Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing political leaders on Friday at…
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When pagers exploded across Lebanon last week, the year-long war with Hezbollah was not at the top of the Israeli political agenda. Instead, the political class was convulsed with speculation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Israel’s audacious attack targeting Hezbollah’s leader on Friday has rattled the group, delivering its most severe blow since its founding. This has led its Iranian backers to warn that Israel has entered a dangerous phase of the…
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Nasrallah, claimed by Israel to have been killed in airstrike, oversaw Hezbollah’s rise into a regional force
Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel believes it killed in a strike on southern Beirut, turned Hezbollah into one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East. His death caps a series of devastating blows…
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China attempted to send $1 billion worth of drones disguised as COVID-19 aid to a Libyan warlord through the assistance of corrupt U.N. officials, according to a Canadian government investigator. New court documents accuse Chinese…
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Politics
Netanyahu calls Mideast conflicts choice between ‘blessing or a curse,’ warns about Israel’s ‘long arm’
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underscored the conflicts in the Middle East as a choice between ‘a blessing or a curse,’ as he warned Iran’s ‘tyrants’ about Israel’s ability to…
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Trump meets Ukraine’s Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, says Russia’s war must end with ‘fair deal’
Former President Donald Trump met with the president of Ukraine at Trump Tower in New York City on Friday, saying he has a ‘very good relationship’ with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ‘It’s very important to share our…
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Three men connected to Iran have been indicted in relation to a hacking plot against former President Donald Trump’s campaign, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi are…
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‘Marginalized,’ ‘powerless,’ living in the ‘Twilight Zone.’ Parents of a trans teenager living in Geneva used those words to describe how they have lived in shock and fear over the last 19 months after their…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is downplaying past disagreements with former President Donald Trump following a meeting in New York City. Zelenskyy visited Trump Tower on Friday to meet with the Republican presidential nominee, then sat…