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A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers, and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after takeoff from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the … Read More

More than 10,000 security personnel have been deployed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, ahead of Thursday’s local elections – the first direct polls in nearly 60 years. Somalia launched voter registration in April for the first time in decades, as the country … Read More

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura has won Honduras’ presidential election, according to electoral authorities TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility … Read More

The US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that more than a million additional documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been found. Officials said the files are being reviewed and redacted to protect victims, with release … Read More

A massive oil tanker laden with Venezuelan crude made a hasty return to Venezuelan waters on Tuesday, following a series of U.S. interceptions of vessels in the Caribbean. According to maritime tracking service TankerTrackers.com, as reported by Reuters, the Panama-flagged … Read More

Ukraine and the US have agreed on most points of a 20-point peace plan with Russia, but control of Donbas and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remains contentious, Ukrainian president said. Moscow is expected to respond on Wednesday. Ukraine and the … Read More

MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space programme and a joint Russian-Chinese research station, as major powers rush to explore the earth’s … Read More

The release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy has brought into focus a fundamental tension that has been simmering since before President Donald Trump took office: the understanding between the United States and Europe that the geopolitical system that … Read More

Last group of freed Nigerian schoolchildren are due to be taken to Minna later on Monday to meet their relatives in time for Christmas celebrations, President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson said. A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by … Read More

The Russian General Staff head of training was reported “murdered” by Moscow investigators, after an explosive device planted under his car exploded; they say Kyiv’s special forces may be “linked.” A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on … Read More

The Department of Homeland Security has tripled its “exit bonus” for undocumented migrants who voluntarily depart the United States through self-deportation, increasing the financial incentive from $1,000 to $3,000 for those who register with the U.S. government and depart the … Read More

Trump said the new ‘Golden Fleet’ of battleships would expand U.S. naval power and speed up defense production President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships Monday, known as the “Golden Fleet,” as he revealed he approved plans for … Read More

Dear friends, It’s been quite a week. A shooting at Brown University, leaving two dead and many others injured, quickly turned into a days-long manhunt. It resolved with an apparent suicide but was also soon linked to the murder of … Read More

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual end-of-year press conference on Friday. Below are some of his comments. He spoke in Russian and his words were translated by Reuters. “So far, we don’t really see … Read More

The newly named pro-migrant archbishop of New York called himself an “unworthy servant” during his first Mass in the city after Pope Leo XIV named his fellow Chicago native to replace a conservative cardinal Thursday. In a significant shift for … Read More