Malaysia says it will resume search for missing flight MH370
Malaysia has agreed in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it…
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A tale of two Syrians: One finally made it back, another is too fearful to return
Ahmad Morjan was desperate to hug his mother for the first time in more than 13 years but, when he reached the door of his childhood home, he found her…
Crowd crush kills 35 children at funfair in Nigeria, police say
At least 35 children were killed and six others critically injured in a crowd crush at a funfair in southwest Nigeria on Wednesday, police said. Eight people have been arrested…
Pakistan denounces US sanctions on its missile program as ‘discriminatory’
Pakistan on Thursday denounced new US sanctions on the country’s ballistic missile program as “discriminatory” that put the region’s peace and security at risk. Pakistan’s foreign ministry warned in a…
Zelensky calls Putin a ‘dumbass’ for challenging a missile ‘duel’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a tart response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual year-end news conference Thursday, hurling a rude epithet at the Kremlin leader in comments online. During…
Former Assad security forces hand in weapons to new Syrian government
Former Syrian regime security forces have been handing in their weapons to the rebel-linked transitional government in the southern Syrian city of Latakia, according to video filmed by Agence France-Presse.…
Pelicot mass rape trial ends with 51 guilty verdicts – and fears justice hasn’t been served
A horrifying, monthslong mass rape and drugging trial concluded in France Thursday, with Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men all found guilty of the rape or sexual assault of his…
Two arrested after Google Maps image provides clue in missing persons case
Police in Spain have arrested two people in connection with a missing persons case after a Google Maps vehicle took a picture of someone apparently loading a large object into…
Swedish police board Chinese ship in probe over severed cables
Swedish police said on Thursday they had boarded the Yi Peng 3 vessel, which is at the center of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches, at the invitation of…
Putin ducks question on retaking Kursk, insisting Russia making progress in Ukraine during year-end news conference
President Vladimir Putin declined to say when Russian forces would retake the southern Kursk region from Ukraine, insisting that they were making advances “along the entire frontline,” as he began…