence before a storm. Supporters clustered beneath umbrellas and banners, their voices a mixture of chant and prayer. Across the street, police vans idled, officers in dark coats […]

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5 d. ago Appeal lodged following judge’s dismissal of Kneecap criminal case

A Flag, A Gig and a High Court Drama: When Music, Symbolism and the Law Collide It began, as many cultural flashpoints do, in a darkened room full of bodies and bass. Fans crammed into the O2 Forum in Kentish Town in November 2024, mouths parted at the thunder of a Northern Irish rap group’s […]

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6 d. ago Dispute Erupts Over Reported Number of Prisoners Freed in Venezuela

A Slow Unraveling: Venezuela’s Puzzle of Prisoner Releases and the People Left Waiting On a sun-baked morning in Caracas, a cluster of women sat beneath a weathered ficus outside a municipal court, clutching crumpled photographs of sons and brothers whose faces time had not yet forgiven. They spoke softly but urgently — their sentences threaded […]

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1 week ago Trump warns U.S. role in Venezuelan affairs could persist for years

When Power Crosses a Line: Venezuela, Oil and the Unsettling Pause Between War and Law Late into a humid Washington night, the Senate chamber hummed with a rare and uneasy consensus. Fifty-two senators voted to advance a resolution designed to stop President Donald Trump from launching further military action against Venezuela without Congress’s express approval. […]

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1 week ago Somalia: President Hassan Sheikh Rejects Israeli Recognition Efforts, Reaffirms Somalia’s Sovereignty

Mogadishu — President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has firmly rejected any attempt by Israel or its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to influence or divide Somalia, stating that no foreign-written document can undermine the country’s unity or sovereignty.

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1 week ago Minneapolis mayor demands ICE withdrawal after deadly shooting

Snow, Shouts and a Bullet: A Minneapolis Street That Became a Flashpoint On a cold, gray morning in south Minneapolis, a narrow residential street that usually hears the rumble of buses and the chatter from corner cafés instead became a scene of confrontation and tragedy. Snow matted the sidewalks; breath steamed from the mouths of […]

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1 week ago Heatwave Hammers Australia’s South as Officials Warn of Health Risks

When the south turned to iron: living through Australia’s sudden furnace There is a particular smell that rises from bitumen and gum trees when the heat hits the way it did this week — a metallic, baked-sweet scent that hanging in the air feels almost like a warning. Streets shimmered, air conditioners chugged like tired […]

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1 week ago US scales back broad vaccine recommendations for four childhood immunizations

A Quiet Rubicon: America Rewrites the Rules for Childhood Vaccines It began with a sentence tucked into a policy update and rippled outward like a stone thrown into still water. The United States, a country long accustomed to a robust, universal childhood immunisation schedule, has quietly removed blanket recommendations for four vaccines: influenza, rotavirus, meningococcal […]

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2 w. ago Donald Trump declares the U.S. ‘will take charge of’ Venezuela

“We will run Venezuela”: What a Single Sentence Reveals About Power, Politics and the Human Cost When a leading U.S. politician declared, almost offhand, that “we will run Venezuela,” the words landed like a stone in a still pond — concentric circles of alarm, disbelief and weary resignation spreading out across continents. It was not […]

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2 w. ago North Korean leader’s daughter seen visiting state mausoleum

At the Mausoleum: A Quiet Photograph and a Loud Question There are images that speak in a dozen languages at once, and then there are images that aim for silence. North Korea’s state news agency released a few such photographs recently—glossy, staged, and instantly thorny—showing a young girl flanked by her parents in the cavernous, […]

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2 w. ago Dabaq Soomaali ay leedahay oo 16 ka koobnaa oo saaka ku soo dumay Nairobi

 NAIROBI (DAYNIILE.COM)-Dabaq cusub oo dhismihiisu socday isamarkaana marayay biyaanada 16-aad ayaa saaka ku soo dumay Xaafadda South C ee Magaalada Nairobi waxaana iska lahaa Soomaali inkastoo sharaxaaad dheeraad ah aan laga heylin marka la eego khasaare nafeed hadii uu jiro. Warbaahinta Kenya iyo tan dunida ayaa saaka waxay hadal hayaan dhacdadaani naxdinta leh ee ka […]

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2 w. ago Somalia: Somaliland denies agreeing to host Israeli bases, resettle Palestinians

Breakaway region dismisses Somalia’s allegations as attempt to undermine diplomatic progress.

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2 w. ago Channel Tunnel services partly resume after significant power outage

When the Tunnel Went Dark: New Year’s Travel Upended Under the Channel There is a particular kind of hush that falls over a crowded station when the announcements stop making sense. At St Pancras on New Year’s Eve, that hush arrived as a string of cancellations and a single, weary sentence: “Today, nothing at all.” […]

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3 w. ago Arab states denounce Israeli move to recognize Somaliland, back Somalia

everal Arab countries on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to recognize Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region, calling it a breach of international law and reiterating their support for Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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4 w. ago U.S. Envoy Witkoff Calls Ukraine Talks Constructive, Signaling Tangible Progress

Miami at Dusk: Negotiators, Palm Trees and the Heavy Business of Making Peace The sun slipped behind Biscayne Bay as a convoy of black SUVs pulled up to a glassy hotel where, for three days, representatives from Washington, Kyiv and Brussels gathered to attempt something the world has been waiting for since February 2022: a […]

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last month U.S. and Russian delegations meet in Florida for Ukraine negotiations

In the Heat of Miami, an Attempt at Peace — and the Cold Reality Waiting in Kyiv and Moscow The lobby of a Miami hotel is not the obvious place to imagine the fate of a nation hangs in the balance. But on a humid December afternoon, beneath palms that rustled like whispered side conversations, […]

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