Republican Jeff Crank wins election to U.S. House in Colorado's 5th Congressional District
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Malay MailDr Wan Azizah, Anthony Loke, Mat Sabu: Cabinet had ‘no room’ to discuss Batu Puteh as Dr M had decided for Malaysia in writing
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Anthony Loke, and Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu today asserted tha...
- The Hill
Bill Clinton says he’s open to talking to Biden about preemptive pardon for Hillary Clinton
Former President Clinton said he is open to having a conversation with President Biden about a potential preemptive pardon for his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Bill Clinton joined “The View” on Wednesday, where he was discussing President-elect Trump taking office early next year and the threat of him going after political enemies…
- The Telegraph
Attorney General: Stripping Shamima Begum of citizenship was ‘extremely draconian’
The Attorney General argued that it was “extremely draconian” to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship during one of her failed legal battles against the decision.
- Associated Press
America's closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. For Syria’s Kurdish minority, America’s closest ally in the country, the struggle for a new order is entering a potentially even more challenging phase. Over the course of Syria’s civil war, Kurdish fighters have fended off an array of armed factions, partnered with the U.S. to rout the Islamic State group and carved out a largely autonomous region in the country’s oil-rich east.
- People
Barron Trump Is a 'Ladies Man' at New York University, Source Says: 'Even Liberal People Like Him' (Exclusive)
"He’s really popular with the ladies," a source says of Donald Trump's youngest son, who is studying at NYU's Stern School of Business in Manhattan
- HuffPost
Joe Biden Calls Himself 'Stupid' For Not Doing 1 Donald Trump Thing
The president said he "learned something" from the president-elect.
- The Independent
South Korean defence minister who proposed martial law attempts suicide in custody
South Korean police raid president’s office as Yoon Suk Yeol faces charges of staging an insurrection
- The Independent
Rick Scott reignites his war against ‘Chinese sewage garlic.’ Is it actually a ‘major threat?’
Senator from Florida has pushed to drop Chinese garlic in U.S. grocery stores and ban it on military bases
- Sky video
Russia tells citizens to avoid travel to the West - and responds to Donald Trump's call for Ukraine ceasefire
Russia has issued a travel warning to its citizens as it said tensions with the US are "teetering on the verge of rupture".
- The Daily Beast
Tiffany Trump’s Father-in-Law Might Be a Bogus Billionaire
It appears Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law isn’t the ultra-wealthy business guru he’s long been described as. It was revealed Thursday that Massad Boulos, Donald Trump’s soon-to-be Middle East adviser, spent the last two decades as a truck and machinery salesman for a Nigerian company that profited just $66,000 in 2023, reported The New York Times. The Gray Lady also investigated multiple reports that tied him to a company named Boulos Enterprises, which is apparently owned by a different family w
- Reuters
Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. For years, the Islamist rebels of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had sat behind the nearby frontline, with Syria's long civil war frozen.
- The Telegraph
Russian missile scientist ‘assassinated by Ukrainian special forces’
A Russian scientist known for developing cruise missiles has been found shot dead in a snowy wooded area near Moscow.
- CNN
Video points to Assad regime’s involvement in large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs
Social media video surfaced Wednesday allegedly showing a warehouse in Syria stacked with captagon, an illicit drug that had transformed the country into a narco-state under former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
- CNN
South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law
South Korea’s ruling party has thrown its support behind attempts to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his ill-fated decision to declare martial law that sparked a political crisis and widespread public anger in the country.
- The Independent
I sparked Syria’s revolution as a teenage boy – now I’m here to finish it
ON THE GROUND: Muawiyah Syasneh was 16 when his anti-Assad graffiti on a school wall led to his arrest, sparking protests that ended in civil war. Now, in the very same spot, he tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew about the years-long war – and his role in bringing it to an end
- The Independent
Syria – live: US vows to keep searching for Austin Tice as UN chief calls on Israel to withdraw forces
American Travis Timmerman was found by Syrian rebels, as Israel continues its bombardment around much of the country
- CNN
Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al Assad.
- Malay Mail
AG holds sole power to prosecute Dr Mahathir over Pulau Batu Puteh, not govt, says law minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Only the attorney general has the authority to prosecute former two-time prime minister Tun Dr Ma...
- People
Pregnant Tiffany Trump Joins Sister Ivanka, Father Donald and Stepmother Melania to Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange
The family outing comes as President-elect Donald Trump was named TIME's 2024 Person of the Year
- Reuters
South Korea opposition leader Lee says impeaching Yoon best way to restore order
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said on Friday the best way to restore order in the country is to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day ahead of a planned parliamentary vote over Yoon's short-lived imposition of martial law. Yoon's move to impose military rule on Dec. 3 was rescinded barely six hours later but it plunged the country into a constitutional crisis and widespread calls for him to step down for breaking the law. Yoon on Thursday vowed to "fight to the end," blaming the opposition party for paralysing the government and claiming a North Korean hack into the election commission made his party's crushing defeat in an April parliamentary election questionable.