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Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa. (File photo — EPA)
Syria denies rumors of security incident targeting president Al-Sharaa
Saudi Gazette report DAMASCUS — Syria’s Interior Ministry on Monday denied rumors circulating online about a security incident targeting President Ahmad Al-Sharaa and senior officials, describing the claims as “completely false.” Interior Ministry spokesman Nour Al-Din Al-Baba said in a post on Facebook that reports alleging an attack on the president or other leaders were unfounded. “We categorically affirm the falsity of these allegations in their entirety,” Al-Baba said. “We call on citizens and all media outlets to exercise accuracy and responsibility, and not to obtain news except from official, accredited sources.” The official denial followed a wave of claims spread by accounts on Facebook and X that lacked credible sourcing and formed part of what Syrian state media...
January 06, 2026

Syria denies rumors of security incident targeting president Al-Sharaa

Southern Transitional Council (STC) President Aidarous Al-Zubaidi.
Southern Transitional Council chief heads to Riyadh for talks: Report
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Yemeni media reported Monday that Southern Transitional Council (STC) President Aidarous Al-Zubaidi and several senior council leaders are heading to the Saudi capital Riyadh. According to the reports, Al-Zubaidi and members of the council are set to meet Saudi officials to discuss developments in Yemen’s southern governorates. The talks are expected to focus on current political and security developments and coordination on issues linked to the present stage. The reports come after Presidential Leadership Council member Tareq Saleh arrived in Riyadh two days ago and met the Saudi defense minister. On Sunday, Presidential Leadership Council member and STC vice president Abdulrahman Al-Muharrami, also known as Abu Zara’a, arrived in Riyadh and also met...
January 06, 2026

Southern Transitional Council chief heads to Riyadh for talks: Report

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrive at the Wall Street Heliport during their transport to the federal courthouse for their arraignment in New York, New York, USA, 05 January 2026. (EPA)
Maduro pleads not guilty in New York, calls himself Venezuela’s president
NEW YORK — Nicolás Maduro defiantly declared himself “the president of my country” on Monday as he pleaded not guilty in a US court to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration has cited to justify his removal from power in Venezuela. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish, according to a courtroom translation, before being cut off by the judge. Asked for his plea, he added: “I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country.” The brief court appearance marked Maduro’s first since he and his wife were seized from their home in a nighttime military operation and brought to the United States. The case represents one of the most consequential US prosecutions of a foreign head of state in decades and unfolds amid broader...
January 06, 2026

Maduro pleads not guilty in New York, calls himself Venezuela’s president

Protesters demonstrated against the prospect of annexation outside the US consulate in Nuuk in March (File photo)
Trump repeats threat to annex Greenland after Danish warning
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has again proposed annexing Greenland, after Denmark's leader urged him to "stop the threats" over the island.Speaking to reporters, the US president said "we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security".Trump has repeatedly raised the prospect of the semi-autonomous Danish territory becoming an annexed part of the US, citing its strategic location for defence purposes and mineral wealth.Greenland's Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen responded by saying "that's enough now" and described the notion of US control over the island as a "fantasy".He said: "No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation. We are open to dialogue. We are open to discussions. But this must happen through the proper...
January 05, 2026

Trump repeats threat to annex Greenland after Danish warning

Brigitte Macron
Ten found guilty of cyber-bullying French first lady Brigitte Macron
PARIS — A ‍court ⁠on Monday found 10 people guilty of cyber-bullyingFrance’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, French media reported.The defendants were accused of spreading false claims about her gender and sexuality, as well as making "malicious remarks" about the 24-year age gap between the couple.Brigitte ‌and her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, have long faced such falsehoods, including allegations that she was born under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux – the actual name of her older brother.Monday’s ruling marks a victory for the Macrons as they pursue a separate high-profile US defamation lawsuit against right-wing influencer and podcaster Candace Owens, who has also claimed Brigitte was born male.The eight men and two women were found guilty of making malicious...
January 05, 2026

