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World Bank's Ajay Banga, Marco Rubio named to Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

Trump has called on all parties to cooperate fully with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), the Board of Peace, and the ISF to ensure swift implementation of the plan

National Guard troops to remain in Washington, DC, until year-end

Trump said this month that for now he was dropping his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, which had provoked legal challenges

FAA warns pilots of risks over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activity'

The notices come after nearly four months of US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific that the US alleged were trafficking drugs

Minneapolis protesters win court ruling limiting ICE use of force

US District Judge Katherine Menendez on Friday isssed a temporary injunction limiting when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can deploy chemical irritants into crowds

Trump wants tech giants to fund power for AI data centres; they'd love to

Under Trump's plan, grid operator PJM Interconnection LLC will hold an auction for tech companies to bid on 15-year contracts for new electricity generation capacity

Trump thanks Iran for cancelling executions of political prisoners

The Republican president also suggested on his social media site that more than 800 people had been set to be executed in Iran, but he said they now won't be

First flight with 231 deported Venezuelans from US lands in Caracas

The flight's arrival comes 13 days after Maduro was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military intervention in Caracas

Iran protests appear to fade as crackdown deepens, West weighs sanctions

The Group of Seven industrialised democracies and the European Union said they too were looking at new sanctions to ratchet up the pressure on Iran's theocratic government

India driving South Asia as world's brightest growth spot: WEF survey

The report, drawing from consultations and surveys with chief economists from the public and private sectors worldwide, said South Asia has returned to the top of the regional growth outlook

Supreme Court plans rulings for Jan 20 with Trump's tariffs still undecided

The court indicated on its website on Friday that it may release decisions in argued cases next Tuesday when the justices take the bench during a scheduled sitting

Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance witnesses rift ahead of polls in Bangladesh

Jamaat is Bangladesh's largest Islamic political party, while Islami Andolon is presumed to have a huge support base

Canada inks trade truce with China in break from Donald Trump's agenda

PM Mark Carney said he expects China to cut tariffs on Canadian rapeseed after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, in the first visit by a Canadian leader to Beijing in eight years

Trump may slap tariffs on countries that don't back his Greenland plans

Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington this week with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

US, Taiwan reach trade agreement, slashing tariffs on Taiwanese goods

The US Department of Commerce described the new agreement as a historic trade deal that will help drive a massive reshoring of America's semiconductor sector

Norway stunned after Machado gifts Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

The award cannot be shared or transferred, the committee said in a statement last week

US firms worry more about China's economy than trade tensions: Survey

One reason for that may be that many US companies have businesses focused on China's huge market of about 1.4 billion people that do not rely on exports back to the US

China's Xi Jinping, Canada's Mark Carney seek new chapter in relations

Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as under great strain

South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 yrs in prison for martial law decree

The most significant charge against him alleges that he led a rebellion in connection with his martial law enforcement and it carries a potential death penalty

US seizes 6th sanctioned oil tanker as pressure on Venezuela mounts

US Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team

Venezuela's acting president urges oil reforms to woo foreign investment

Rodrguez on Thursday painted a picture of money from the oil sales flowing into the national budget to bolster crisis-stricken health services and deteriorating infrastructure