Views: 2 Isis leader Abu Yusif killed in air strike in Syria, US officials say. The leader of Isis, Abu Yusif, has been killed in an air strike in Syria, the US Central Command (Centcom) has said. Yusif, also known as Mahmud, was killed along with another Isis operative in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, Centcom commander […]
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Views: 2 New Syria military leader Ahmed Dalati says US can help rebuild army. Ahmed Al-Dalati has recently emerged as a key figure involved in the Syrian rebel alliance’s military operations that led to the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. Al-Dalati possesses in-depth knowledge of the battles between opposition factions and Assad’s forces and is well-informed about the future
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Views: 12 China conducts military drills near Vietnam China began on Wednesday military drills in an area overlapping with Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, in the South China Sea, the Sanya Maritime Safety Administration said in a navigation warning. The “training exercise” is being conducted daily until Dec. 21 in waters southwest of China’s
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Views: 10 30 Unique Ways Christmas Is Celebrated Around the World Christmas is one of the most globally celebrated holidays in the world. But not everybody celebrates the same way—or even on the same day. Beyond the familiar traditions like Santa Claus, a fir tree, caroling and gift-giving, a number of countries—including the U.S.—bring their own unique twists, both old
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Views: 5 Poland’s election under threat as election regulator refuses recognition of top court. Poland’s presidential election due for May, 2025 has been thrown into doubt as the electoral regulator (PKW) and the centre-left government have refused to recognise the Supreme Court’s Supervisory Chamber. That body is responsible for certifying the registration of candidates and the results
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Views: 8 Japanese carmakers Honda, Nissan in preliminary merger talks Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan are in preliminary merger talks to help them compete against Tesla and Chinese electric vehicle makers, media reports said Wednesday. Separately Bloomberg reported that Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn — officially known as Hon Hai Precision Industry — has approached
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Views: 10 Keely Hodgkinson crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 after Olympic glory Keely Hodgkinson was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year at an awards ceremony in Salford on Tuesday night, at the end of a stunning year which saw her become the Olympic 800m champion in Paris. Hodgkinson stormed clear in the final to finally
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Views: 10 Hunter dies after bear shot out of tree lands on him A bizarre hunting accident ended in the deaths of both a bear and a father in Virginia. A group of hunters were reportedly tracking a bear in Lunenburg County, between Richmond and Danville, Virginia, on December 9 when the animal ran up into a tree to escape its pursuers.
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Views: 8 Syria ex-rebel military chief says armed wing will be dissolved The military chief of Syria’s victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Tuesday it would be “the first” to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces. “In any state, all military units must be integrated into this institution,” Murhaf
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Views: 9 Russia detains suspect over killing of general in Moscow bomb blast A Russian intelligence agency says it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, did not name the
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