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The Biden administration experienced a tumultuous 2023 that saw the U.S. backing two foreign conflicts while China started to push for a new world order. But it wasn’t all a….

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine launched a series of rocket and drone attacks into Russian territories with local officials reporting that two people, including a child, were killed in the….

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three gunmen pulled up to a party early on Friday in northern Mexico and opened fire on partygoers, killing six people and wounding 26 others. Two….

Artyom Kamardin, a Russian poet, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for reciting verses against Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Tverskoi District Court in Moscow convicted Kamardin on….

A 15-year-old boy was killed by a shark attack in the waters off Australia’s south coast, police have confirmed.  South Australia police said the body was pulled from the water after….

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed that Taiwan will be reunited with the mainland, saying Beijing will “resolutely prevent anyone from splitting” the two sides in any way.  The….

The Mexican military launched a commercial airline this week with services to tourist destinations and Caribbean resorts. Mexicana airlines celebrated its inaugural departure from Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles airport on….

Nomadic herders in Nigeria killed at least 140 people during a Christmas Eve rampage through 15 villages, according to media reports.  The hours-long attacks happened in the country’s central Plateau….

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been making light of the harsh conditions he is experiencing in a Siberian penal colony. Navalny, who has stood as the most significant opposition….

Three U.S. service members were injured in Iraq on Christmas Day when Kataib Hezbollah terrorists attacked Erbil Air Base, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin. Austin announced late….

Pope Francis renewed calls for peace and an end to the many violent conflicts around the world, particularly the war in Gaza and the invasion of Ukraine, as he begged….

Citizens of the African nation of Chad voted in favor of a new constitution Sunday, which critics say could help solidify junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby’s power. Reuters reported that….

Christmas is banned in North Korea, but that is not stopping a group of activists from sending messages of hope, faith and freedom to the people suffering under the dictatorship….

The Japanese government approved a significant bump in military spending and an end to the country’s ban on exporting lethal weapons. The Cabinet of Japan made the decision Friday to….

Residents of Grindavik, Iceland, will be permitted to return home Saturday. The small fishing village near Iceland’s main airport was evacuated after unusual seismic activity ruptured the ground between it….

Argentine President Javier Milei put into motion a sweeping decree of economic reforms that includes deregulations and an end to limits on exports as he begins to combat the country’s….

Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican’s document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships. Episcopal conferences in African nations have been the most vocal prelates….

A retired fisherman claims he found a large piece of missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 off the coast of South Australia, resurfacing what remains one of the world’s most vexing….

Kim Jong Un told North Korean newspapers this week that the country’s recent successful missile launch proves he has options against aggression from Washington, D.C. Kim, the supreme leader of….

Cyprus, in a joint operation with Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, has reportedly thwarted an Iranian plot to target and kill Israeli businessmen. Two Iranian asylum-seekers, reportedly in contact with Tehran’s….

BEIRUT (AP) — France’s foreign minister urged Lebanese leaders on Monday to work on reducing tensions along the border with Israel, warning that the Israel-Hamas war could still spread to….

Ukraine’s Army Cmdr. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi has revealed that a covert listening device was discovered in one of his offices. Suspicion immediately fell on Russia amid the almost 22-month war between….

Chilean voters headed to the polls on Sunday and rejected a proposed constitution written by conservatives to replace the country’s current Pinochet-era set of laws, created when Gen. Augusto Pinochet,….

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed “problems” for Finland after he says the Nordic country was “dragged into NATO” amid the war in Ukraine. “Look, Finland was taken and dragged….

The Tribunal of Vatican City State has found Cardinal Angelo Becciu guilty of embezzlement and abuse of office.  In a case widely dubbed the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” Becciu….

A 17-year-old British boy was found safe in France this week, six years after being taken by his mother, and recently ran away from her because she wanted to move….