Sat 06 December 2025: Al Arabiya-released video shows ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad laughing off Ghouta with the words “to hell with it” to his advisor. In the video, which shows al-Assad driving in an unknown location in Syria, Luna al-Shibl asks the former president: “We are about to leave Ghouta, what will we say,” […]
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Sat 06 December 2025: Ousted Syrian leader’s former spy chief and billionaire cousin scheme to destabilise Syria with armed violence. Former loyalists to deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad are funnelling millions of dollars to tens of thousands of potential fighters in a bid to start uprisings against the country’s fledgling government, a Reuters investigation has found. The […]
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Sat 06 December 2025: A recent survey released by a French rights group on Thursday revealed an increase in religion-based discrimination, particularly against Muslims. According to the new 2024 edition of the Access to Rights survey conducted by the Defenseur des droits (Defender of Rights), 7% of more than 5,000 respondents reported experiencing discrimination based […]
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Sat 06 December 2025: The UN plans to cut nearly a fifth of its positions as unpaid member dues climb to $1.59 trillion. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN will cut its budget by 15.1 percent and reduce staff by 18.8 percent in 2026 as unpaid dues from member states climb to […]
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Sat 06 December 2025: Delegates from nearly 50 nations officially established the Federation of International Mixed Martial Arts (FIMMA) in Athens on Wednesday, launching a united push to include mixed martial arts (MMA) in the Olympic Games, officials confirmed. The establishment meeting brought together delegates from National Olympic Committees and national MMA federations worldwide in […]
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Fri 05 December 2025: A new UN Development Programme (UNDP) report warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) could accelerate global inequality unless countries strengthen digital readiness and governance systems to manage the transition. The report, The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May Widen Inequality Between Countries, said that while AI offers significant opportunities for growth, […]
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Fri 05 December 2025: The Israeli army faces “the worst manpower crisis in its history” amid a severe shortage in personnel, Israeli reserve general and military analyst Itzhak Brik said Sunday. In an opinion piece in the daily Maariv, Brik said thousands of officers and non-commissioned officers avoided service in recent months, either by refusing […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Scientists have examined pristine rock dust brought from the asteroid Bennu, which has never been exposed to Earth’s atmosphere. The results are astonishing: they discovered sugars essential for the origin of life. Alongside ribose, a sugar that forms part of RNA—the molecule thought to carry genetic information and form the basis of early […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: A shadow lobbying effort to influence American media and politics on behalf of Israel has been uncovered through a trove of leaked emails, raising serious legal questions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The documents details of which is reported by Responsible Stagecraft, expose how the group Act For Israel, […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: Meta has started removing Australian users under 16 from Instagram, Threads, and Facebook in preparation for the country’s groundbreaking social media age ban for minors. “While we are working hard to remove all users who we understand to be under the age of 16 by 10 December, compliance with the law […]
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