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[ad_1] Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny‘s widow accused the Kremlin on Monday of hiding his body to cover up his murder in an Arctic penal colony and vowed to continue her late husband’s fight against President Vladimir Putin. Her comments came after Navalny’s team said his mother and lawyers were denied access to his body and…
[ad_1] MUNICH — After months of requests from Ukrainian officials, the Biden administration is working toward providing Ukraine with powerful new long-range ballistic missiles, according to two U.S. officials. Late last year, the U.S. began to supply Ukraine with Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, but so far it has provided only the older…
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia — At least 26 combatants and an unconfirmed number of bystanders were killed in a gun battle between warring tribes in Papua New Guinea, police said Monday. A tribe, their allies and mercenaries were on their way to attack a neighboring tribe when they were ambushed Sunday in Enga province in the…
[ad_1] U.S. considering sending more weapons to Israel as part of longstanding U.S. military assistance The U.S. is considering sending bombs and other weapons to Israel but nothing has been finalized yet, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the proposed arms transfer told NBC News. The officials said the U.S. has provided these weapons to…
[ad_1] BANGKOK — Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after six months in detention, his first day of freedom in his homeland 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow in a military coup. Thailand’s best-known and most polarizing premier, the influential Thaksin has loomed large over politics during the…
[ad_1] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are suspected in an attack that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, authorities said early Monday. The attack on the ship came as the U.S. military acknowledged conducting new airstrikes targeting the rebels,…
[ad_1] LONDON — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three. Christopher Nolan won his first best director BAFTA for “Oppenheimer,” and…
[ad_1] Rep. Jim Clyburn said Sunday that President Joe Biden “feels about the way I feel” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “leadership is not good for Israel.” “I’ve talked to the president about this. And, of course, he is not going to be public with everything he says to Netanyahu,” Clyburn, D-S.C., told CBS’…
[ad_1] Erica Finkelstein-Parker planned her daughter’s 8th birthday party with love. Because Emmalee adored airplanes, Finkelstein-Parker chose the theme “Flying High with Emmalee.” Finkelstein-Parker filled nearly two dozen brightly colored goody bags for Emmalee’s friends — one for every child in her class, so no one would feel left out. Months later, the treat bags…
[ad_1] HONG KONG — The budget impasse in Congress has further delayed crucial funding for three U.S.-allied Pacific Island nations, potentially making them more susceptible to influence by China, including over Taiwan, their leaders have warned. Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are former U.S.-administered trust territories that are now independent…