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Border clashes have erupted again between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban forces, with each sides accusing the other of breaking a fragile ceasefire.

#Borderclashes #Pakistan #Afghanistan #TalibanForces
Residents fled the Afghan city of Spin Boldak overnight, which lies along the 1,600-mile (2,600 km) border between the two countries. A medical worker in the nearby city of Kandahar told BBC Pashto that four bodies had been brought to a local hospital. Four other people were wounded. Three were reportedly wounded in Pakistan. There has been sporadic fighting between the two countries in recent months, while Afghanistan's Taliban government has also accused Pakistan of carrying out air strikes inside the country. Both sides have confirmed they exchanged fire overnight but each blamed the other for initiating the four hours of fighting.
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Ukraine's President Zelensky has met key European allies as he faces US pressure to reach a swift peace deal with Russia.

#Zelensky #KeirStarmer #EmmanuelMacron #FriedrichMerz #War
In London, Zelensky held talks with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The meeting came amid US efforts to get Moscow and Kyiv to sign up - quickly - to a plan to end the war in Ukraine. For Kyiv, the crucial, thorny issues are the question of ceding territory to Russia as part of any peace deal and obtaining strong security guarantees to ensure that Moscow respects an eventual agreement. Ahead of the meeting in London, Starmer insisted as he often has in the past that Ukraine needed "hard-edged security guarantees". He has also repeatedly said that Kyiv must determine its own future, not have conditions imposed on it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from the investigation and criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell.

#GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #PaulEngelmayer #JusticeDepartment #SexScandalCase
The ruling from Judge Paul Engelmayer opens the door for the department to publicly release evidence it had gathered against Maxwell, an associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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President Vladimir Putin has warned again that Ukrainian troops must withdraw from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it, rejecting any compromise over how to end the war in Ukraine.

#Putin #Ukraine #Troops #Zelensky #Donbas
"Either we liberate these territories by force, or Ukrainian troops will leave these territories," he told India Today. Moscow controls some 85% of Donbas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out ceding territory. Putin's comments come after Donald Trump said his negotiators discussing a US peace plan believed Russia's leader "would like to end the war" after Tuesday's talks in Moscow.
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The United Kingdom and Norway are forming an alliance to "hunt Russian submarines" and protect communication lines in the North Atlantic Ocean, as part of a new defense agreement between the two countries, the U.K. government announced on Thursday.

#UK #Norway #Russia #Security #Russiansubmarine
The agreement will see the British and Norwegian navies work side-by-side. Central to the deal is a new joint fleet of anti-submarine warships in response to a 30% increase in the presence of Russian ships in U.K. waters over the last two years, according to the U.K.'s announcement. The fleet includes eight British vessels and at least five Norwegian vessels.
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin accepted some U.S. proposals aimed at ending the war in Ukraine and rejected others but that Russia was ready to meet U.S. negotiators as many times as it took to reach an agreement.

#Putin #US #Russia #Ukraine #War
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered the removal of scaffolding mesh from buildings undergoing renovations by Saturday, as investigations continue into the Chinese territory's deadliest blaze in decades.

#HongKong #BuildingsonFire #Fire
It is now known that 159 people died as a result of the fire last Wednesday at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, with 31 still missing.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Federal agents began hitting the streets of New Orleans on Wednesday in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown across the U.S., looking to round up immigrants accused of violent crimes.

#Crackdown #NewOrleans #ImmigrationCrackdown #HomelandSecurityDepartment #Trump
The aim of the operation is to capture immigrants who were released after arrests for crimes such as home invasion, armed robbery, and rape, Homeland Security Department Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Revenues at China’s giant military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according to a study released on Monday by a leading conflict think tank.

#Corruption #ChinaMilitaryFirms #Chinesearms #China
The Chinese declines contrast with strong revenue growth globally for big arms and military services companies, fueled by wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and global and regional tensions, the research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found. A host of corruption allegations in Chinese arms procurement led to major arms contracts being postponed or canceled in 2024, said Nan Tian, director of SIPRI’s Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Maine, The first major snowstorm of the winter arrived in the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday, just as the Midwest began to escape snow and ice that snarled travel after the Thanksgiving holiday.

