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Syrian rebels unveil year-long plot to overthrow Assad regime
Abu Hassan al-Hamwi’s HTS group coordinated rebels to create a unified war effort that included a specialist drone unit
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Sean ’Diddy’ Combs faces lawsuits from three accusers in New York over rape allegations
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs is facing new allegations from three accusers in the State of New York who claim the star drugged and then raped them. The star is currently in jail awaiting trial for other charges.
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Meta donates $1m to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund
Donation comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and appears to be an effort to improve relations
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Donald Trump joins the exclusive club of leaders like Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev, and Khomeini
President-elect Donald Trump has for the second time joined an exclusive club in the company of global figures and leaders – some controversial.
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NATO warns of the need to ’prepare for war’ and admits ’we’re not ready for what’s coming’
Britain and other members of Nato have been urged to shift to a ‘wartime mindset’ amid the ongoing threats from Russia.
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11-year-old girl rescued off Italian coast after three days clinging to tire tubes
Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people
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How the drug trade funded Bashar al-Assad’s £5 billion regime in Syria
Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus in an offensive that toppled the iron-fisted ‘tyrant’ President Bashar al-Assad and took the world by surprise.
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US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit against Nvidia
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Wednesday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab of misleading investors about how much of its sales depended on the volatile cryptocurrency market.
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Israel plans to establish a ’sterile defensive zone’ in Syria while dismissing claims of IDF tanks nearing Damascus as ’fake news’
Israel will set up a “sterile defensive zone” in Southern Syria, the country’s Defence Minister reportedly said on Tuesday.
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Who is Luigi Mangione? The smiling suspect in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione was last night arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – but who is he and what do we know about him?
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British woman killed in Italy crash as police find overturned car in canal
A British woman, aged 44, has sadly died after crashing her car in Italy - police spotted her car in a canal but by the time they retrieved her body it was too late
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Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting arrested after being recognized at McDonald’s
Suspect recognized while at McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Luxury cars and designer brands: shocked Syrians explore Assad family’s lavish residences
Footage captures looters taking expensive items after ’Butcher of Damascus’ fled to Moscow with family.
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Inside the search for hidden cells in Sednaya prison, Syria’s ’human slaughterhouse’
The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news
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Schoolgirl, 13, ’falls from pod’ on 60ft Ferris wheel in shocking video footage
Terrified onlookers whipped out their phones and captured the moment a 13-year-old girl was forced out of a Ferris wheel pod and left dangling out the side for a gruelling few minutes
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Bashar al-Assad’s family owns $40M in luxury apartments in Moscow
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.
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Video reveals Assad ’family bunker’ under palaces with drive-through escape tunnels
Syrian rebels say they have discovered a huge tunnel network underneath Bashar Al-Assad’s palaces.
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Video: A rare look inside Syria’s Hama prison reveals horrific and putrid conditions
Obada Jbara was on hand after rebels seized the central prison in Hama.
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US conducts mass airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria following rebel takeover
As statues of Assad and his father Hafez were being toppled across Syria, in Damascus a jubilant Ghazal al-Sharif was rejoicing. He said: “Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family"
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Bashar al-Assad in Moscow with family after Russia grants him asylum
Syrian rebels have toppled Bashar al-Assad, ending his family’s 54-year authoritarian rule after nearly 14 years of war - and the leader is now in Moscow with family
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NYPD releases new images of gunman after ’Monopoly money’ discovered in backpack following hit on healthcare CEO
Police have released two new images in the hunt for an assassin who gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City this week.
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Syrian rebels overthrow Assad’s regime as Damascus erupts, with looters raiding the president’s home and central bank
The Syrian capital has erupted in celebrations following the fall of the Assad regime, as the Syrian leader fled the country on Sunday.
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From doctor to brutal dictator: the rise and fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different to his father but proved to be as repressive
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Bashar al-Assad’s plane ’disappears’ as family flees Syria amid rebel capture of Damascus
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s plane has disappeared from flight tracking information after he and his family reportedly fled the country as rebels took Damascus
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South Korea arrests former defense minister over failed martial law attempt
Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration
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