Critics of US President-elect Donald Trump gathered in Washington, DC on Saturday to express support for progressive causes and to denounce his upcoming inauguration on Monday. Protesters gathered in public squares around Washington ahead of the march, beating drums, chanting and holding signs in what was dubbed the “March of the People”. Protesters marched to … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Iran unveiled an underground naval missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Saturday, state TV said, two days before the start of Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States. It was unveiled at a time when there are widespread fears of increased tensions with Washington. Iranian … Read more
When more than 3.5 million Syrian students took exams this week, the first since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar Assad, they no longer had to answer questions on “Syrian nationalism.” The transitional education minister, Nazir al-Qadri, canceled the exam subject at short notice. The theme was largely based on the glorification of Assad and … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would “probably” give TikTok 90 more days to work on a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a US ban. Trump said in an NBC News interview that he had not decided what to do, but was considering exempting TikTok after taking the … Read more
A ski lift accident in the Spanish Pyrenees on Saturday injured at least 30 people and left dozens trapped for hours about 15 meters (50 feet) above a slope in the resort town of Aston in the country’s northern Aragon region. Aragon’s regional emergency services reported that 10 people had to be hospitalized after being … Read more
Kobanî residents have been preparing food for fighters since the beginning of the fighting at the Tishrin Dam, with families or groups taking turns boiling food and delivering it to the fighters daily. Click here to see the full story in Kurdish. Source link
A man was seriously injured in a knife attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday, police said. Israel’s national ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said medical teams were providing treatment to a 30-year-old man “injured by stab wounds”. According to Magen David Adom, a passerby shot the attacker. What do we know about the incident? … Read more
Mediator Qatar said on Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, after Israel’s Cabinet voted to approve a truth-and-hostage release deal. After a meeting that lasted more than six hours on Saturday morning, the Israeli government ratified the agreement, which could bring a permanent end … Read more
At least 50 people were killed and others injured on Saturday when a gasoline tanker truck overturned and exploded in northern Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. A road safety agency official said people were trying to remove spilled fuel when the vehicle exploded. Many more to follow… jcg/rm (Reuters, DW source) Source link
The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a federal law banning TikTok starting Sunday unless it is sold by its China-based parent company. President-elect Donald Trump had urged the court to put the ban on hold until he takes office on Monday and vowed to save the app. We spoke to Damien Rollison, Director of Market … Read more