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[ad_1] Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told Senate Democrats he plans to force a vote Wednesday on an Israel and Ukraine aid package stripped of border security provisions after Republicans made clear they would block the entire bipartisan border security and foreign aid bill in the afternoon, a Senate Democratic aide told NBC News. If…
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said he sees “hypocrisy” in criticism of his decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, possibly his most strongly worded defense of the move. LGBTQ blessings were authorized last month by a Vatican document called Fiducia Supplicans (Supplicating Trust), but that has met with significant resistance in the Catholic Church,…
[ad_1] Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at six regions across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, authorities reported, killing at least five civilians and injuring almost 40 others, including a pregnant woman. The attacks hit at least three major cities, including the capital Kyiv, where the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, was…
[ad_1] Reeling under the financial and diplomatic impacts of its war in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up cooperation with China to expand its foothold in the Arctic, with significant implications for U.S. national security, according to a new private intelligence report. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long prioritized military and economic expansion in the Arctic…
[ad_1] KAFR AZA, Israel — It looks like a grisly crime scene. But to Shahar Shnorman and his wife, Ayelet Cohen, kibbutz Kafr Aza looks like home. The couple were the first to return to Kafr Aza — a sleepy, sun-drenched hamlet in southern Israel where Hamas killed 80 people and kidnapped another 19 on…
[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Russians plagued by interruptions to heating, hot water and electricity 01:10 UP NEXT Russians accuse Ukraine of shooting down plane carrying Ukrainian POWs 00:55 Eyewitness video shows Russian military transport plane crash near Ukraine 00:57 Russian women…
[ad_1] Two blasts near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 24 people and injured dozens, local officials said on Wednesday, raising concerns over security in the lead up to Thursday’s polls. Pakistan goes to the polls amid rising militant attacks in recent months and the jailing of Imran Khan, the winner…
[ad_1] A drone strike in eastern Baghdad targeted the leadership of the Iranian-backed militia Kata’ib Hezbollah and reportedly killed Abo Baqir Al-Saadi, described by U.S. Central Command as being directly responsible for attacks on U.S. forces in the region. White House officials to visit Michigan to meet with Muslim and Arab American community leaders Senior…
[ad_1] BEIJING — Freezing rain, snow and ice have snarled traffic in central, eastern and southern China as millions of people travel home ahead of the Spring Festival holiday in the blistering cold that has swept through parts of the country over the past week. Southern Hunan and central Hubei provinces bore the brunt of…
[ad_1] TOKYO — A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday. The killer whales, also known as orcas, were initially spotted by a local fisherman who reported them to officials in the nearby…