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US shields Venezuelan oil revenue as Trump signs executive order for investment in the nation’s oil sector

US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order meant to declare a national emergency and safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue held in US accounts, taking another step to control future sales of Venezuelan oil.The executive order effectively blocked the oil revenue from the Latin American country’s creditors and prevented its seizure to satisfy debts […]

Syria clashes: Security forces deploy in Aleppo; dozens killed in fighting with Kurdish forces

Syria clashes: Security forces deploy in Aleppo; dozens killed in fighting with Kurdish forces Syrian security forces began deploying on Saturday in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo after several days of intense clashes with Kurdish fighters that left dozens dead and wounded.According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, two Kurdish […]

Reza Pahlavi: Why protests in Iran have revived a royal question | World News

Frederick Forsyth, in Icon, explains a cold, vital truth about nations and what holds them together: “An icon. Not a religious painting, but a symbol. He stands for something. All nations need something, some person or symbol, to which they can cleave, which can give a disparate mass of varied people a sense of identity […]

Donald Trump says US will take Greenland ‘easy way or hard way…whether they like it or not’

TOI correspondent from Washington: Denmark is changing Greenland’s name to Epstein Island so Trump will stop talking about it, a Danish comedian joked earlier this week. But it’s no laughing matter now. The “MAGA” drive to acquire the Danish affiliate, “the easy way or the hard way” is very much on the cards after US […]

‘Happy Trump’: Trump wears own lapel pin for meeting on Venezuelan oil | World News

Happiness means different things to different people. For someone craving sugar, it might be a bar of chocolate. For someone with a burning stomach, it could be a chilled lemonade. For someone having a bad day, maybe it is a beer. For a hungry beast, it could be a deep-fried chicken leg, dripping with oil. […]

Renee Nicole Good shooting: ICE agent threatens Minneapolis women on camera, says ‘don’t make a bad decision’

A pair of Minneapolis women were seen following and taunting ICE agents just days after the fatal shooting of protester Renee Nicole Good, according to footage shared across social media.The footage showed unidentified women being confronted by masked ICE agents in the streets, as one agent warned them: “Don’t make a bad decision today.” ‘Get […]

Viral Smoking Girl: What we know (and don’t know) about Khamenei protester breaking the internet | World News

A short video showing a woman without a hijab burning a photograph of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to light a cigarette has spread rapidly across social media, becoming one of the most striking protest images linked to the latest wave of unrest associated with Iran. The act brings together several taboos under the […]

Cash, talks, troops? How Europe plans to hit back at Donald Trump’s Greenland grab

With his promise of the “nice way or the difficult way,” Donald Trump appears to be reviving an old American ambition with a harder edge. A US plan to buy Greenland for $100 million in the 20th century never came to fruition, but Trump’s renewed interest has given the idea fresh urgency and made it […]

Kick streamer Konvy reportedly shot while livestreaming; friend Adin Ross confirms incident

Kick streamer Konvy was reportedly shot while livestreaming in the Bronx, New York City, according to social media posts and video clips shared online. Meanwhile, Streamer Adin Ross, a close friend and roommate of Konvy, addressed the incident in a livestream and confirmed that it was real. “Yeah, I don’t know. We’re figuring it out […]

Deaths & blackouts: Storm Goretti, howling gales hit UK, France; rail services affected

A man was killed in southwest England after a tree fell on a caravan during record winds brought by Storm Goretti, as large parts of Europe continued to face power outages and transport disruptions caused by severe weather.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was found dead in the town of Helston in Cornwall […]