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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump. He also praised Trump for describing NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root of the nearly …
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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1/14/25
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Lebanon’s prime minister-designate has vowed to rebuild the country following years of economic meltdown and a 14-month war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group. Nawaf Salam spoke after …
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By BASSEM MROUE
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1/14/25
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The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has told judges that Israeli objections to the investigation into the 13-month war in Gaza should be rejected. Karim Khan submitted his formal …
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By MOLLY QUELL
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1/14/25
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The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement within Haiti has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people. The situation has been largely caused by gang violence in the …
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said Tuesday at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace …
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By YEHOR KONOVALOV
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1/14/25
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Ugandan military court rules it can try opposition figure on treachery charge carrying death penalty
A prominent opposition figure in Uganda will stand trial on the serious charge of treachery, a military court ruled Tuesday, escalating the legal trouble Kizza Besigye faces ahead of presidential …
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
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1/14/25
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Rescuers are sending a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines in an attempt to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped for months in an abandoned shaft. …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY
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1/14/25
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On Jan. 1 in the Netherlands, many were cleaning up the mess from New Year’s Eve fireworks. But hundreds of thousands of others looked for their relatives in a new database containing the names of …
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By MOLLY QUELL
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1/14/25
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Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth. Holding …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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1/13/25
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The top aide of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pleaded with law enforcement on Tuesday to abandon their efforts to detain him over last month’s martial law imposition, as authorities prepared a …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/13/25
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South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event of 2025. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons were …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/13/25
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A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY
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1/13/25
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The defense ministers of Europe’s five top military spenders say they intend to continue increasing their investments in defense but described President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge for them to …
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By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
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1/13/25
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Lebanon’s new president has asked prominent diplomat and jurist Nawaf Salam to form the country’s new government after Salam was named prime minister by a large number of legislators. Monday's …
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BY BASSEM MROUE
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1/13/25
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A growing number of Israeli soldiers are speaking out against the Israel-Hamas war. They say they did or saw things that crossed ethical lines. Some 200 soldiers have signed a letter saying they’ll …
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By SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL
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1/13/25
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A Ukrainian official says Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it. Maj. …
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By SAMYA KULLAB and YEHOR KONOVALOV
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1/13/25
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The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces. A Congolese army spokesman said on Sunday …
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By JUSTIN KATUMWA
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1/13/25
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South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/13/25
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A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders. The latest effort to establish a peace process was initiated in …
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By SUZAN FRASER
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1/13/25
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