Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad illegally transferred $135 billion to Russia, Khalid Bey, an intelligence officer for the ousted Syrian regime, has told the Turkish newspaper Turkiye Gazetesi. Rebel forces swept into the capital of Damascus on Sunday, December 8, ousting President Bashar al-Assad and taking control of the country. Assad’s removal was met with…
Celebrity couple, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have reportedly ended their relationship, just weeks after announcing they were expecting their first child together. According to TMZ, the couple parted ways during a trip to Vail, Colorado, over Thanksgiving weekend, where tensions reached a boiling point.The outlet claimed the split stemmed from Fox discovering something…
Syria’s former prime minister, Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to hand over power to his rebel counterpart, the outgoing prime minister, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, told Al Arabiya TV, according to Reuters. The leader of the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) met with the Assad regime’s outgoing prime minister to discuss the transfer of…
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, December 8, adding that a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases, including a strategically important naval facility in Tartous. Russia’s…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has survived an impeachment vote in parliament following his attempt to impose martial law earlier this week. President Yoon has been facing intense pressure to stand down as leader, after his shock bid to declare martial law in South Korea. The failed attempt sparked a fierce backlash. The martial…
Colombia’s finance minister, Ricardo Bonilla, has stepped down amid a widening corruption scandal that threatens to derail the leftist government’s reform agenda. Bonilla had become embroiled in a probe by the attorney-general’s office into the alleged misuse of funds from the country’s disaster risk agency. “I have always said that I respect the work of…
The CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance division has been g%nned down in what police called a “brazen, targeted” attack. Brian Thompson, 50, was repeatedly sh0t by a masked g%nman about 6:46 a.m. on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown, said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. “Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait…
Saudi Arabia has put over 300 people to de@th in 2024, according to an AFP tally, after four executions announced on Tuesday, December 3, brought the kingdom’s total to an all-high level. The de@th penalty was carried out against three people convicted of drug smuggling and another for murder, the official Saudi Press Agency reported,…
A barrister accused of forging his mother’s signature to cut his younger brother out of his inheritance has lost a court fight over the £1.2 million fortune in the UK. Robert Grierson, 56, who specialises in tax and will disputes, was sued by his 55-year-old brother Duncan, who was left with just £10,000. Robert…
US President-elect Donald Trump has escalated tensions with the BRICS bloc by threatening to impose 100% tariffs on imports from member countries if they proceed with creating a new currency to rival the US dollar. In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, November 30, Trump declared, “The idea that the…