Ten found guilty of cyber-bullying French first lady Brigitte Macron

Umar Khalid addresses student activists at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi during a protest on 23 February 2017. — EPA
India's Supreme Court denies bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam after 5 years in jail without trial
NEW DELHI — India's Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to prominent activists who are being held in prison for more than five years without trial.Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were arrested under a strict anti-terror law — the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) —in a case related to the alleged “larger conspiracy” behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.Police accused them of conspiracy to incite deadly clashes in the capital that killed 53 people, mostly Muslims. They denied the charges and unsuccessfully applied for bail in courts over the years.The court, however, granted bail to five other activists who were also arrested in the same case.The riots occurred amid months-long protests against a citizenship law that the United Nations called "fundamentally...
January 05, 2026

India's Supreme Court denies bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam after 5 years in jail without trial

People attend an event held at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in support of Venezuela in Havana, Cuba, 03 January 2026.  — EPA
Cuba mourns 32 of its fighters killed in US raids on Venezuela
HAVANA — Cuba has said 32 ⁠of its ​citizens were killed during the US military operation to abduct and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas.Havana announced two days of mourning on ‌January 5 and ‌6 in ⁠honor of those killed.The state-run Prensa Latina agency said the Cuban “fighters” were killed while “carrying out missions” on behalf of the country’s military, at the request of the Venezuelan government.The agency said the slain Cubans “fell in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombing of the facilities” after offering “fierce resistance”.Cuba is a close ally of Venezuela’s government, and has sent military and police forces to assist in operations in the Latin American country for years.Maduro and his...
January 05, 2026

Cuba mourns 32 of its fighters killed in US raids on Venezuela

Firefighters of Crans-Montana, the first responders in the fire at the Le Constellation lounge, gather around flowers and candles to commemorate the victims, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 04 January 2026. — EPA
All 40 victims of Swiss resort fire are identified, police say
BERN — All 40 people who lost their lives in a devastating New Year’s Eve fire in in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have now been formally identified, Switzerland Police said on Sunday, confirming that teenagers accounted for more than half of the victims.The victims range in age from 14 to 39 years old, with 15 aged under 18. The youngest were a Swiss girl and a French boy, both 14. The group includes people of Swiss, Italian, Romanian, Turkish, Portuguese, French, and Belgian nationalities, as well as a citizen of the UK, France and Israel.In addition to the 40 killed, 119 others were injured. Most have severe burns — six of them so severe that they have yet to be identified.A criminal investigation into the French couple who managed Le Constellation bar is under...
January 05, 2026

All 40 victims of Swiss resort fire are identified, police say

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
Stop threatening Greenland, Denmark's PM tells Trump
COPENHAGEN — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has told US President Donald Trump to "stop the threats" about taking over Greenland.Frederiksen said "it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland", adding: "The US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom".“The Kingdom of Denmark — and thus Greenland — is part of NATO and is therefore covered by the alliance’s security guarantee. We already have a defense agreement between the Kingdom and the United States today, which gives the United States wide access to Greenland,” Frederiksen said on Sunday.“I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another...
January 05, 2026

Stop threatening Greenland, Denmark's PM tells Trump

Delcy Rodriguez
Trump threatens new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Sunday said Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez may pay a bigger price than ousted leader Nicolas Maduro "if she doesn't do what's right."His comments to US magazine The Atlantic came as the country's deposed president was set to appear in a New York court on Monday.Trump praised Rodriguez on Saturday after US forces seized Maduro and his wife from Caracas. Rodriguez said later, however, that her country would defend its natural resources.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has insisted the US is not at war with Venezuela, after air strikes in Caracas on Saturday led to Maduro and his wife being taken into custody and transported to the US.Some Democratic lawmakers said the operation was an "act of war".In his interview with...
January 05, 2026

Trump threatens new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court

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