WORLD NEWS: EU CHIEF CONGRATULATES NEW FRENCH PM BAYROU
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen Friday congratulated Francois Bayrou on his appointment as French prime minister, after the country’s deeply divided parliament ousted his...
WORLD NEWS: MACRON NAMES FRANCOIS BAYROU AS PRIME MINISTER
François Bayrou, a moderate, was appointed prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, giving him the difficult job of rescuing France from months of...
WORLD NEWS: POPE MEETS PALESTINIAN LEADER ABBAS AT THE VATICAN
Agency Report Mahmud Abbas, the president of Palestine, met with Pope Francis on Thursday to address the "serious" humanitarian situation. Francis has recently stepped up...
ISRAEL LAUNCHES 500 AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIAN MILITARY SITES
Agency Report Israel has begun airstrikes at military targets throughout Syria and sent ground forces into and beyond a demilitarised buffer zone for the first...
JUST IN: TAIWAN DETECTS 16 CHINESE WARSHIPS AROUND ISLAND
As Beijing steps up military pressure on Taipei, Taiwan reported Thursday that it had spotted 16 Chinese vessels in the waters surrounding the island, one...
WORLD NEWS: JUDGE SHOT DEAD IN MEXICO
According to the state prosecutor's office and local media, a judge was shot dead in Acapulco, Mexico's once-thriving seaside city, on Wednesday. The judge who...
WORLD NEWS: US GUNMAN MANIFESTO REVEALS MOTIVE BEHIND CEO MURDER
The man charged with brazenly gunning down a top health insurance CEO in New York carried a handwritten manifesto of grievances against the industry, police...
(JUST-IN) WORLD NEWS: SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT BANNED FROM LEAVING COUNTRY
Less than a week after briefly enforcing martial law and plunging the nation into disarray, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was prohibited from leaving...
UPDATE: SYRIANS FLOCK TO CELEBRATE NEW DAY AFTER OVERTHROW OF PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD
According to AFP journalists, Syrians gathered in the capital city of Damascus' main square on Monday to celebrate what many see as a long-awaited new...
UPDATE: BIDEN TO MEET WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS ON SYRIA
US President Joe Biden will meet Sunday with his national security advisors over Syria, where Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken Damascus and overthrown President...