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Advocacy group urges sanctions on Israel after Canadian delegation, including six lawmakers, turned back to Jordan.Israel has denied entry to a group of Canadian lawmakers who were seeking to reach the occupied West Bank to hold talks with Palestinian officials and human rights advocates, Canadian civil society groups say.Six members of Canada’s Parliament were trying to reach the West Bank from neighbouring Jordan when the Israeli authorities turned them back, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said…

Mayor Brett Smiley of Providence, Rhode Island, has confirmed that two people have been killed and eight more are critically injured after an active shooter was reported on the campus of Brown University.Exams were under way on Saturday when the shooting began on the Ivy League campus in the United States.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe suspect remains at large, according to Rhode Island officials. They described the suspect as a man dressed in black who…

ELN conducts military drills, orders civilians indoors, as Trump warns drug-producing nations face potential attack.Colombia’s largest remaining rebel force has told civilians living under its authority to stay at home for three days while it stages military drills in response to burgeoning United States threats.The National Liberation Army (ELN), a left-wing rebel group, ordered the lockdown on Friday, instructing residents to keep off major routes and rivers from Sunday morning as fighters conduct what the group describes as…

The US has rolled back a series of restrictive economic sanctions put in place during the rule of Bashar al-Assad.Published On 11 Dec 202511 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United States House of Representatives has voted forward a bill that would end the restrictive Caesar Act sanctions on Syria, originally imposed during the rule of former leader Bashar al-Assad.The bid to repeal the sanctions was passed on Wednesday as part of a larger defence spending…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that China is moving to “intensify cooperation” with Russia, particularly in the military-industrial sphere, amid deepening ties between the strategic partners since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour.In comments on social media on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said a report from the head of Kyiv’s foreign intelligence had noted the dependence of the Russian state on “Chinese investment, technologies, and political priorities”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Ukrainian leader said…

United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks against Europe, arguing that the continent is now “weak” and “decaying” due to migration.Trump told the publication Politico on Tuesday that European nations should deport people who “came into the country illegally”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Europe, they want to be politically correct, and it makes them weak,” Trump said.The US president has long opposed immigration to Western countries, often using harsh rhetoric to target…

Progressive United States Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has hit back against Donald Trump after the president criticised her and renewed his attacks on the Somali community in Minnesota.During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump embarked on a racist tirade, describing Omar and other Somali immigrants as “garbage” and calling for them to leave the US.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“His obsession with me is creepy,” Omar wrote on social media in response. “I hope he gets the…