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THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Amnesty Intern-ational accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published yesterday, an allegation Israel angrily denied.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York police released new photos yesterday showing the face of the man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealth  UNH.N executive

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s top aides are discussing whether preemptive pardons to current and former public officials who may be targeted by the incoming Trump administration should be considered, but Biden has not yet made a decision on the topic, sources said.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama yesterday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israel angrily denied.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama today, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government yesterday, throwing the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into a crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and tame a massive budget deficit.

NEW YORK, (Reuters)  – Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s  UNH.N  insurance unit, was killed yesterday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what police described as a targeted attack by a gunman lying in wait for him.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korea’s parliament introduced a motion yesterday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over a botched attempt to impose martial law, but his party vowed to oppose the move, throwing the process into doubt.

(Trinidad Express) A 23-year-old a member of the Defence Force was shot and killed in Arima on Tuesday night.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French opposition lawmakers brought the government down today, throwing the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into a political crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and rein in a massive budget deficit.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Syrian rebels battled government forces and allied militia today in villages north and east of Hama, a major city whose capture would pile pressure on President Bashar al-Assad.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Less than a month after his victory, President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team ready to carry out two of his biggest priorities: retribution against his political adversaries and a wholesale reshaping of the U.S.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean lawmakers today called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis in decades in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are “no longer safe” and buy locally instead, four of the country’s top industry associations said yesterday in a rare coordinated response to Washington’s curbs on Chinese chipmakers.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Joe Biden pledged lasting U.S. engagement with Africa as he met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda yesterday, as part of his first and only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as U.S.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Joe Biden pledged lasting U.S. engagement with Africa as he met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda today, as part of his first and only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as U.S.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law early this morning in a move that stunned South Koreans and triggered a short-lived attempt by troops to enter parliament, as lawmakers and protesters quickly voiced opposition to the most serious challenge to the country’s democracy since the 1980s.

(Reuters) – China has banned exports to the United States of items related to the minerals gallium, germanium and antimony that have potential military applications, it said today, a day after Washington’s latest crackdown on China’s chip sector.

AMMAN/BEIRUT, (Reuters) –  Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria yesterday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, but Lebanon’s Hezbollah has no plans for now to join them, according to sources.