Major South African banks are providing funding for the Palestinian Hamas terrorist group, according to an investigative report Wednesday in the Jerusalem Post that also names a former Muslim community leader as a key figure in the financing operation. The Post reports: … Read More
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators scheduled a long-delayed vote Tuesday on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country’s entry into the military alliance. Turkey, a NATO … Read More
At the opening of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for increased cooperation between governments and private businesses to enact tech censorship in the face of “industrial scale disinformation”. … Read More
The Moldovan government is struggling to cope with a sharp increase in citizenship applications filed by Russians, Reuters reported on Jan. 16. In response to the spike in applications for Moldovan citizenship, the country’s immigration agency has asked the government to extend the processing … Read More
Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across country Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, said on Wednesday that his country was “at war” with drug gangs who are holding more than 130 prison staff … Read More
Natural-gas prices rally, buoyed by winter storm forecast Oil futures declined Monday, with U.S. prices posting their largest daily drop since November after Saudi Arabia cut its crude selling prices to all regions, raising concerns about the outlook for demand. … Read More
Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, on Thursday said Africa and the dangers posed by artificial intelligence (AI) would be the major issues of discussion at the G7 meeting. Italy took over the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), … Read More
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of Busan. Mr Lee, who narrowly lost the 2022 presidential election, sustained a 1cm laceration on the left side of his neck, … Read More
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. “I will leave the throne … Read More
Russia and Iran have entered into an agreement to avoid using the dollar in bilateral trade, relying instead on their own currencies, a new report says. The central bank governors of the two nations sealed the pact at a recent … Read More