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World Food Programme terminates all staff contracts in rebel-held Yemen, UN says thumbnail
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World Food Programme terminates all staff contracts in rebel-held Yemen, UN says

An estimated 4.8 million people remain internally displaced across Yemen, the WFP says, in what the UN says is one of the world’s...

Trump says Venezuelan airspace will reopen to flights and Americans will 'be safe there' thumbnail
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Trump says Venezuelan airspace will reopen to flights and Americans will 'be safe there'

US airlines stopped flying to Venezuela before the Department of Homeland Security ordered an indefinite suspension in 2019, arguing that conditions in the...

Greenland mayor issues warning to media after German comedian's US flag raising stunt thumbnail
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Greenland mayor issues warning to media after German comedian's US flag raising stunt

Trump’s long-standing territorial designs on Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, triggered the most serious crisis in NATO’s history since it was formed in...

Europe can defend itself but cannot replace US nuclear umbrella, Kubilius tells Euronews thumbnail
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Europe can defend itself but cannot replace US nuclear umbrella, Kubilius tells Euronews

European Commissioner Kubilius told Euronews he agrees with NATO’s Rutte that the EU relies on the US nuclear protections. However, the EU’s top...

Croatia will not join Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Prime Minister Andrej Plenković says thumbnail
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Croatia will not join Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Prime Minister Andrej Plenković says

Trump said last week he expects more than 50 countries to join, in what appears to challenge the United Nations Security Council’s traditional...

Haiti faces sexual violence and abuse crisis as gang violence spreads, MSF says thumbnail
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Haiti faces sexual violence and abuse crisis as gang violence spreads, MSF says

Haiti has been plagued by worsening gang violence since the 2021 assassination of its then-President Jovenel MoĂŻse with gangs controlling around 90% of...

Nour al-Maliki slams US meddling in Iraq's affairs after Trump threatens to cut off support thumbnail
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Nour al-Maliki slams US meddling in Iraq's affairs after Trump threatens to cut off support

After decades of conflicts and chaos, Iraq has recently regained a sense of stability but it is struggling with weak economic growth and...

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged in defiance of Trump who wants them lowered thumbnail
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Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged in defiance of Trump who wants them lowered

When the Fed reduces its key rate, it tends to lower borrowing costs for things like mortgages, car loans and business borrowing, though...

Dutch court sentences Eritrean man to 20 years in prison for 'cruel' people smuggling thumbnail
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Dutch court sentences Eritrean man to 20 years in prison for 'cruel' people smuggling

Presiding Judge RenĂ© Melaard called the case “exceptionally serious” because of both the nature and scope of the crimes. Read More

Men jailed for life by Russia for 2022 Crimea bridge blast plead for prisoner swap release thumbnail
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Men jailed for life by Russia for 2022 Crimea bridge blast plead for prisoner swap release

The bridge has suffered two further major attacks in 2023 and 2025, both carried out by Ukrainian forces as they push back against...