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Thousands flee Homs as Syrian militants push on lightning offensive

BEIRUT/AMMAN, Dec 06 (Reuters): Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight and into Friday morning, a war monitoring group and residents said, as rebel forces sought to push their lightning offensive against government forces further south.The head of the Syrian faction leading the sweeping assault told...

US State Department targeting India

NEW DELHI, Dec 06 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and "deep state" elements in the US of trying to destabilise India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.The accusation comes as a surprise as...

Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Imran threatens civil disobedience movement

ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (Reuters): Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on his supporters to hold a rally next week and threatened to start a civil disobedience movement days after his party led a deadly protest march in Islamabad.In a post on X on Thursday, Khan asked supporters...

Climate-vulnerable countries push for credit rating overhaul

LONDON, Dec 06 (Reuters): A group of climate vulnerable nations is using a UN meeting this week to push for a credit ratings overhaul, arguing ratings should reflect climate resilience measures, an advisor to the group told Reuters.The UN meeting in New York is the second of four to set...

29 killed in Israeli strikes around key hospital

BEIT LAHIA (Palestinian Territories), Dec 06 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said 29 people were killed on Friday by Israeli strikes around a major hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahia.Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of northern Gaza's last functioning health centres, was hit by several strikes in the morning,...

Russia, Belarus to sign treaty on security guarantees

MOSCOW, Dec 06 (Reuters): Russia and Belarus will conclude a treaty on mutual security guarantees in the interests of both countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited by the state-run RIA news agency as saying on Friday.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was due to host Russian President Vladimir Putin at a...

China warns Taiwan relying on US for independence will 'inevitably hit a wall'

BEIJING, Dec 06 (AFP): China warned Taiwan Friday that relying on the United States to help it seek independence "will inevitably hit a wall", as Beijing took aim at a Pacific tour by the self-ruled island's President Lai Ching-te this week.Lai's trip, which has included two stops on US soil,...

S Korea’s Yoon under pressure to resign as threat of impeachment looms

SEOUL, Dec 06 (Reuters): South Korea's ruling party leader said President Yoon Suk Yeol needed to be removed from power for trying to impose martial law, increasing the pressure on him to quit even though members of his People Power Party late on Friday reaffirmed its formal opposition to his...