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The White House is pushing for multiple pauses in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza so that aid can be let in, and people can be allowed to safely leave the region. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday that discussions about such …

Russia this week declared that Israel has no right to self-defense and labeled its would-be ally an “occupying power” in a move that undermines years of work from Jerusalem to improve its relationship with Moscow. “The only thing [the West] can muster is continued pronouncements about Israel’s supposed right to …

A ferry that ran aground last month off southeastern Sweden and started leaking oil into the Baltic Sea arrived Thursday at a Swedish harbor where its tanks will be emptied, Sweden’s coast guard said. The Marco Polo had been sailing between the cities of Trelleborg and Karlshamn when it ran …

King Charles III addresses Bletchley Park AI summit British monarch King Charles III, in a royal message released on Wednesday, hailed the potential of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and encouraged urgency in addressing the risks presented by it. (SOURCE: Royal Pool via Reuters) King Charles III of England has …

The United Nations calling for a cease-fire after Hamas launched attacks on Israel last month shows the organization is an “abject failure,” according to a policy expert and former U.N. speechwriter.  “The United Nations was founded in the wake of the Holocaust, for the purpose of preventing atrocities and to …

Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment. The Swiss federal railway operator, known by its German-language acronym SBB, said the …

The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged Thursday with murdering her ex-husband’s parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth guest, police said. Police arrested Erin Patterson, 49, at her home in the Victoria state town of Leongatha, where …

Four hundred Americans have been approved to leave Gaza as soon as Thursday, Fox News confirmed.  Fox News obtained a list of 400 names of U.S. citizens cleared to leave Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.  Two sources involved in the negotiations say the 400 Americans are clear to …

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation Thursday de-ratifying an international nuclear weapons treaty. The law withdraws Russia from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), originally signed in 1996 and ratified in 2000. Russian officials have characterized the country’s withdrawal from the treaty as a move toward equality with Western …

A pregnant woman was aboard a boat of North Korean escapees rescued by South Korean officials last week. The unidentified woman in her 20s was rescued from the same makeshift wooden boat as three others last month. The group was discovered on Oct. 25 in the waters near Sokcho, South …