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At least six of the court’s eight justices need to uphold Yoon’s impeachment to remove him from office.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has announced that it will on Friday issue its ruling on whether to permanently remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office.

The court said in a statement on Tuesday that it will hand down its ruling on Yoon, who was impeached by legislators after briefly declaring martial law late last year, at 11am (02:00 GMT) and the verdict will be…

Bardiya, Nepal – Bali, unlike most girls around her, never liked to sing and dance. She loved cars and dreamed of how it would feel to wrap her fingers around the wheel and leave her village behind in the rearview mirror.

But her dream was cut short on her sixth birthday when she was sold into servitude by her parents.

For five years, she scrubbed dishes, cleaned floors and worked the fields for a family from a higher caste than her own. The caste system, prevalent across South Asia, is a…

Lebanese officials say the attack on Dahiyeh killed at least three people and wounded seven others.

Israel’s military has bombed the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the second time in less than a week, killing at least three people and threatening the ceasefire it agreed with Hezbollah four months ago.

The attack on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, early on Tuesday, came without warning and wounded at least seven others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Israel’s military…

Donald Trump on Sunday said he was “not joking” about the possibility of seeking a third term as president of the United States, even though the US Constitution bars presidents from being elected more than twice.

“There are methods which you could do it,” Trump said when asked if he was serious, in an interview with NBC News. One such method, he hinted, could involve Vice President JD Vance running in 2028 and stepping down if elected, to allow Trump to take over.

“But there are…

In just 10 days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broken the Gaza ceasefire, tried to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet intelligence agency, orchestrated a no-confidence vote on the attorney general, and passed a law to change how Supreme Court appointments happen.

The legislation, passed last Thursday, will allow Netanyahu to change the court’s makeup in his favour, his critics say. The change will come into effect in the next parliamentary term.

The move has raised concerns…