More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia, the United Nations refugee agency said.

#Rohingya #Indonesia #UN

Opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied Turkish-backed factions reached Syria’s second city of Aleppo Friday, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad.

#Aleppo #Syria

Seven people have been arrested in London for “suspected activity” linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as part of a “significant” counter-terrorism policing operation, UK police said Wednesday.

#PKK #UK

Displaced residents return to southern Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect at 02.00GMT; Lebanon’s speaker urges people to return to their homes.

#Hezbollah #Lebanon #Israel

#BREAKING: A New York judge has delayed the sentencing in Donald Trump’s hush money case and allowed the US president-elect to argue to dismiss the conviction before he takes office on January 20.

#Trump #NewYork #US

143 million Americans are exposed to so-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS. The source of this exposure is their drinking water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency in the US.

UK - London’s Gatwick airport has reponed a terminal after a security alert earlier forced its evacuation, causing travel disruption for thousands of people.

#London #UK

French prosecutors called for far-right head Le Pen to face prison time and a ban from holding public office.

Le Pen and members of National Rally party are on trial for allegedly misusing funds meant for EU parliamentary aides to pay party staff.

She is known for anti-Muslim rhetoric.

#France

After claiming 218 seats in the US House of Representatives with a victory in Arizona on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican Party will face even fewer roadblocks to impose their vision for the country once Trump takes office in January.

#Arizona #US #Trump

According to a Human Rights Watch report, Israel’s use of evacuation orders is driving the “deliberate and large-scale forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a practice the organization says constitutes crimes against humanity.

#GazaGenocide‌ #Gaza #Israel #HRW

Israel's warfare in Gaza is "consistent with the characteristics of genocide", a UN special committee said Thursday, accusing the country of "using starvation as a method of war".

#GazaGenocide‌ #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #UN

US President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden shook hands as they met in the Oval Office on Wednesday to begin what Trump pledged will be a “smooth” transition of power.

#US #2024Election #USPolitics #PresidentialElection2024 #ElectionUpdates #Trump #Harris

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