Category: 4. World

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The covert operation was described as one for the “history books” by Ukraine’s president. In the span of a few hours on Sunday, nearly a third of Moscow’s strategic bomber…

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A massive eruption occurred at Mt. Etna on the Italian island of Sicily, producing a plume of high temperature gases, ash and rock “several kilometers high,”…

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip opened fire as people headed toward an aid distribution site a kilometer away at around sunrise on Monday, killing at least three people…

The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security forum held annually in Singapore, wrapped up this weekend with a clear message from the United States: the Indo-Pacific is a top priority for the Trump administration amid what it sees as China’s…

A Swedish commission on Monday called for an end to international adoptions after uncovering widespread abuse and fraud spanning several decades.

“There have been confirmed cases of child trafficking in every decade from the 1970s to the 2000s,…

Poland’s State Election Commission announced on Monday morning that the right-wing conservative historian and euroskeptic Karol Nawrocki had received 50.89% of the vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff, putting him marginally ahead of his…

NEWCASTLE, Australia — The woman accused of murdering three members of her ex-husband’s family by serving them poisonous mushrooms has taken the stand at an Australian court on Monday as the highly publicized triple murder trial nears its…

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