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Rubio says Trump to get involved in Sudan peace efforts as civil war rages 

04 December 2025

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that President Donald Trump has been personally overseeing efforts...

Gaza militia leader accused of collaborating with Israel killed: Reports 

04 December 2025

Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a gang in the Gaza Strip that was accused of working with Israel to counter Hamas and o...

Tunisia arrests top opposition leader Nejib Chebbi in widening crackdown 

04 December 2025

Tunisian police have arrested top opposition figure Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, his family says, as a crackdown on critics of Pr...

UNSC delegation visits Syria on first trip a year after al-Assad’s fall 

04 December 2025

A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) delegation has arrived in Syria for its first-ever trip to the country, reporte...

Putin says Russia ready to take Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region ‘by force’ 

04 December 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said recent talks with United States negotiators over ending the war with Ukraine w...

Root’s first century in Australia gives England edge as Starc topples Akram 

04 December 2025

England’s Joe Root conquered his final frontier with a first Ashes century in Australia as the tourists pushed past 30...

Global campaign launched to free jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti 

04 December 2025

An international campaign to free popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who has been jailed in Israel since 2002,...

Amid Trump threats, what has the US’s ‘war on drugs’ achieved in 50 years? 

04 December 2025

More than 50 years ago, in the summer of 1971, US President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one...

Macron tells Xi that China, France must overcome ‘differences’ 

04 December 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that their two countries must overcome their “differences” during a...

Meta starts blocking teens in Australia under social media ban 

04 December 2025

Tech giant Meta has begun removing minors below 16 years of age in Australia from its platforms Instagram, Threads and F...