International

November 27, 2025 10:56 AM November 27, 2025 10:56 AM

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Death Toll Rises to 11 After Landslides Hit Sri Lanka’s Badulla District

The death toll from a series of landslides and earthslips in Sri Lanka’s Badulla District has risen to 11. According to media reports, seven people remain missing after heavy rains triggered incidents at seven locations across the district. Rescue and relief teams are continuing search operations as...

November 27, 2025 9:13 AM November 27, 2025 9:13 AM

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Guinea-Bissau Coup: Elections Suspended, Borders Closed Amid Curfew

  A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested. The officers appeared on state TV, saying they had suspended the electoral process, as the West African nation awaited the outcome of Sunday's Presid...

November 27, 2025 9:02 AM November 27, 2025 9:02 AM

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Georgia Court Dismisses Trump Election Conspiracy Case Amid Prosecutorial Scandal

  A local court in Georgia has dismissed a case, plagued by a prosecutorial scandal, against US President Donald Trump, charging him with conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results, which he lost. Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the case yesterday after the prosecutor who took over the ca...

November 27, 2025 8:51 AM November 27, 2025 8:51 AM

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UNSC, UNGA Adopt Twin Resolutions on 2025 Review of Peacebuilding Architecture

  The United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly adopted twin resolutions on the 2025 review of the UN peacebuilding architecture. The Security Council adopted Resolution 2805 unanimously yesterday. The General Assembly adopted an almost identical resolution without a vote.     The twi...

November 27, 2025 10:28 AM November 27, 2025 10:28 AM

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Two US National Guard Members Critically Injured in Shooting Near White House

  Two US National Guard members from West Virginia were in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent targeted shooting near the White House yesterday. According to several sources, the FBI is currently investigating the shooting as a potential act of international terroris...

November 27, 2025 8:18 AM November 27, 2025 8:18 AM

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US President Trump Says South Africa Won’t Be Invited to 2026 G20 Summit in Miami

  US President Donald Trump has announced that South Africa will not be invited to next year’s G20 summit in Miami. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he is halting all US payments and subsidies to the country immediately after what he described as its mistreatment of an American representa...

November 27, 2025 8:16 AM November 27, 2025 8:16 AM

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Top US Military Leaders Hold Talks with Caribbean Nations on Counter-Narcotics Efforts

  Senior US military officials held talks with the leaders of several Caribbean nations yesterday as part of the Trump administration’s growing focus on narcotrafficking operations in Latin America. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Dominican President Luis Abinader and Defence Minister Car...

November 27, 2025 8:27 AM November 27, 2025 8:27 AM

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Death Toll in Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Rises to 44; 279 Still Missing

In Hong Kong, the death toll in a high-rise apartment fire at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Tai Po district has risen to 44. While 700 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters, 279 people are still missing. The raging fire sent up a column of flames and thick smoke as it spread quick...

November 26, 2025 8:02 PM November 26, 2025 8:02 PM

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France Court Upholds Sarkozy Conviction

France's top court today upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing during his 2012 re-election bid. The Court of Cassation’s decision confirmed Sarkozy's one-year prison sentence, half of which is suspended, for fraudulently overspending on the failed campai...