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Rebels ‘capture junta western command in Rakhine state’
A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta.
The Arakan Army (AA) had "completely captured" the western regional command at Ann on Friday…
Car-ramming attack on X-mas market 5 killed, hundreds injured in Germany
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday condemned the "terrible, insane" car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200.
Police arrested a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatry doctor at the…
Brazil bus accident kills at least 32
At least 32 people died early yesterday when a bus crashed into a truck and then caught fire in southeastern Brazil, officials said.
Around four in the morning, the bus travelling from Sao Paulo blew a tire near the town of Lajinha, in…
Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market
German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.
At least two people…
OCCUPIED WEST BANK Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian residents said yesterday, and video showed "Revenge", "Death to Arabs" and other slogans had been spray-painted in Hebrew on the building's facade.
Black…
Graft allegations against Tulip make headlines in UK
Several news outlets in the UK yesterday reported on the corruption charges brought against UK Treasury's Economic Secretary Tulip Siddiq by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The ACC accused her and family members of…
UN calls for ‘free and fair’ elections in Syria
The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for "free and fair" elections after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, voicing hope for a political solution for Kurdish-held areas.
Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive…
Trump jokes Canada becoming 51st US state ‘a great idea’
US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday it would be "a great idea" for Canada to become the 51st US state, teasing on social media that "many Canadians" welcome the idea, as Ottawa is wracked by political turmoil.
"Many…
Russia says it detains suspect over the murder of top general in Moscow
Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a citizen of Uzbekistan who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillovin Moscow a day earlier on the instructions of Ukraine's security service.…
As bitcoin soars, luxury brands consider accepting crypto payments
Bitcoin's soaring value has caught the attention of high-end fashion brands and retailers, prompting further interest in offering cryptocurrencies as a means of payment to tap in to fresh pockets of wealth and build loyalty with crypto…