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Where's next? Trump eyes new targets after Venezuela

An emboldened US President Donald Trump has hinted that he has other countries in his sights after toppling Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, leaving the world asking: where's next? Trump took aim at Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico and Iran in the space of a single half-hour

Israel says targets Hezbollah, Hamas in Lebanon strikes

The Israeli military launched strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, after warning it would hit what it called Hezbollah and Hamas targets in four villages. It was the first such warning issued by the Israeli military this year, as

Iran says no leniency for 'rioters' as protests persist

Iran will offer no leniency to "rioters", though the public has a right to demonstrate, the head of the country's judiciary said on Monday, following more than a week of sometimes-deadly protests. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump warned Iran would "get hit very

Syria, Israel resume U.S.-mediated security talks

Jan 5 (Reuters) - U.S.-mediated talks between Syria and Israel have resumed after an interruption of several months, Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Monday, with Damascus seeking withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory seized after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Virtual museum preserves Sudan's plundered heritage

Destroyed and looted in the early months of Sudan's war, the national museum in Khartoum is now welcoming virtual visitors after months of painstaking effort to digitally recreate its collection. At the museum itself, almost nothing remains of the 100,000 artefacts it had