Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalises child marriage
Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday, the 21st of January, passed three controversial laws, including amendments to the country’s personal status law, which will give…
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Residents warned to be careful of scam callers offering replacements of electricity meters
In Estonia, there have been cases when residents received calls from scammers speaking Russian and pretending to be representatives of power companies, Latvian…
At least 200 000 peacekeepers needed for security guarantees, says Zelenskyy
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after Donald Trump returned to power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wants…
Trump stirs tariff pot with new threats against EU and promises to impose tariffs on China from February
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the 21st of January, promised the European Union (EU) to impose tariffs and said his administration was…
Israeli military launches major operation in Jenin to “defeat terrorism”
Israeli security forces, backed by helicopters, stormed the restive West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, the 21st of January, killing at least…
VIDEO | At least ten dead in fire at Turkish ski resort hotel
A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu on Tuesday, the 21st of January, killed at least 66 people and left…
Trump says Putin is “destroying” Russia as Kremlin signals openness to talks on Ukraine, nuclear arms
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump on his inauguration on Monday, the 20th of January, hours before Trump’s inauguration in…
Trump ends his first day in office with an avalanche of executive orders
Donald Trump pardoned some 1 500 of his supporters who attacked the US Capitol four years ago just hours after he became president…
World’s wealthiest people continue getting wealthier
The wealth of billionaires around the world reached USD 15 trillion last year, a leap from USD 13 trillion a year earlier, as…