#Winter #Snowstorm #Maine #US #Snow
Some parts of northern New England were expecting up to 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of snow. The storm brought wind and ice to the region and soaked some parts of the six New England states while piling snow in others. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories in states including Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut and New York ahead of the snow’s arrival. Snow fell steadily on Tuesday, although some areas were spared the predicted high totals.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the planning.

#Minnesota #Somalicommunity #Trump #immigration
The move comes as President Donald Trump again on Tuesday escalated rhetoric about Minnesota’s sizable Somali community, saying he did not want immigrants from the east African country in the U.S. because “they contribute nothing.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing this year, the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database maintained by The AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

#masskillings #California
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.

#AndriyYermak #CorruptionScandal
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Two National Guard members and one suspect were shot on Wednesday afternoon near the White House in Washington, DC.

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November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at least 145, officials said Friday, as receding waters started to reveal devastating damage across the region.

#floodsinThailand #Thailand #floods #heavyrains
More than 1.2 million households and 3.6 million people have been affected by floods triggered by heavy rains in 12 southern provinces, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Photos after the confirmed toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades rose to at least 65 people, with many more still missing.

#HongKong #TaiPo #Fire
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 65 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment buildings into the morning. Police had arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with fire which began Wednesday afternoon in a housing complex in Tai Po district, a suburb in the New Territories. By Thursday morning local time, the fire was yet to be put out and rescues continued. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the fire spread across seven of the eight towers in the Wang Fuk Court complex, as bright flames and smoke shot out of windows. Forty of the 44 fatalities were declared dead at the scene, officials said. At least 62 others were injured, many suffering from burns and inhalation injuries.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 65 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment buildings into the morning.

#HongKong #TaiPo #Fire
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 65 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment buildings into the morning. Police had arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with fire which began Wednesday afternoon in a housing complex in Tai Po district, a suburb in the New Territories. By Thursday morning local time, the fire was yet to be put out and rescues continued. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the fire spread across seven of the eight towers in the Wang Fuk Court complex, as bright flames and smoke shot out of windows. Forty of the 44 fatalities were declared dead at the scene, officials said. At least 62 others were injured, many suffering from burns and inhalation injuries.
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Photos after a deadly Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s Ternopil.
A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey in search of diplomatic support for his fight against Russia’s invasion. The nighttime attack hit two nine-story apartment blocks in Ternopil, located around 200 kilometers (120 miles) from the Polish border, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. At least 73 people, including 15 children, were injured, emergency services said. At least 19 among those killed were burned alive, including three children aged 5, 7 and 16, Klymenko said. Two dozen people are still unaccounted for, he said on national television, and rescuers expect to work at least two more days to complete the search of rubble.
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said Wednesday, as President Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey in search of diplomatic support for his fight against Russia’s invasion.
The nighttime attack hit two nine-story apartment blocks in Ternopil, located around 200 kilometers (120 miles) from the Polish border, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. At least 73 people, including 15 children, were injured, emergency services said. At least 19 among those killed were burned alive, including three children aged 5, 7 and 16, Klymenko said. Two dozen people are still unaccounted for, he said on national television, and rescuers expect to work at least two more days to complete the search of rubble.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday, an event the president is trying to use to advance his foreign policy legacy.

#Trump #MohammedbinSalman #WhiteHouse
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a measure that would require the Department of Justice to release files regarding the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The measure passed by a vote of 427 to 1.

#JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Bangladesh’s capital and major cities were calm on Tuesday despite a call for a nationwide shutdown by the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she was sentenced to death over her crackdown on a student uprising last year.

#PMSheikhHasina #Bangladesh #Shutdown
The International Crimes Tribunal handed down death sentences in absentia to Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday for their involvement in deadly force against protesters last year. Hasina’s former ruling Awami League party rejected the court proceedings on Monday, calling it “a kangaroo court” and calling for a nationwide shutdown the next day.
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A suicide bomber struck outside the gates of a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people, Pakistan’s interior minister said, the latest in an uptick in violence across the country.

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November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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MG Paul blasts GOP Senators for rejecting Senator Tim Kaine's War Powers Resolution. He says Trump is waging a "criminal and unconstitutional" war and betraying the principle that Americans shouldn't die without having a say in the matter, through their elected representatives.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected a bipartisan war powers resolution aimed at stopping the Trump administration from continuing its bombing of alleged drug boats or attacking Venezuela without lawmakers’ assent, as required by law.

#WaronVenezuela #USSenate #USArmy #Republicans #Trump
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM