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Russia has sentenced an Australian man to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, state prosecutors in the Russian-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine said Friday. Oscar Jenkins, 33, was found guilty by a court in Luhansk of participating in an armed conflict as a mercenary, prosecutors said in a statement, after […]

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Supporters of Bolivia’s ex-leader Morales clash with police in push to secure his candidacy

Hundreds of supporters of ex-President Evo Morales marched toward Bolivia’s top electoral court on Friday to push for their leftist leader’s candidacy in presidential elections later this year, a rally that descended into street clashes as police tried to clear out a group of demonstrators. The confrontations come in response to a ruling by Bolivia’s […]

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UK police charge three Iranian nationals with national security offenses in counter-terror probe

Police in the UK have charged three Iranian nationals with national security offenses following a counter-terror investigation. The three men, arrested on Saturday, 3 May, have been charged with “engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service,” namely Iran, between 14 August 2024 and 16 February 2025, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a […]

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Russian attack on bus in Sumy region kills nine, Ukraine says, hours after peace talks

A Russian drone attack on a bus in northeastern Ukraine killed at least nine people and injured seven others, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, just hours after the two countries met for the first direct peace talks in three years. While the two sides discussed a possible meeting between the two countries’ leaders, a ceasefire and […]

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A US-backed group says it will deliver aid to Gaza, but humanitarian organizations are skeptical. Here’s what we know

A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval. The move would provide some relief for Gazans facing acute hunger from 19 months of war and a two-and-half month Israeli blockade of all food, […]

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The Russia-Ukraine peace process is going exactly how Moscow wants it to: slowly

In the end, it is the Kremlin’s plan playing out, and there appears to be little the White House will do about it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to send defense minister Rustam Umerov to meet with a low-level Russian delegation in Istanbul was a difficult choice forced by necessity. Its audience is one man: […]

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A day of confusion and chaos as Russia and Ukraine agree to first direct talks in 3 years

After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they were supposed to begin initially brought only more of the same: a seven-hour stakeout on the banks of the Bosphorus, an unruly scrum at the Russian consulate, and finally a decision from Ukraine’s president that may […]

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Trump and Abu Dhabi ink partnership to build massive AI data center complex in UAE

The United States and United Arab Emirates will partner to build a massive data center complex in Abu Dhabi to advance artificial intelligence capabilities with 5-gigawatts of capacity — enough to power a major city. The agreement, announced Thursday during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the UAE, will mark the largest data center deployment […]

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Construction tycoon among 17 wanted in Thailand over deadly tower collapse

A Thai court has issued arrest warrants for 17 people including a high-profile construction tycoon, police said on Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the building of a skyscraper that collapsed and killed scores of workers during a powerful March earthquake. Search teams recovered 89 bodies in a six-week operation in the rubble of the […]

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American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling, could face death penalty

An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, from Dallas, Texas, was arrested May 7, after police raided […]

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Thai man arrested for alleged smuggling of two baby orangutans

Police in Thailand have arrested a man on suspicion of wildlife trafficking after he was found with two baby orangutans in a basket at a gas station in the Thai capital. The 47-year-old suspect was apprehended Wednesday as he was about to deliver the two primates to a customer, Thai police said in a statement […]

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Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle East

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head. Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, once known by his militant nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, met Trump in Riyadh six months after leading a swift campaign that toppled the half-a-century-old […]

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Russia and Ukraine are due to meet – but who’ll show up? Here’s what we know

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky might meet Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday – if the Russian leader decides to show up for a summit that he himself suggested. The possibility of the two men meeting face-to-face has caused major excitement, but the Kremlin has so far declined to say who is coming to […]

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Toddler held in US after parents’ deportation has been returned to Venezuela

A Venezuelan toddler who had been kept in US government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela. Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal arrived at the Simón Bolívar International Airport on Wednesday on a repatriation flight from the US. Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores carried the 2-year-old in her arms as officials announced […]

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Severe wildfires in Russia’s Siberia region rage through 600,000 hectares of forest