The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to a Guantanamo detainee who was tortured by the CIA and has been held there without charge for two decades, his lawyer said Monday.
A violent crackdown on a wave of protests in Iran has killed at least 648 people, a rights group said on Monday, as Iranian authorities sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies.
The dollar mostly fell and gold hit a record high on Monday as investors digested news that the US Justice Department is probing the Federal Reserve, raising fears over the central bank's independence against President Donald Trump's push for lower rates.
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Politics
Venezuela said Monday it had freed dozens more political prisoners as rights groups questioned the numbers and family members clamored for speedier releases after the US military ouster of long-term autocrat Nicolas Maduro.
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Venezuela releases more political prisoners
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Heathrow Airport said Monday it welcomed more than 84 million travellers last year, a record high amount for the London hub which is set to undergo a major expansion.
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Georgia's former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili was jailed for five years Monday on money laundering charges, the prosecutor's office said, the latest in a sweeping shake-up of the country's ruling party as critics accuse it of drifting into Moscow's orbit.
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Three days after Sergiy Smolyak was ripped apart in a Russian drone attack, his granddaughter -- wearing a pink winter snowsuit -- sat in silence before his open coffin in a golden-domed cathedral in Kyiv.
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A French historian has been banned from travelling to Israel after he criticised Israeli military operations in the besieged Gaza Strip, he said on Monday.
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India and Germany are looking to boost defence industry cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday after hosting Chancellor Friedrich Merz in his home state of Gujarat.
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Rolland Courbis, a former French player and coach often called in to rescue teams from relegation who became an outspoken media pundit, has died aged 72, his employer RMC said on Monday.
UK media regulator Ofcom on Monday launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X over its AI chatbot Grok's image creation feature that has been used to produce sexualised deepfakes.
The Confederation of African Football said Monday it had opened an investigation and warned of possible disciplinary action after "potentially unacceptable behaviour" as players clashed on the pitch at the end of the Cup of Nations quarter-final between Algeria and Nigeria.
US prosecutors have opened an inquiry threatening a "criminal indictment" against the Federal Reserve, its chairman Jerome Powell revealed, denouncing new "threats and ongoing pressure" from the administration of President Donald Trump.
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Politics
The dollar weakened and gold hit a record high Monday as investors digested news that the US Justice Department is probing the Federal Reserve, raising fears over the central bank's independence against President Donald Trump's push for lower rates.
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RECENT NEWS
Iran's foreign minister said on Monday the Islamic republic is ready for both war and talks after repeated threats from US President Donald Trump to intervene militarily over a crackdown on protests that activists fear has killed hundreds.
India and Germany are looking to boost defence industry cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday after hosting Chancellor Friedrich Merz in his home state of Gujarat.
Barham Salih has known torture and the wrenching loss of exile. Four decades after his own ordeal, he has taken the helm of the UN refugee agency as it grapples with a funding shortfall and ever-rising needs.
US prosecutors have opened an inquiry threatening a "criminal indictment" against the Federal Reserve, its chairman Jerome Powell revealed Sunday, denouncing new "threats and ongoing pressure" from the administration of President Donald Trump.
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