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Jailed American in Russia says he feels abandoned by United States
Former US Marine Paul Whelan told the BBC he felt "abandoned" by the United States and said a previous swap which left him behind in Russia was a "serious betrayal."
Hamas: No talks over prisoner swap except after end to Israeli 'aggression'
Terror group say stance stems from 'Palestinian national decision'; Israeli officials say won't let Hamas dictate conditions for ending war
Shooting at Prague university leaves dead and injured
Dozens of people were also injured in the shooting in the city's Old Town, Czech police say
Ban on racist, Nazi symbols passes Swiss upper house
Big number of Russian soldiers on Kupiansk front ill with rat-bite fever
An outbreak of rat-bite fever has been recorded in many Russian units on the Kupiansk front, increasing discontent among the Russians due to the inadequate provision of winter clothes and the lack of medical assistance.
Social media platform X suffers global outages
Users were unable to view posts on the social media site for just over an hour.
Hamas Leader Who Promised to Annihilate Israel Thanks Canada, Australia for Backing UN Ceasefire Resolution
A top Hamas Ghazi Hamad appeared in a video on social media, in which he mentioned the three countries, saying they were "backing sustainable ceasefire" in Gaza, ahead of the U.N. vote expected Wednesday.
Pro-peace candidate applies to run against Putin in election
A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine presented documents to register as a candidate for the Russian 2024 presidential election on Wednesday.
Released Hamas hostage Raz Ben Ami is suing the Red Cross: 'It doesn't care about hostages'
While she was in captivity in Gaza her family tried get the medicines she needed to her through the international aid organization, which did not respond to their request; The Shurat Hadin organization filed a lawsuit against the International Committee of the Red Cross on behalf of Raz Ben Ami and her husband, Ohad, who remains a hostage
China’s Spaceplane Has Released Multiple Mystery Objects In Orbit
The nature of the objects is unclear, but at least some of them appear to be transmitting signals of different kinds.
Hamas said to reject Israeli offer for 7-day truce in Gaza, release of 40 hostages
Transgender athletes could be banned from publicly funded women’s sport under New Zealand Government’s policy
Government funding could be withheld if trans athletes aren't separated from competitions.
Russians accused of carving swastikas on captured Ukrainians
Despite Russia framing its actions in Ukraine as a 'Special Military Operation' for de-Nazification, President Putin's propaganda alleges Ukrainian genocide against Russian speakers and links the Ukrainian government to neo-Nazis
Japanese Dealer Busted Trying To Smuggle Lexus To Kim Jong-Un
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has a taste for the finer things in life. Considering he’s celebrated as a deity among his people, who live a rather austere lifestyle, he seems to believe that entitles him to own many luxury cars. However, there’s a big problem: sanctions imposed by the international community forbid the exportation of luxury vehicles to the communist regime. Check out Shohei Ohtani’s car collection. That didn’t stop a Japanese car dealer based in Chiba from allegedly plotting
Russia preparing major offensive in Avdiivka as ground freezes, warns White House
Houthis Threaten to Attack US Warships if Washington Targets Yemen
Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI
A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models.
Blinken: Ukrainians have done what no one thought was possible
The Ukrainian people are standing up to one of the world's biggest armies, and the United States will continue to rally countries around the world to help Ukraine in this struggle and in its future recovery. — Ukrinform.
President Michael D Higgins thanks migrants who ‘enrich our culture’ in Christmas message
He said ‘our hearts are made heavy’ by the loss of so many young lives in the Middle East conflict.