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  Putin Praises 'Brave' Trump in First Post-Election Remarks, Says He Survived Assassination Attempt 'Like a Man'

  Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President-elect Donald Trump in his first remarks addressing the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.

• 4.9M South Sudanese Need Help As Famine Ravages African Country

  A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, reporting some 100,000 people are facing starvation, while a million more are on the brink of famine.

• Amber Rose Responds to Kanye West's Tweets With Graphic Message

  The series of heated Twitter exchanges between rappers, Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa, ended up involving Amber Rose, and it involved a couple of graphic messages fired at West.

• UN backs mission to oversee Colombia peace deal

  The United Nations has officially supported the peacetalks between Columbia and FARC as a step to fully end the longest war in Latin America that had started since 1964.

• Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death for war crimes

  A Bangladesh war crimes court convicted an Islamist party leader on Sunday of atrocities during the country's war of independence from Pakistan more than four decades ago and sentenced him to death

• Top North Korea officials make rare visit to South as diplomacy ramps up

  Isolated North Korea sent its highest level delegation to South Korea on Saturday to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony amid a flurry of diplomatic activity which has raised hopes for improved ties between the arch rivals.

• U.S. general says cannot rule out larger ground role in Iraq

  The most senior U.S. military officer raised the possibility on Tuesday that American troops might need to take on a larger role in Iraq's ground war against Islamic State militants, but the White House stressed they would not deploy on a combat mission.

• North Korea State of War: Kim Jong-un Fires Off New Bellicose Language at U.S & South Korea, Threatening to Close a Border Industrial Zone (Video)

  North Korea has stepped up its bellicose language, saying on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea. Seoul and its ally the United States have played down the statement as tough talk, but acknowledge the gravity of their statements and actions, and that it warranted attention.