Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu offers big cash reward and safe way out of war-torn Gaza as inducement to free Israeli captives. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said $5m will be given as a reward for each captive released from Gaza and those that help free Israelis held by Hamas will be…
The number of Lebanese troops killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 is reported to have reached 41 after latest attack kills three soldiers in southern Lebanon. Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an army base in southern Lebanon’s town of Sarafand, while at…
US announcement follows months of frustration over Maduro government’s claims of victory in contested July election. The United States has recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as the country’s rightful president-elect, following a July election in which President Nicolas Maduro was accused by his domestic opponents of falsely claiming victory….
G20 leaders pledge support for multilateralism, the Global South and an open economy. Leaders of the world’s top economies have wrapped up a meeting in Brazil, where they committed to tackling poverty, inequality and climate change. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East were also high on the agenda,…
State of emergency to allow government to send more money, people to help bring blazes under control, minister says. Ecuador has declared a 60-day state of emergency as the South American country has been hit by a severe drought and record wildfires that have razed large swaths of territory over…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has opened the Group of 20 Summit in Brazil by unveiling a global alliance aimed at tackling poverty and hunger. In his opening speech on Monday, Lula emphasised that these challenges stem from political choices. He also highlighted the widespread impact of climate…
Uruguayan midfielder found guilty of ‘aggravated breach’ in comments about his South Korean club captain Son Heung-min. Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches after the Uruguayan made a racist remark about South Korean people when talking about teammate Son Heung-min during a television appearance, the English…
United States President Joe Biden has witnessed the devastation of drought up close as he became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s under way in America”. His comments come even as the incoming administration of President-elect…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has held his final meeting with his outgoing counterpart in the United States, Democrat Joe Biden. But Xi’s words on Saturday seemed directed not simply at Biden but at his Republican successor, returning President Donald Trump. In his encounter with Biden on the sidelines of the…
The leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan have held a joint news conference to denounce the growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, the conference also served as a swan song for…
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