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The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president, has already dodged several coup attempts, according to state media 

Situated in the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles is in the middle of a key heroin smuggling route and has among the highest rates of heroin use in the world. Kate Bartlett brings us this story from the main island of Mahe with details on the heroin trade and what the U.S. and China are doing to help.

The operation involved "multiple precision strikes," US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement, adding "there were no injuries or damage to US personnel or equipment" 

Sala was detained last month while working in Tehran 

The downgrade follows disappointing economic indicators and a slowdown in corporate earnings in the second half of 2024

Ukraine reports destroying 41 Russian drones

Emmanuel Macron said Tehran's uranium enrichment drive is nearing a point of no return and warned that European partners in a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran should consider reimposing sanctions if no progress is reached

The flames spread so rapidly that staff at a senior care center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot where they waited in their bedclothes for ambulances and other vehicles to take them to safety

Narayanan takes over from S. Somanath, who became chairman in 2022 and has been credited with making the 54-year-old space agency more approachable

The quake killed at least 126 people near Mount Everest

The central government has so far allocated $11.05 billion for consumer goods trade-ins to support consumption for 2025

Israeli military says it killed several militants in West Bank raids

The precious pre-Islamic artifacts destroyed by the jihadists are now in pieces, but the archaeologists working in Nimrud are undaunted by the colossal task they face

President-elect Donald Trump did not rule out using military or economic coercion to gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports his remarks Tuesday came hours after his son made a surprise trip to Greenland.

Donald Trump says that the U.S. having control over Greenland is imperative for U.S. national security, and he is not ruling out using military force to take it. French right-wing leader Jean-Marie Le Pen dies, and Ivory Coast and Senegal have announced that France will withdraw its troops from bases in their territories, ending a decadeslong military presence. President-elect Donald Trump is promising to reverse Biden administration efforts to fight climate change and says he will grow the...

Lim Kimya, a former politician of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, dies near a Buddhist temple

The president describes the detained US citizens as 'very high level'