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ADEN — In a significant development for Yemen, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg has announced a major breakthrough following a series of meetings in Riyadh and Muscat. These meetings, which included discussions with the President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al Alimi, and …

Heavy Fighting in Jenin, “70 Killed” in Israel’s Maghazi Strike, Hamas HQ Under North Gaza “Crushed”  CRUX Videos appear to show intense clashes in Jenin  The Times of Israel With Israeli Raids in the West Bank, ‘There’s No Such Thing as Sleeping at Night’  The New York Times Large scale IDF operations underway …

VNG co-founder Le Hong Minh’s first taste of international competition was as a gamer for Vietnam at an early e-sport tournament in South Korea.Two decades later, he says he’s ready to face the world’s best again as he takes his tech company public.The firm – headquartered in buzzing business hub …

LONDON — Courts in the UK and Pakistan are involved in a complex legal tussle to decide what should happen to the siblings of Sara Sharif. Sara, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August. Her father, stepmother and uncle deny her murder. The overlapping cases …

Israel-Hamas war | Palestinians apprehended by Israel: Torture including beating & food deprivation  WION When Israel Abuses the Hostages That It Holds – Opinion  Haaretz Palestinians recount ‘torture’ in Israeli army custody  FRANCE 24 English Israel-Gaza war: Palestinians recount torture in army custody  South China Morning Post Urgently Investigate Inhumane Treatment and Enforced Disappearance …

A man swims in a partly frozen lake in Beijing. China’s capital Beijing has broken its record for hours of sub-zero temperatures in December dating back to 1951, after a cold wave swept swathes of the country and brought blizzards in its wake, sending temperatures towards historic lows.Northern and northeastern …

MEXICO CITY — A sprawling caravan of migrants from central and southern America has trekked through Mexico heading north towards the United States border. Up to 8,000 people of all ages, mainly from Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico, are part of the procession following a banner which reads “Poverty Exodus”. It …

CNN — Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at Beijing’s Nanjiao weather station rose to above zero degrees Celsius Sunday afternoon for the first time in …

A founding member of US country group the Dixie Chicks has been killed in a car crash in Texas, with her former bandmates on Saturday mourning the loss of “a bright light.”Laura Lynch, 65, died in a head-on collision Friday on an undivided highway some 70 miles east of El …

BELGRADE — Police in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, have used tear gas to disperse crowds protesting at alleged fraud in last week’s general election. They intervened after some of the crowd outside the city hall smashed windows and attempted to force their way in. Opposition activists say police used excessive force …