WARSAW Polish border guards on Friday detained over 130 irregular migrants after discovering an underground tunnel through which they illegally crossed the Polish–Belarusian border, authorities said. More than 180 foreigners are believed to have entered Poland through the tunnel, with searches ongoing for those who have not yet been apprehended, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) […]
Some 200 West African soldiers, mainly from Nigeria and Ivory Coast, are in Benin to support the government following Sunday’s failed coup, Benin’s foreign minister says. The attempt was foiled after Nigeria deployed fighter jets to drive the mutineers out of a military base and state TV headquarters, where they had declared a takeover. This
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Kosovo has started accepting migrants that the United States wants to deport, under an accord with President Donald Trump’s administration, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said. “We are accepting those whom the United States does not want on its territory,” Kurti said a television interview late Thursday, adding that one or two of the migrants had
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December 12, 2025 at 9:37am GMT; As temperatures plunge across much of north China, a renewed burst of winter enthusiasm is sweeping in, turning the season’s chill into unmistakable economic heat. For Pan Shian, a primary school student in Jilin City in northeast China’s Jilin Province, this winter is destined to be unforgettable as the
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The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet Friday in Turkmenistan, an isolated Central Asian state which is marking 30 years of official neutrality with a rare international summit. The principle of “permanent neutrality” is at the heart of the former Soviet republic’s foreign policy — a doctrine that has contributed to making Turkmenistan one
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Shafaq News – Washington / Canberra; Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Australia challenging a new law that bans children under 16 from using social media, arguing that the measure breaches constitutional protections. Court filings cited by Reuters showed that the US-based social media platform said the legislation unlawfully restricts freedom of political communication and wrongly
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Speaking in Ashgabat, President Vladimir Putin highlighted a 35% surge in bilateral trade and pledged new Russian investments in Turkmenistan’s energy and transport sectors, framing the partnership as a model for a multipolar world. Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans for new Russian investment projects in Turkmenistan, highlighting rapidly growing economic ties between the
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Calls for Kyiv to withdraw its troops for the part of the Donbas that it holds remain a key sticking point, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid fast-paced negotiations and pressure from the United States for a deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. The status of the Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is
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Football’s leading fan organisations have demanded FIFA immediately stop selling tickets for next year’s World Cup, to be played in the United States, Canada and Mexico, warning that prices reaching nearly $9,000 for premium final seats will exclude supporters from the tournament. Football Supporters Europe, which called the ticket pricing “extortionate”, issued the call on Thursday
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Jerusalem; Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in the United States on December 29, as the two countries mull different visions for the next steps towards implementing the US 20-point plan for Gaza. It will be Netanyahu’s fifth visit to meet Trump in the US since the start of the year
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