People
January-19-2025
- Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees returned since Dec.: UN
- ?Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country since December last year, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Saturday.
January-7-2025
- Canadian PM to step down
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday morning he is stepping down after a party race while the opposition leader complained that nothing has changed.
December-24-2024
- Israel claims responsibility for killing Hamas leader Haniyeh
- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday admitted for the first time that Israel assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran.
December-23-2024
- Putin vows greater retaliation after Ukrainian drone attacks on Kazan
- ?Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to inflict "many times more destruction" in response to Ukrainian attacks on the Russian city of Kazan on Saturday.
December-22-2024
- S. Korean main opposition party urges acting president to promulgate special counsel bills
- Park Chan-dae, floor leader of South Korea's main opposition party, on Sunday called on acting President Han Duck-soo to promulgate special counsel bills against impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee by Tuesday.
December-22-2024
- Trump threatens retaking Panama Canal, whining "unfair" fees
- US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday called the Panama Canal "a VITAL National Asset for the United States," threatening to retake the canal, citing "exorbitant prices" on US ships.
December-22-2024
- 5 injured after driver crashes into shopping mall in Texas
- Five people were injured after a fleeing driver crashed into a shopping mall in Killeen in the U.S. state of Texas on Saturday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
December-22-2024
- Memorial service held for car-ramming victims at German Christmas market
- ?A memorial service was held Saturday evening in the German city of Magdeburg to mourn the victims of a tragic attack at a Christmas market on Friday night, where a car rammed into a crowd, killing at least five people and injuring 200 others.
December-22-2024
- Death toll rises to 38 in major road crash in Brazil
- The death toll from a road accident in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has risen to 38, with 13 others injured, local authorities reported Saturday.
December-22-2024
- Gaza ceasefire agreement nearly finalized: Palestinian source
- ?A ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip is imminent, with most of its terms already agreed upon, a senior official from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said on Saturday.
