Trump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’
JOHANNESBURG- Fighting reportedly over minerals needed for electric cars and mobile phones has become the Trump administration’s first real foreign...
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First American hostage to be released from Gaza, Hamas says
American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas' ceasefire deal. He is...
Caribbean nation of St Kitts launches investigation after 19 people found dead in drifting vessel
Authorities in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis said Thursday they are investigating the circumstances that led...
Third round of hostage releases begins as part of Hamas’ Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel
Hamas began a third round of freeing hostages in Gaza Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire agreement with Israel. Hamas...
Incoming UK ambassador walks back comments on ‘danger’ of Trump: ‘Ill-judged and wrong’
EXCLUSIVE – Newly appointed U.K. ambassador to the U.S., Lord Peter Mandelson, is readying himself to take up the top...
A weakened Iran has Iraq looking to curb Tehran-backed extremists in country
With Iranian influence waning in the Middle East, the Iraqi government wants armed groups, including factions within the Iran-backed Islamic...
Belarus’ President Lukashenko extends rule after election rejected by opposition, EU
Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated weekend election that the...
A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece
A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage...
Benjamin Netanyahu comes to defense of Elon Musk: ‘falsely smeared’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended Elon Musk after media outlets described a gesture that the Tesla CEO made...
Putin reportedly concerned over Russia’s economy ahead of possible Trump tariffs
Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly worried about the state of his country’s economy as President Donald Trump returns to...
2 people are killed in a knife attack in Germany; Scholz says there must be consequences
Two people, including a 2-year-old boy, were killed and three others injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria on Wednesday....
Taiwan Air Force officer killed after being ‘inhaled’ by fighter jet’s engine
A Taiwanese Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, officials said. The incident reportedly...
Mother of missing Marine veteran calls Trump admin a ‘breath of fresh air’ as she continues 12-year search
Debra Tice has spent more than 12 years searching for her son, Austin Tice, a Marine veteran and journalist who...
Task Force created in Africa to counter terror fears from Iran and jihadi groups
JOHANNESBURG - To counter the perceived threat of terror from Iran and jihadi groups, South Africa’s chief rabbi is setting...
At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says
More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold...
