The initiative, framed as “a new beginning” to promote long-term financial security, targets what the bank calls “children of the war.”

The Southern Transition Council (STC) is seen as being backed by the UAE. Although the UAE and Saudi Arabia share many regional interests, they do not always agree on Yemen.

Iraq’s top leadership is divided along sectarian lines, with the president being Kurdish and the prime minister usually a Shi’ite. The lower-level speaker of parliament's role goes to Sunnis.

Turkish police last week detained 115 suspected Islamic State members, they said, who were planning to carry out attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country.

The site, in the Dhumair desert east of Damascus, was used during Assad’s rule as a military weapons depot, according to a former Syrian army officer with knowledge of the operation.

Hundreds of people packed a stadium in the Libyan city of Misrata on Sunday for the funeral of three top military officers killed in a plane crash last week.

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Polls opened in Guinea on Sunday in the country’s first presidential election since the 2021 coup that ousted President Alpha Condé.

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Hopes of peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are fading after new clashes erupted in Uvira on Friday.

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Vote counting is underway in Ivory Coast following legislative elections to choose the country’s 255 members of the National Assembly, a vote shaped by deep political divisions and lingering tensions from the recent presidential poll.

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With both teams under pressure and little margin for error, the upcoming clash promises intensity, history, and high stakes

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After decades of service to the state and people of Israel, Keren Hayesod has once again proven indispensable – fueling aid, resilience, and recovery efforts across Israel over the past two years

The Northern District Commander, Meir Eliyahu, signed a 30-day closure order for the terrorist's place of employment in Kibbutz Mesilot in the Spring Valley on Saturday. 

According to the ministry’s statement, the exceptional step was taken due to the rapid spread of the disease in the city and the makeup of the population.

“They gave me a coffee, they gave me a cheese sandwich… we weren't strip-searched or anything like that, it was all good,” Sanam said.

President Trump’s U-turn on green energy, as data centers for AI require huge amounts of electricity, has boosted Israeli stocks that were written off at the start of 2025

Several governments and police forces have said they will not allow firework displays out of respect for the victims on Sumatra, where floods and landslides have killed over 1,100 people.

Roughly 2.3 million voters are casting ballots for president, legislators, and local offices, with provisional results expected by early January. The vote has drawn international attention due to ongoing questions about fairness and opposition obstacles, even as many polling sites reported calm cond

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This marks China's sixth major round of war games since 2022 and follows a rise in Chinese rhetoric over Beijing's territorial claims in recent months.

Netanyahu needs to ensure that the hostage deal is finished in full, enforce the terms already signed, and lock in US-Israel alignment on Iran. Anything else would be merely a delay.