Politics
Kremlin says there has been no contact with Trump so far
The Kremlin said it had so far had no contact with Donald Trump or his team after the US president-elect called for an immediate ceasefire
South Korean President Yun banned from overseas travel due to worsening leadership crisis
South Korean President Yun Seok-yol has been barred from leaving the country over a failed attempt to impose martial law, a justice ministry official said
Syrian rebels topple President Assad
Syrian rebels declared they had overthrown President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending decades of autocratic
The effects of martial law in South Korea are worsening
South Korea’s leadership crisis escalated Sunday as prosecutors declared President Yun Seok-yol the subject of a criminal investigation for attempting to impose martial law last
Planned EU-Mercosur deal is unacceptable, says Elysee
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the draft agreement between the European Union and South American bloc Mercosur was ‘unacceptable’. The Elysee issued the statement
Leader of Georgia’s main opposition party detained
The leader of Georgia’s main opposition party has been detained by police in the capital, Tbilisi, after being knocked to the ground and falling unconscious,
South Korea’s president faces impeachment after martial law fails
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to impeach President Yun Seok-yol after he declared martial law and then reversed the decision hours later,
French lawmakers to vote in favour of PM Barnier’s resignation
French lawmakers on Wednesday will vote in favour of a vote of no confidence that is likely to lead to the government’s resignation, plunging the
China bans gallium, germanium and antimony exports to the U.S.
China will ban exports to the United States of goods related to gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials that could have potential military applications, the
A network of fuel oil smugglers brought in $1 billion for Iran and its proxies
A sophisticated fuel oil smuggling network, which some experts believe brings Iran and its proxies at least $1 billion a year, has flourished in Iraq