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South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol
Prosecutors seek death penalty for former South Korean president Yoon
SEOUL — Prosecutors are seeking a death sentence for South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol if he is found guilty of a failed attempt to impose martial law in the country.Special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk’s team made the request to the Seoul Central District Court during court on Tuesday, accusing Yoon of threatening the “liberal democratic constitutional order” with his “self-coup”.“The greatest victims of the insurrection in this case are the people of this country,” said the prosecutors. “There are no mitigating circumstances to be considered in sentencing, and instead, a severe punishment must be imposed.”Yoon has denied the charges against him, arguing that martial law was a symbolic gesture to draw public attention to the wrongdoings of the opposition...
January 14, 2026

Prosecutors seek death penalty for former South Korean president Yoon

Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton arrive at inaugural ceremony where Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in in Washington on 20 January 2025. — EPA
Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe 
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday refused to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation even as Republican lawmakers prepare contempt of Congress proceedings against them.The Clintons, in a letter released on social media, slammed the House Oversight probe as “legally invalid” and wrote that the Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. James Comer, is on the cusp of a process “literally designed to result in our imprisonment.”Comer told reporters Wednesday the committee would meet next week to move forward with proceedings for Bill Clinton — leaving open the door that the former Secretary of State could still...
January 14, 2026

Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe 

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias performs during his jubilee concert at the State Kremlin palace in Moscow, Russia, 17 October 2018. — EPA
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by two former aides
MADRID — Two women who claim to have worked for Spanish legendary singer Julio Iglesias say the popular artist sexually assaulted them at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.The allegations, made in reports by Spanish news site elDiario.es and US outlet Univision, are being investigated by Spain's judiciary.The singer employed the two women at his properties in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, and Lyford Cay, in the Bahamas. According to their testimonies, the sexual assaults took place in 2021.Iglesias, who is 82, has been a household name in Spain since the 1960s and has sold millions of records worldwide.According to the alleged victims, Iglesias exercised absolute control and committed abuses of power, with behaviour that they describe as sexual...
January 14, 2026

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by two former aides

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar
Israel severing ties with several global bodies following US pullout
TEL AVIV — Israel announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from several international organizations, including two UN agencies, while ordering a wider review of cooperation with others. Israel's foreign ministry said persistent bias, politicisation and actions hostile to Israel were behind its decision, which follows the US withdrawal from 66 global bodies last week.In a statement on X, the ministry said, "Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has decided that Israel will immediately sever all contact with the following UN agencies and international organizations."It listed UN Energy, the UN Alliance of Civilisations and the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which is not part of the UN system, among the bodies it was severing ties.On January 8, President Donald Trump signed a...
January 14, 2026

Israel severing ties with several global bodies following US pullout

Footage supplied by police shows one of the camps in a forested area of Kogi state in flames
Hundreds die in operation against Nigerian kidnapping gang 
ABUJA — About 200 suspected members of a criminal band have been killed in an ongoing operation in central Nigeria, according to the BBC.The multi-agency offensive started on Saturday and had also led to arrests, Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi state's commissioner for information, said.He did not specify the number of arrests.For years, members of criminal gangs have carried out killings and kidnappings for ransom, mainly targeting those in the north-west — but they have been moving to other parts of the country more recently.The latest operation follows a surge in mass abductions, including attacks on schools, which have sparked nationwide outrage and prompted the government to intensify security efforts.Last month, the authorities secured the release of the remaining pupils and teachers...
January 14, 2026

Hundreds die in operation against Nigerian kidnapping gang 

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the news media as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2026. (EPA)
Trump vows support for Iranian protesters: 'help is on its way'
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has canceled talks with Iranian officials amid an intensifying crackdown on anti-government protests, pledging support for demonstrators after human rights monitors said the death toll has surged to 2,000. Trump did not specify what form the support would take, but his remarks marked a sharp shift from earlier signals that Washington might engage Tehran following his recent threat of military action against the Islamic Republic. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump directly addressed protesters in Iran, urging them to continue their demonstrations and calling on them to take control of state institutions. “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” Trump wrote. “Save the names of...
January 13, 2026

Trump vows support for Iranian protesters: 'help is on its way'

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Cypriot First lady Philippa Karsera (R) attend the official ceremony of EU Council Presidency in Nicosia, Cyprus, 07 January 2026.  — EPA
Top aide to Cyprus president quits after corruption allegations
NICOSIA — A top aide to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after a video circulated online appearing to show him and others offering political influence to would-be investors in exchange for cash.Christodoulides said he accepted the resignation of Charalambos Charalambous — who is the director of the presidential office and his brother-in-law — describing it as "an act of self-confidence" and "not of pressure or guilt".Charalambous had earlier posted on Facebook that he would never allow his government job to be "converted into a tool of manipulation" to harm Cyprus or the president.He called his appearance in the video a product of "deliberate distortions" and of "selective editing" aimed at manufacturing false and misleading conclusions.The video, posted on social...
January 13, 2026

Top aide to Cyprus president quits after corruption allegations

A Palestinian family is trying to gather what remains of their belongings after their tent was damaged in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 09 January 2026. The tent was destroyed by strong winds and heavy rain. — EPA
Eight die in Gaza as storm brings extreme cold, collapses buildings
GAZA — Eight Palestinians have died as a new storm caused freezing winds and toppled buildings in war-ravaged Gaza, piling further misery on tens of thousands of displaced people surviving in flimsy shelters.Four people have been killed since Monday night after buildings damaged by Israeli airstrikes collapsed in Gaza as a powerful storm battered the enclave, Palestinian civil defense said on Tuesday.Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed when one building collapsed in Gaza City while a fourth was killed in a separate building collapse in the city.The buildings collapsed due to heavy rainfall and strong winds driven by a low-pressure weather system that began affecting the region Monday evening.Four deaths have been recorded due to cold temperatures caused by a severe...
January 13, 2026

Eight die in Gaza as storm brings extreme cold, collapses buildings

French Far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks to the press in Paris on Monday. — EPA
French far-right leader Le Pen appeals embezzlement conviction 
PARIS — A high-stakes appeal by far-right French politician Marine Le Pen starts on Tuesday against a ruling that banned her from running for public office for five years.Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds. She was slapped with a five-year ban from holding elected office, two years of house arrest with an electronic bracelet, a further two-year suspended sentence and a 100,000-euro ($116,800) fine.“I hope I’ll be able to convince the judges of my innocence,” Le Pen told reporters Monday. “It’s a new court with new judges. The case will be reset, so to speak.”She was seen as the potential front-runner to succeed President Emmanuel Macron in the 2027 election until last year’s ruling, which sent shock...
January 13, 2026

French far-right leader Le Pen appeals embezzlement conviction 

Iranians drive past a billboard reading 'Iran is our Homeland' at Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran, 13 January 2026. — EPA
Trump announces tariffs to pressure Iran as death toll soars
DUBAI/WASHINGTON — About 2,000 people including security personnel have been killed in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, as the White House said President Donald Trump was briefed on military options following Tehran's intense crackdown on anti-government protesters.The Iranian official, speaking to Reuters, said that people he called terrorists were behind the deaths of both protesters and security personnel. This is the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll from an intense crackdown on two weeks of nationwide unrest.Media reports indicate Pentagon officials have discussed long-range missile attacks, cyber operations and psychological campaign responses.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is exploring messages from Iranian regime...
January 13, 2026

Trump announces tariffs to pressure Iran as death toll soars

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