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Syria's second-largest city Aleppo has fallen from government control for the first time since the country's conflict began more than a decade ago, a war monitor said yesterday, after a surprise advance by rebels. An…

Adani Group founder Gautam Adani responded for the first time on Saturday to allegations by US authorities that he was part of a $265 million bribery scheme, saying that his ports-to-power conglomerate was committed to world class…

US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or supporting another currency that would replace the United States dollar or face 100% tariffs. "We require a…

US President-elect Donald Trump aims to make loyalist Kash Patel the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he said on Saturday, in a move that would mean replacing the agency's current leader. Trump announced the…

At least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight and into yesterday, Gaza medics said. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had killed a militant who took part in the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on…

The Gaza Strip has descended into anarchy, with hunger soaring, looting rampant and rising numbers of rapes in shelters as public order falls apart, the United Nations said yesterday. Palestinians are suffering "on a scale that has…

Australian lawmakers yesterday passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media, approving one of the world's toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X. The legislation ordering social media firms to…

Russia launched more than a hundred drones at Ukraine overnight and early yesterday, killing one person and wounding eight others, officials said. The nearly three-year war has seen a sharp escalation in recent days, with Moscow…

A general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards was killed in Syria yesterday during fighting between Syrian government forces and jihadists, an Iranian news agency reported. Tehran has been a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…

A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into "serious violations of discipline" takes place, Beijing said yesterday, the latest senior figure to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country's…