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Venezuelan opposition parties and human rights organizations are speaking out against the arrests of prominent figures, including a press freedom activist and an opposition leader, in the lead-up to President Nicolas Maduro’s third-term inauguration on Friday.

Chad’s government has assured citizens that the capital, N’Djamena, remains stable after gunshots were reported near the presidential palace on Wednesday.

At least 19 Palestinians, including eight children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on southern Gaza overnight, according to local health officials.

Germany and France have issued strong warnings to Donald Trump regarding his remarks about potentially seizing Greenland, Denmark’s autonomous territory, by force.

Army tanks were seen in the streets before and during the alleged attack by Boko Haram [Getty]Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel member dead, the government said. AFP reporters heard gunfire near the site and saw tanks on the street, while security sources reported that armed men had tried to overrun the complex. The government later said 19 people were killed in the fighting, of which 18 were members of the 24-strong commando unit that launched the assault. “There were 18 dead…

Residents in the Hollywood Hills have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires continue to tear through Los Angeles, posing an “immediate threat to life,” according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). Officials have declared the area legally closed to the public.

Financial value of stay-at-home parents undervalued by 90% of people  Almost 90% of adults nationwide underestimate the financial value of stay-at-home parents, new findings from Royal London Ireland show, with just over 10% valuing the cost to employ someone to perform the duties of a stay-at-home parent at over €50,000.Surveying 1,000 adults, the life insurance and pensions provider calculated the estimated annual salary of a stay-at-home parent to be €57,140, up from €54,590 in 2023 and €40,560 in 2015 when it first undertook the same research.In its latest survey, respondents in 2024 estimated the potential salary of a stay-at-home parent…

With uncertainty lingering over US support for Ukraine under incoming US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet with Western allies in Germany on Thursday to strategize securing Ukraine’s battlefield position against Russia.

Gunshots were heard on Wednesday evening near the presidency in the capital of Chad, N’Djamena. Convoys of military vehicles were seen driving toward the presidency too, the news agency Reuters reported. According to the French AFP news agency, a security source said armed men had attacked the interior of the presidential compound while all roads leading to the presidency have been blocked, adding that tanks could be seen on the streets of N’Djamena. Infrastructure Minister says ‘situation is under control’ Shortly after the initial reports of gunfire, Chad’s Infrastructure Minister Aziz Mahamat Saleh said the situation was being dealt with. “Nothing serious, no…

The body of Bedouin Arab hostage Youssef al-Zayadna was repatriated to Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, in what it termed as a “complex and difficult operation” as mediators continue to push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. Israeli troops recover body of hostage from Gaza