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Brazil’s top court evacuated after deadly explosions ahead of G20

Brazil’s top court evacuated after deadly explosions ahead of G20

Brazil’s Supreme Court was evacuated after two nearby explosions Wednesday night that left one dead in a square near Congress and ...

What Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Pick for Israel Ambassador, Has Said About the Middle East

What Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Pick for Israel Ambassador, Has Said About the Middle East

He has called for a “one-state solution” and doesn’t accept the term “Palestinians.”

Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president

Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s ...

American tourist, 60, found 'beaten to death' at 5-star hotel in Ireland frequented by celebrities

American tourist, 60, found 'beaten to death' at 5-star hotel in Ireland frequented by celebrities

A 60-year-old American man was found "beaten to death" at Ballyfin Demesne, a luxurious five-star hotel in Ireland. Police said a ...

At least 1 explosion outside Brazil's Supreme Court leaves 1 dead, forces evacuation

At least 1 explosion outside Brazil's Supreme Court leaves 1 dead, forces evacuation

Authorities say at least one explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court has killed one person and forced the justices and staff to e...

US ambassador says Mexico 'closed the doors' on security cooperation and denies its violence problem

US ambassador says Mexico 'closed the doors' on security cooperation and denies its violence problem

U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has lashed out at Mexico's failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the count...

Paris protesters denounce pro-Israel gala and upcoming France-Israel soccer match

Paris protesters denounce pro-Israel gala and upcoming France-Israel soccer match

Demonstrators took to the streets of Paris to decry an upcoming soccer match between France and Israel, as well as media reports o...

Protests erupt in Paris over pro-Israel gala organized by far-right figures

Protests erupt in Paris over pro-Israel gala organized by far-right figures

Protests have erupted in Paris against a controversial gala organized by far-right figures in support of Israel

Spiraling Haiti violence and airline shutdowns cut families off from adoptive kids

Spiraling Haiti violence and airline shutdowns cut families off from adoptive kids

The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son in early November were: “Mom, come get me.”

Spain battered by new storm onslaught just weeks after deadly floods

Spain battered by new storm onslaught just weeks after deadly floods

New storms triggered school closures and transit disruptions in Spain on Wednesday, just two weeks after flash floods left over 22...

Russia and North Korea Vow to Defend One Another

Russia and North Korea Vow to Defend One Another

North Korea and Russia each ratified a mutual defense treaty within days of each other. The pact means the countries will defend o...

Heavy rocket barrage sets off sirens across central Israel as interceptions seen overhead

Heavy rocket barrage sets off sirens across central Israel as interceptions seen overhead

The IDF said millions of Israelis were forced into bomb shelters as a heavy barrage of rockets was fired from Lebanon. Video shot ...

Biden meeting with families of American hostages held by Hamas

Biden meeting with families of American hostages held by Hamas

President Biden is meeting Wednesday with the families of American hostages held in Gaza.

Mali arrests top politician for criticizing Burkina Faso's ruling junta

Mali arrests top politician for criticizing Burkina Faso's ruling junta

The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military rule...

Spain arrests top police officer after over $21 million found in home

Spain arrests top police officer after over $21 million found in home

Spanish police arrested Oscar Sanchez Gil along with 15 other people as part of a probe into the country's largest-ever cocaine bu...

‘Devastating’: Nonprofit founder says flight ban pauses plans to build school in Haiti

‘Devastating’: Nonprofit founder says flight ban pauses plans to build school in Haiti

A nonprofit CEO says the flight ban into and out of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has disrupted plans for humanitarian aid there, includi...

Next tropical weather threat could form in Caribbean this week

Next tropical weather threat could form in Caribbean this week

The last day of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Nov. 30, but as we near that finishing line, the Caribbean has other though...

Demonstrators denounce Paris pro-Israel gala linked to far-right

Demonstrators denounce Paris pro-Israel gala linked to far-right

Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest a pro-Israel event that had included Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotri...

Pakistani security forces kill 12 insurgents in 2 raids hours apart

Pakistani security forces kill 12 insurgents in 2 raids hours apart

Pakistan's military says troops have faced off with insurgents in two separate raids on their hideouts in the country, killing 12 ...

Remains of U.S. WWII airman identified after dying as prisoner of war

Remains of U.S. WWII airman identified after dying as prisoner of war

U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War II.

Tourists stranded in Bali for days after Indonesia's volcanic eruption grounds international flights

Tourists stranded in Bali for days after Indonesia's volcanic eruption grounds international flights

Thousands of people were stranded at airports in Indonesia and Australia due to the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki La...

Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows

Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows

Sudan’s military-controlled government says a key border crossing with Chad will stay open to keep much-needed humanitarian aid fl...

Greek and Turkish coast guards aim to boost cooperation against migrant smuggling

Greek and Turkish coast guards aim to boost cooperation against migrant smuggling

Senior Greek and Turkish coast guard officials have agreed to boost cooperation in restricting one of the main illegal migration r...

Ecuador's largest and most dangerous prison riot leaves at least 17 dead

Ecuador's largest and most dangerous prison riot leaves at least 17 dead

Authorities say the number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison has risen to 17, a day after...

