Category: World News
U.S. shared secret intelligence with Syria’s new leaders
Washington Post The U.S. intelligence backchannel with Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/24/us-syria-intelligence-hts-isis/
Read MoreIsrael’s military will remain in Lebanon as ceasefire deadline nears
Fox News The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday confirmed that it will keep its forces in southern Lebanon as the 60-day truce comes to an end on Sunday. Under the ceasefire deal agreed to in November, Jerusalem was to begin withdrawing troops from its northern neighbor – where it launched operations last fall in…
Read MorePlans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry
Washington Post The Pentagon is rushing to provide the Trump administration with options to vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/24/trump-border-military/
Read MoreLive briefing: IDF will not withdraw from Lebanon by ceasefire deadline, Israel says
Washington Post Israel said its forces will remain in southern Lebanon past the 60-day withdrawal deadline set by a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/
Read MoreSex not part of woman’s ‘marital duties,’ court rules in divorce case
Washington Post A Frenchwoman took her case to the European Court of Human Rights after she was ruled at fault in her divorce because she had stopped having sex with her husband. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/france-divorce-case-sex-marital-duties/
Read MoreStorm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power
New York Times The storm brought record-breaking winds as it battered Ireland, Scotland and northern England on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers were in the dark. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/weather/storm-eowyn-ireland-uk-weather-power-cut.html
Read MoreE.U. countries near agreement on easing Syria sanctions, a big policy shift
Washington Post The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence in the region, diplomats told The Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/eu-syria-sanctions-hts/
Read MorePalestinian prisoners released under ceasefire deal get hero’s welcome
Washington Post Shatha Jarabaa had denied the incitement accusations against her. She was freed by Israel as part of an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/palestinian-prisoners-released-israel-deal/
Read MoreTrump’s pick for UN ambassador hailed by Israeli minister as ‘warrior against antisemitism’
Fox News TEL AVIV – The Trump administration will do more than its predecessor to combat the tidal wave of Jew-hatred unleashed by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli told Fox News Digital. Chikli noted that, when confirmed, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, former…
Read MoreSouth Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Washington Post Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to survive, then left to starve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/south-africa-illegal-mining-disaster-stilfontein/
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