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New UK death after storms, 100,000 French homes without power
Some 15 people have died in weather-related accidents this week across Europe as gale-force winds and storms caused travel mayhem, shut schools, and cut power to hundreds of thousands in freezing temperatures.
Jan 11, 2026
Reviving Venezuela's oil industry: windfall or high-sta...
Reviving Venezuela's oil industry: windfall or high-sta...
Jan 11, 2026
China opposes foreign interference in Tanzania: Ministr...
China opposes foreign interference in Tanzania: Ministr...
Jan 11, 2026
Unhappy' Putin sends message to West with Ukraine strik...
Unhappy' Putin sends message to West with Ukraine strik...
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Indian Idol 3 winner Prashant Tamang dies of cardiac arrest
The world would be better if more people acted like Nepalis: US Ambassador Thompson
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Fresh protests in Iran as internet blackout persists
Fresh protests in Iran as internet blackout persists
Protesters filled Tehran’s streets again Saturday with anti-government chants despite a deadly crackdown and internet blackout, in what has become Iran’s largest unrest in over three years.
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New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to be seized
New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to...
The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed defiance and blamed the United States.
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UN Security Council plans emergency meeting on Ukraine Monday
UN Security Council plans emergency meeting on Ukraine Monda...
"The Russian Federation has reached an appalling new level of war crimes and crimes against humanity by its terror against civilians," Ukrainian ambassador Andriy Melnyk said in a letter to the Security Council seen by AFP on Friday.
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'Racing against time': Death toll rises after Philippines trash site collapse
'Racing against time': Death toll rises after Philippines tr...
About 50 sanitation workers were buried when refuse toppled onto them Thursday from what a city councillor estimated was a height of 20 storeys at the Binaliw Landfill, a privately operated facility in Cebu City.
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'We don't want to be Americans': Greenland's political parties
'We don't want to be Americans': Greenland's political parti...
The statement late Friday came after Trump repeated that Washington was "going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not".
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Venezuela says in talks with US to restore diplomatic ties
Venezuela says in talks with US to restore diplomatic ties
It was the latest sign of cooperation following the leftist leader's capture and US President Donald Trump's claim to be "in charge" of the South American country.
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Nicaragua arrests dozens for reportedly supporting capture of Maduro
Nicaragua arrests dozens for reportedly supporting capture o...
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo are staunch allies of Maduro, who was captured by US military personnel in Caracas last Saturday and taken to New York to face trial on drug and weapons charges.
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Japan PM mulling snap election in coming weeks: reports
Japan PM mulling snap election in coming weeks: reports
Takaichi was appointed Japan's first woman prime minister in October and her cabinet is enjoying an approval rating of around 70 percent.
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Direct Bangladesh-Pakistan flights to resume after 14 years
Direct Bangladesh-Pakistan flights to resume after 14 years
Bangladesh and Pakistan are to resume direct flights after more than a decade, Dhaka's national airline said on Thursday, as ties warm and regional power balances shift.
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Venezuela frees political prisoners in move praised by Trump
Venezuela frees political prisoners in move praised by Trump
Venezuela has started freeing political prisoners, a move welcomed by US President Donald Trump as a positive step toward cooperation between Washington and Caracas.
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