Why post-election violence in Mozambique is a concern for Southern Africa

Why post-election violence in Mozambique is a concern for Southern Africa

Weeks of violent protests have marked the outcome of Mozambique disputed Oct. 9 elections, which saw ruling party Frelimo’s candid...

Trump's Latin America policy will most likely focus on controlling migration, former ambassador says

Trump's Latin America policy will most likely focus on controlling migration, former ambassador says

Trump adviser Carlos Trujillo said that the incoming administration will likely have to expand its focus beyond Mexico and the Nor...

US warns Russia potentially aiding North Korea's nuclear program in direct threat to Europe, Asia

US warns Russia potentially aiding North Korea's nuclear program in direct threat to Europe, Asia

Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that North Korea is benefiting from aiding Russia in its war against Ukraine by potentiall...

Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog

Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog

Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respir...

Notre Dame's restoration surplus of nearly $150M will be used for future preservation

Notre Dame's restoration surplus of nearly $150M will be used for future preservation

More than five years after the devastating fire ravaged Notre Dame, igniting nearly $1 billion in pledged donations within days, r...

Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the 3rd and likely final time during Biden's term

Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the 3rd and likely final time during Biden's term

This is likely to be their final meeting before President Biden leaves office. Biden sees it as a chance to reflect on the "tough ...

New storms and flooding in Spain close schools and cause train cancellations

New storms and flooding in Spain close schools and cause train cancellations

New storms in Spain have caused school closures and train cancellations two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other areas k...

Nigeria signs $1.2 billion deal with Chinese state-owned company to revamp key gas plant

Nigeria signs $1.2 billion deal with Chinese state-owned company to revamp key gas plant

Nigeria has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revitalize a gas processing facility, a move that officials say could...

Five things to know about Germany's government crisis

Five things to know about Germany's government crisis

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early electi...

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings faces January trial

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings faces January trial

A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in...

Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists

Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists

An association of editors and rights groups has condemned a decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to cancel press accreditat...

From high tariffs to isolation: What a 2nd Trump term might mean for foreign policy

From high tariffs to isolation: What a 2nd Trump term might mean for foreign policy

With wars raging around the world and high tariffs looming, Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes says Trump's agenda may...

Bodies of missing Spanish boys found 2 weeks after flash floods

Bodies of missing Spanish boys found 2 weeks after flash floods

The bodies of two young brothers who went missing in floods that struck Spain’s eastern Valencia region two weeks ago have been fo...

Ukraine says Russian naval commander killed with car bomb in Crimea

Ukraine says Russian naval commander killed with car bomb in Crimea

"The Russian captain's legs were blown off and he died of blood loss," a Ukrainian security official told the AFP news agency abou...

EU top jobs hearings stalled by political infighting over hard right alliances

EU top jobs hearings stalled by political infighting over hard right alliances

The process of vetting candidates for some of the European Union’s top jobs has bogged down in acrimony

Timothy West, acclaimed British actor and lover of UK's waterways, dies aged 90

Timothy West, acclaimed British actor and lover of UK's waterways, dies aged 90

British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on screen three times, has died, He was 90

Turkey's trade minister says the country expects to be offered partner status in the BRICS bloc

Turkey's trade minister says the country expects to be offered partner status in the BRICS bloc

Turkey's trade minister says Turkey expects to be offered “partner country” status with the BRICS bloc of developing economies

Archaeologists find ancient treasures near grave of WWII soldier

Archaeologists find ancient treasures near grave of WWII soldier

Archaeologists thought they had found one grave, but excavation efforts turned up a treasure trove of ancient tools and coins.

US and Polish officials open missile defense site that Russia has long protested

US and Polish officials open missile defense site that Russia has long protested

U.S. and Polish officials have opened a new NATO missile defense base in northen Poland

Ozempic may help curb alcohol addiction, study suggests

Ozempic may help curb alcohol addiction, study suggests

The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry...

Turkey's Erdogan says he remains hopeful about reconciliation with Syria

Turkey's Erdogan says he remains hopeful about reconciliation with Syria

Turkey's president says he remains hopeful that a reconciliation with Syrian President Bashar Assad can be achieved

Imprisoned Belarus activist Maria Kolesnikova is considering asking for a pardon, her father says

Imprisoned Belarus activist Maria Kolesnikova is considering asking for a pardon, her father says

The father of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova says she's considering asking authoritarian President Al...

Mexican legislators reelect head of human rights agency who failed to address abuses

Mexican legislators reelect head of human rights agency who failed to address abuses

Legislators from Mexico’s ruling party have reelected the head of the National Human Rights Commission despite widespread oppositi...

World leaders gather for COP29 Climate Conference without U.S. and China

World leaders gather for COP29 Climate Conference without U.S. and China

World leaders are gathering in Azerbaijan for the COP29 Climate Conference to reign in carbon emissions and the burning of fossil ...

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for fiction with space-station novel 'Orbital'

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for fiction with space-station novel 'Orbital'

British author Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for her novel "Orbital," which focuses on six astronauts aboard the Intern...

Wedding party bus falls into river in Pakistan, killing 14

Wedding party bus falls into river in Pakistan, killing 14

A bus carrying 27 passengers fell into the Indus river in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 14 people, officials said. Twelve ...

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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