Sat 04 January 2025: The US State Department “informally” notified Congress of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel, including munitions for fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery shells, according to a report on Friday. The State Department presented the agreement as a measure to “support Israel’s long-term security by resupplying stocks of critical […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede encouraged the island’s independence from Denmark on Friday, framing it as a step toward breaking free from “the shackles of the colonial era,” according to media reports. His New Year’s address emphasized Greenland’s right to self-determination amid renewed global attention sparked by US President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: Israel has allocated an additional $150 million to its 2025 propaganda budget in an effort to reshape global opinion over its genocide in Gaza, according to the Knesset. The 20-fold funding increase aims to boost Tel Aviv’s narrative and justification of its war against the besieged enclave while portraying the Palestinian […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: Syria has imposed new restrictions on the entry of Lebanese citizens, two security sources from Lebanon told news agency AFP on Friday, following what the Lebanese army said was a border skirmish with armed Syrians. The developments appeared to be the first instance of diplomatic friction between the two neighbours — who share a fraught history […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has voiced grave concerns over the fate of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, especially after the Israeli occupation military denied having any record of his detention. Abu Safiya was detained on Saturday after occupation forces raided and forcibly evacuated the hospital. […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: President Nana Akufo-Addo emphasises that visa-free policy aligns with the AU’s Agenda 2063, a 50-year blueprint aimed at realising integrated and connected Africa, building on the country’s efforts to enhance its global standing. Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders from the start of […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: The United Nations’ world food price index dipped in December against November levels, led lower by a drop in international sugar quotations, but still showed a robust gain year-on-year, data showed on Friday. The index, compiled by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to track the most globally traded food […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: Syria’s new government seeks no discord with Iran but demands that it not undermine Damascus, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani told Al Jazeera on Wednesday. “Iran is a neighboring country, and we do not wish to eliminate them, but we hope they reconsider their position and actions toward the Syrian people,” al-Shaibani […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: French troops will withdraw from Ivory Coast in January, President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday in his end of year address to the nation. “We can be proud of our army, whose modernization is effective. It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Cote d’Ivoire,” […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: Germany’s Annalena Baerbock offers ‘outstretched hand’, but underlines EU ‘expectations’ on diversity and tolerance. The French and German foreign ministers have arrived in Damascus to meet Syria’s new rulers, marking the first trip by top European Union officials to the country since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad last month. […]
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