Category: 2. World

The Iran-backed Houthis have halted their attacks on Israel since a fragile truce began in Gaza in October. File
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At least 13 people have been killed after a train derailed in the south of Mexico, local authorities have said. 

The Mexican Navy said the train was carrying 250 people, nine of whom were crew members, when it derailed in the state of Oaxaca. 

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Richard Milne’s reporting on Donald Trump’s appointment of Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as special envoy for Greenland is thorough in its recounting of events, reactions and diplomatic fallout (Report, December 24). Yet it misses a deeper,…

The Albanian nationalist Vetevendosje party has won a landslide victory in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results.

With 90% of the votes counted, the party, whose name means “self determination”, was on 50.8%, meaning…

Donald Trump has said a deal to end the war in Ukraine is “closer than ever” but has admitted that “thorny” questions over the future of the eastern Donbas region have yet to be resolved, after a two-hour meeting on Sunday with Volodymyr…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Taiwan just off its northeast coast late Saturday.

The earthquake took place at 11:05 p.m. local time, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from the coastal town of Yilan….

WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — The boil water notice in Wrightwood was lifted Sunday as crews continue to assess the damage left behind by the Christmas week storm.

According to the Golden State Water Company, water from Wrightwood’s water system…

Voter turnout has been lower than expected in Myanmar for the first elections since the military overthrew a democratically elected government in 2021.

Myanmar’s multi-phase, month-long election has been widely dismissed as a sham by many…