FOX News correspondent Benjamin Hall recently sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a wide-ranging interview during his first visit to Ukraine since he was nearly killed while covering the war in March 2022. The two discussed whether Ukraine’s war against Russia has reached a stalemate and the Israel-Hamas …
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s government says it plans to formally ask the United Nations to intervene and help resolve an escalating border dispute with neighboring Venezuela. Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge said in a statement Saturday that it is time for what he called a “judicial settlement.” Venezuela has long claimed …
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LONDON – One of Britain’s biggest unions has backed left-wing contender Jeremy Corbyn to lead Britain’s opposition Labour Party, and a major bookmaker has made the former outsider odds-on favorite to win the contest. General secretary Dave Prentis of Unison, which represents more than 1 million public-sector workers, said the …
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On Friday, the National WWII Museum in New Orleans introduced its final permanent exhibit to 44 living veterans of the Second World War, including Medal of Honor recipients, liberated Holocaust survivors and the public. The opening of the Liberation Pavilion was also attended by American actor and longtime supporter of …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – A lawyer for a fugitive Colombian millionaire at the center of the South American nation’s biggest financial scandal says his client has been arrested in Spain. Attorney Ivan Cancino tells The Associated Press that former investment executive Victor Maldonado was captured Thursday in Madrid. Cancino gave no …
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MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino-British company says the Philippine government has ordered the suspension of all exploration at an offshore oil and gas field because of an ongoing territorial dispute with China. The oil and gas exploration and production company Forum Energy Plc. says the Department of Energy has instructed …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official news agency says that special operatives have freed an Iranian diplomat abducted more than 19 months ago in Yemen. IRNA quotes deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdolahian as saying the intelligence officers carried out a “difficult and complicated operation” to secure the freedom of Nour Ahmad …
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CANBERRA, Australia – An official says two Australian brothers aged 16 and 17 have been stopped at Sydney Airport on suspicion they were headed to the Middle East to fight with the Islamic State group. Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton told reporters Sunday the young brothers from Sydney raised the …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted four men over the grisly killing of a dog whose torture was captured on video, sentencing them to three years in prison. The video, which triggered an uproar on social media, shows the dog named Max tied up on a busy Cairo …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Thousands of people of different faiths have formed a human ring outside the synagogue in Copenhagen where a Jewish security guard was fatally shot last month. Organizer Niddal El-Jabr says the idea behind the show of unity was to “send a powerful statement” that “Jews should able …
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