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December 9, 2024 2:52 PM

Rebels capture Damascus, topple Assad regime after 54 years; President flees to Russia

On 27 November, the Syrian rebels launched a lighting offensive on President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. By the 29th, they had captured the city of Aleppo. And Hama a week later. On 8 December, Assad fled and Damascus fell, ending the 54-year rule of...

December 9, 2024 2:54 PM

South Korea President Yoon banned from foreign travel as leadership crisis deepens

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis. Yoon ...

December 9, 2024 10:54 AM

With Assad ousted, a new era starts in Syria as the world watches

Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, ending a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of his family's brutal rule. The lightning adva...

December 8, 2024 1:49 PM

South Korea martial law fallout deepens as prosecutors close in on president, ex-defence minister

South Korea's leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week's martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested. Yoon su...

December 7, 2024 4:59 PM

Close to four lakh people displaced in Syria amid rebel offensive, says UN

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has estimated that at least 3,70,000 people, including men, women, and children, have been displaced due to the escalation of hostilities in Syria. This figure includes 1,0...

December 6, 2024 10:33 AM

Russia official says Trump’s threat will not stop work on BRICS payment system, RIA reports

Work will continue on the BRICS settlement system despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose 100% import duties on countries that try to undermine the dollar, the RIA news agency cited a senior Russian official as saying on Friday. ...

December 6, 2024 10:28 AM

Trump picks former Senator David Perdue as ambassador to China

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday (December 5) that he has chosen former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China, tapping a former politician with business experience to help steer relations riven by deep mistrust and trade te...

December 5, 2024 11:37 AM

From decree to defeat: Inside South Korea’s failed martial law attempt

At his confirmation hearing three months ago, South Korea's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun rejected accusations from the opposition that he wanted to impose martial law. It was, the conservative hardliner said, political propaganda. But when tension...

December 5, 2024 9:31 AM

South Korean ruling party opposes Yoon impeachment, defence minister quits

South Korea's parliament introduced a motion on Thursday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over a botched attempt to impose martial law, while the defence minister blamed for advising the move and ordering troops to the parliament resigned. Lawmake...

December 4, 2024 10:28 AM

South Korean lawmakers call to impeach President Yoon after back-track on martial law

South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis in decades in Asia's fourth-largest economy. The su...

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