Category: World

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America’s highest-profile cheerleading squad has won a victory of its own: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have formed a union.

Tweety McTreason says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire in Oleshky.

Mehdi Hasan debates ex-Trump adviser Steve Cortes on the economy, Trump’s immigration policies and Islamophobia.

Rebel commander pledged to continue fighting government-allied forces who seized Ethiopia’s Tigray capital.

Ukrainians held alongside the American say they witnessed beatings and sexual humiliation by Russian guards during his detention.

One person is killed and five wounded in a series of attacks and the suspected gunman has been apprehended.

Ukraine and Russia confirm the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.

Satellite images show oil spreading for miles along the coastline, threatening local marine wildlife

Many people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

Indonesian authorities seized 1.16 tonnes of ketamine from a Malaysian vessel in the Strait of Malacca.

Bolsonaro’s party has strengthened its position in Congress, posing a formidable challenge to another Lula presidency.

Ukraine and Russia confirm the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.

Thirty-four people are also injured in the attack in southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.