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With minorities excluded from elections, sectarian violence and change slow to come, a UN envoy has warned of a “Libyan scenario” for Syria. Could the country find itself divided among regional governments? Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, recently told the Financial Times newspaper that Syria is on a “knife-edge” and “risks turning into Libya”…

The Israeli military says it has partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday morning. Israeli forces said they had pulled back to an agreed position within the territory – though troops still occupy half of the Strip. Footage shows thousands of Palestinians making their…

Khawaja Asif used a scathing address to the National Assembly to justify the ongoing mass deportation of Afghan nationals In a stark escalation of rhetoric, CNN-News18 has learnt that Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, has effectively declared neighbouring Afghanistan as his country’s “number one enemy”, using a scathing address to the National Assembly to justify the…

The U.S. Treasury finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina and bought pesos in the open market on Thursday, making good on President Donald Trump’s pledge to prop up the wobbling country and sending the peso and Argentine dollar bonds sharply higher. “The U.S. Treasury is prepared, immediately, to take whatever exceptional measures are warranted…

Australian and Indian defense ministers signed a new bilateral security deal Thursday that Australia said upholds Indo-Pacific stability. Rajnath Singh has become the first Indian defense minister to visit Australia since 2013, his Australian counterpart Richard Marles said. “Australia and India are top-tier security partners and our defense cooperation delivers practical effects to uphold Indo-Pacific stability,” Marles’…

People living near the coast had earlier been asked to evacuate immediately in view of the tsunami warning. An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit Mindanao in Philippines on Friday. The authorities had earlier warned of ‘destructive tsunami’ with ‘life-threatening’ wave heights and people have been asked to evacuate immediately to safer places. However, the…

While the ties between the Taliban regime and Pakistan continue to deteriorate, India is recalibrating its policy on Kabul — and the visit by the Taliban top diplomat Amir Khan Muttaqi could serve as a turning point. India does not recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan — nevertheless, it is set to welcome the Taliban foreign minister,…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is likely to survive Thursday’s no-confidence vote — but both the EU’s far left and far right have taken issue with how she is doing her job. On Monday afternoon, when the European Parliament met for the second time after the summer break in Strasbourg, legislators got down to business…

Israelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, as negotiations continued in Egypt over an end to the war in Gaza. The attack saw over 1,200 people killed and 251 others taken back to Gaza as hostages. It was the single deadliest day for Jews since the…

The United States may supply Pakistan with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, as indicated by a recent arms contract notification from the Department of War. Pakistan may receive advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles AIM-120 (AMRAAM) from the United States, PTI reported, after an arms contract deal was recently notified by the United States Department of War (DoW), initially known as…

The US government shutdown entered its second week on Monday (Oct 6), with no sign of a deal between President Donald Trump’s Republicans and Democrats to end the crisis. Democrats are refusing to provide the handful of votes the ruling Republicans need to reopen federal departments, unless an agreement is reached on extending expiring “Obamacare” healthcare subsidies…

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Russia’s president is trying to “intimidate and instill fear” and is waging an “information war” against Germany. Meanwhile, electric cars are set to get a tax break. More on DW. Merz calls for scrapping of EU combustion-engine ban German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday spoke in favor of scrapping the EU’s 2035…

The US has dominated the global technology market for decades. But China wants to change that. The world’s second largest economy is pouring huge amounts of money into artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Crucially, Beijing is also investing heavily to produce the high-end chips that power these cutting-edge technologies. Last month, Jensen Huang – the boss of…

Elon Musk has called on his X followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions over a Transformers cartoon. Earlier this week, the Tesla boss and X owner became the world’s first ever person to reach a net worth of more than $500 billion (£372.5billion). The 54-year-old saw the value of his businesses rise to £370.9 billion, the Forbes’…

Japan’s ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning the 64-year-old to be Japan’s first female prime minister. Takaichi is among the more conservative candidates leaning to the ruling party’s right. A former government minister, TV host and avid heavy metal drummer, she is one of the best known figures in Japanese politics…