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'An existential threat affecting billions': Three-quarters of Earth's land became permanently drier in last 3 decades, say researchers.
Climate change is causing unprecedented drying across the Earth — and five billion people could be affected by 2100, a new UN report has warned.
'I am an incompetent and irresponsible commander': South Korean special forces unit chief apologizes for sending troops to National Assembly
Commander of the 707th Special Missions Group said Monday that he would take full responsibility for dispatching troops to the National Assembly on Dec. 3 after emergency martial law was declared, pleading for forgiveness on behalf of the soldiers.
We'll stop making Ukraine fight one-handed, German opposition leader tells Zelenskiy
KYIV - Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in the race to become Germany's next chancellor, used an election-time visit to Kyiv to condemn his country's policy on arming Ukraine as akin to making the country fight with one arm tied behind its back. Read more at straitstimes.com.
US reveals North Korea's demands to Russia in exchange for war support
With al-Assad gone, German opposition raises return of Syria refugees
A day after Syrian rebel groups seized control of the capital Damascus, senior leaders of Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc suggested encouraging refugees to return to the country. Bashar al-Assad, Syria's strongman president, fled to Russia after a coalition of rebel groups, including Islamist extremist fighters, swept through formerly government-held areas of the country in a rapid offensive. Germany should now charter aircraft to send Syrians who had fled from al-Assad's regime back to thei
Israel says it will destroy Syria's heavy strategic weaponry
Germany and Austria freeze Syrian refugee claims
Asylum requests put on hold pending more clarity on situation after overthrow of Assad regime, with Austria also preparing deportations
Reports of people trapped underground at notorious Syrian prison
It is thought thousands of people could still be trapped in hidden parts of the notorious Saydnaya prison.
US to stick with Kurdish allies in Syria
American officials signal continued support for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, part of ongoing fight against resurgent Islamic State terror group
Stunned Iranian Officials Try to Distance Their Country From Assad
After Syria, world must realise that Russia can be defeated – Polish PM
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has linked the fall of the Syrian regime to the possibility of defeating Russia and its allies.
Israel strikes suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites
South Korea's President Yoon banned from foreign travel,
With Assad gone, Turkey urges Syrian opposition to unite, warns against PKK
The top Turkish diplomat struck a composed tone following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad and called for unity among the Syrian opposition.
Iranian embassy stormed in Damascus
Chronic inflation hits Russia as huge pay increases fuel rising prices
South Korean president faces treason probe after failed martial law gambit
Yoon Suk Yeol will step back from fulfilling duties as his cabinet seeks to negotiate an ‘orderly exit’
Records Seized by Israel Show Hamas Presence in U.N. Schools
Ukrainian war dead reaches 43,000, Zelensky says in rare update
The Ukrainian president also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and 550,000 wounded.