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A statement attributed to «President Bashar al-Assad» and released on the Syrian presidency's Telegram channel on Monday stated that the country «fell into the hands of terrorism.» However, it is pertinent to note that the statement has not been independently verified, according to Al Jazeera. Al-Assad has not made any media appearances since he was granted asylum with his family by Russia.

«I don't think that should have been allowed, not when there's a possibility — certainly not just weeks before I take over,» Trump said during at a wide-ranging news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort. «Why would they do that without asking me what I thought? I wouldn't have had him do that. I think it was a big mistake.» Trump's withering criticism of the Biden administration's move comes as the Democratic administration aims to push every last dollar already designated for Ukraine out the door to help repel Russia's invasion before Trump takes office on Jan. 20, with future aid uncertain.

The resignation of federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was met with shock and concern in Canada’s business community Monday, with some leaders worried that political infighting at the highest levels of the Liberal government could distract from the country’s economic problems and preparation for a potential trade battle with the United States.

Fox News host Sean Hannity pretty harshly criticized US President Joe Biden for allegedly focusing on ‘sabotaging’ US President- elect Donald Trump's upcoming administration during his final weeks in office, reported Fox News. According to Fox News, Sean Hannity actually characterized the administration of Joe Biden as extremely ‘pathetic’ while labelling him as the ‘worst, most corrupt, most incompetent, most divisive, one-term president in modern American history’. He also placed an argument that certainly instead of working to improve the country, Joe Biden is actually making decisions that are extremely ‘dumb’ and ‘dangerous’. Also Read: Challenge to JD Vance? Kamala Harris will run for the 2028 US Presidential elections; says, 'don't write me off, you haven’t seen the last of me'

Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt comments on President-elect Trump's U.S. industry investments, Mitt Romney's recent supportive statements and tech CEOs flocking to Mar-a-Lago.

Canadian pension funds will no longer be restricted to a cap of 30 per cent control of companies they invest in and the federal government is working with the institutional investors and domestic airports to “explore measures for further pension fund investment on airport lands.”

Bitcoin rose to a record high on president-elect Donald Trump’s support for digital assets and optimism about the upcoming inclusion of MicroStrategy Inc., an accumulator of the token, in a key US stock gauge.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced her resignation from the federal cabinet, placing the blame on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for her decision.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. PALM BEACH, Fla.—Donald Trump and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son are set to jointly announce on Monday that the company is planning to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years, according to a person involved in the event, as the president-elect seeks to project enthusiasm over his return to power.

The Opposition members alleged that several key safeguards of the Constitution are being breached today under NDA rule, leading to encroachments on the rights of minorities, toppling of elected governments and misuse of the office of governor. Intervening in the debate, Union Minister Hardeep Puri emphasized that Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir was an aberration and against the very idea of India while Article 35A was implemented “quickly and quietly” without the consent of Parliament. Praising the “indomitable courage and resolve” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said Article 370 was abrogated despite apprehensions by some that doing so will be akin to playing with fire.

When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work

Shoppers laden with bags from Fendi, Loewe, Prada and other designer labels clog the narrow sidewalks of Milan’s swankiest shopping street

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had to reassure some skeptical colleagues that the central bank wouldn’t inadvertently send signals of distress when he led them to start lowering borrowing costs at the end of the summer with a gutsy, larger-than-usual half-point reduction. Now, they are confronting another potential hinge point.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The payloads SpaceX launches into the heavens for the U.S. military and spy agencies are usually treated as a government secret, shared only with select employees at the rocket company who hold special security clearances.

Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on December 16 to commemorate India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. The war also resulted in the liberation of Bangladesh. The day is a high point in Indian history and the country pays tribute to bravery and sacrifice of the armed forces. The war in 1971 between India and Pakistan began on December 3 and lasted 13 days. The war broke out because of the humanitarian crisis in the then East Pakistan. The Pakistani army had launched a campaign against the civilian population of the region. India intervened to support the people in their struggle for independence.

ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E

Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav had forsaken even the fig leaf of being above suspicion when he declared that India should function according to the wishes of the 'bahusankhyak' (majority) while attending a VHP event on the Uniform Civil Code. To boot, he even bandied a derogatory term to describe rigid Muslim clerics. While Supreme Court has sought a report on his actions, Yadav should be removed as judge.

Brijinder Singh was re-elected as the president of the Indian Golf Union (IGU) for a second consecutive term during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) here on Sunday. The elections for IGU office-bearers and the Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term were held unopposed as the number of candidates matched the available positions. Singh was the lone candidate for the president's post, while S K Sharma and Sanjiv Rattan were elected unopposed as secretary and treasurer, respectively. The nine members elected to the Governing Council are Farzan R Heerjee (Jharkhand), Harpuneet Singh Sandhu (Chandigarh), Harish Kumar (Uttarakhand), Nagesh Singh (Assam), Dr Param Navdeep Singh (Rajasthan), Sameer Sinha (Gujarat), Shashank Sandu (Maharashtra), Simarjeet Singh (Uttar Pradesh), and Viren Singh Ghumman (Punjab).

Vijayendra on Sunday strongly dismissed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and ruling Congress leaders' charges that he attempted to bribe former state Minority Commission Chairperson Anwar Manippady to hush up his report on the Waqf encroachments. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a statement on Saturday said that Manippady had publicly stated that Vijayendra visited his house during Yediyurappa's tenure as CM and offered Rs 150 crore to be silent about the Waqf property encroachment report. Meanwhile, Manippady has denied that no such offer was made to him by Vijayendra while Home Minister G Parameshwara stated that there was video footage showing Manippady making such charge. Questioning whether there was any logic in the allegation, Vijayendra said, the Congress and Siddaramaiah seem to be «perturbed» by the allegations of corruption and scam against them, especially by the MUDA site allotment case against the CM.

Donald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The day of reckoning has arrived for Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president. The country’s National Assembly voted on December 14th to impeach him for his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.