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Yemen's Houthis Free Detained Ship Crew After Gaza Truce
Yemen's Houthis Free Detained Ship Crew After Gaza Truce

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Wednesday that they had released the detained crew of the ship Galaxy Leader, held since November 2023, following the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Weeks after the war in the Gaza Strip broke out, the Houthis began launching attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they ...

Syrian Defense Minister Signals Openness to Kurdish Talks but Ready to Use 'Force'
Syrian Defense Minister Signals Openness to Kurdish Talks but Ready to Use 'Force'

Syria's Defense Minister said on Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with a Kurdish-led group on its dismantling, but did not rule out the use of force should negotiations fail. "The door to negotiation with the (Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces) SDF is currently open," Murhaf Abu Qasra told reporters including AFP. "If we have to use ...

Trump Ends Secret Service Protection for Ex-Advisor John Bolton
Trump Ends Secret Service Protection for Ex-Advisor John Bolton

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he withdrew Secret Service protection to John Bolton, his former national security advisor and one of his most outspoken critics, because "you can't have that for life." Bolton, 76, who served in the White House during Trump's first term and has been the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot, ...

UN Chief Praises Trump's 'large Contribution' to Gaza Ceasefire
UN Chief Praises Trump's 'large Contribution' to Gaza Ceasefire

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday hailed Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts to help secure a truce in the Gaza Strip following 15 months of war. "I will praise the United States, Qatar and Turkey for their efforts for months and months and months to obtain the release of hostages, also to obtain the ceasefire," Guterres said at ...

Turkey Hotel Fire Kills 76
VideosTurkey Hotel Fire Kills 76

A deadly fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, Turkey, killed 76 people and injured dozens during peak ski season. Investigations are ongoing as the nation observes a day of mourning.

Deadly Turkey ski Resort Fire: What we Know
Deadly Turkey ski Resort Fire: What we Know

A huge fire ripped through a luxury hotel in a popular ski resort in northern Turkey before dawn on Tuesday, killing 76 people and injuring 51 others. Some survivors said no fire alarms went off nor were there any fire escapes at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya which lies 170 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Ankara. What ...

Fragile Gaza Ceasefire Fraught with Risks
AnalysisFragile Gaza Ceasefire Fraught with Risks

After months of negotiations, a ceasefire has paused the devastating war in Gaza, but it risks collapsing as a result of deep distrust between Israel and Hamas and the multi-phased nature of the deal. Qatar, which mediated the talks along with the United States and Egypt, has expressed hope the six-week truce and hostage-prisoner exchange will ...

The Media Glossary: TikTok Ban
VideosThe Media Glossary: TikTok Ban

As newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump celebrated his return to power, he made a bold announcement to save TikTok. What is the TikTok ban? Why did President Trump choose to “save it”? What are the reasons behind TikTok’s ban?

Netflix Reports Surge in Subscribers, new Price Hikes
Netflix Reports Surge in Subscribers, new Price Hikes

Netflix on Tuesday said it added nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday season to finish out last year with more than 300 million subscribers. Company executives credited steady investments in shows and films with helping power growth at the streaming behemoth, while announcing it is increasing prices in Argentina, Canada, Portugal and ...

Panama Complains to UN Over Trump Canal Threat, Starts Audit
Panama Complains to UN Over Trump Canal Threat, Starts Audit

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the government in Panama City referred to an article of the UN ...