People
December-19-2024
- Trump opposes bipartisan funding bill
- ?U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday opposed a bipartisan funding bill, as lawmakers are struggling to pass the stopgap bill to avert a looming government shutdown.
December-16-2024
- President Yoon to be summoned over insurrection charge
- ?S. Korea's joint investigation team will summon the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday on charges of insurrection and abuse of power.
December-11-2024
- Al-Assad safe in Russia, not to be extradited
- Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad, who has been granted asylum, is now safe in Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
December-6-2024
- Macron says he will name new PM 'within coming days'
- ?French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday evening that he will nominate a new prime minister "within the coming days" to replace Michel Barnier, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote the day before.
December-4-2024
- Namibia elects first female president in historic vote
- Namibia made history on Tuesday by electing the country's first female president, 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
November-27-2024
- Biden: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal 'designed to be' permanent
- U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S.-proposed 60-day ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is "designed to be" permanent, will take effect at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday local time (2:00 a.m. GMT).
November-14-2024
- Trump picks Rubio as secretary of state
- ?U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Marco Rubio, Republican U.S. senator from the state of Florida, will be the secretary of state during his second presidential term.
November-13-2024
- Trump appoints national security advisor, ambassador to Israel in incoming administration
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his decision to pick Florida's Republican Congressman Mike Waltz as the national security advisor in his forthcoming administration, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel.
November-6-2024
- Israel's Netanyahu fires defense minister amid conflict
- ?Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he has dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing their differences over security matters.
November-1-2024
- Iran commemorates Hezbollah's slain leader
- Iran on Thursday held a ceremony in Tehran to commemorate Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut earlier this month.
