American missionary kidnapped in Niger released after 9 months, group says
Kevin Rideout was taken from outside his home in Niger’s capital in October, and U.S. officials scrambled to bring him home.
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Poland says it thwarted Russian assassination attempt on U.S. citizen in Warsaw
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it was the first time Russia attempted to assassinate a U.S. citizen on the territory of another NATO member.
Continue ReadingNew president asks Trump to bring deadly antidrug campaign to Colombia
The South American nation is the world’s largest producer of cocaine.
Continue ReadingWhite House says more than 40 nations help China dodge tariffs
A new White House report says that China sends billions of dollars worth of goods to the U.S. via third countries in order to skirt Trump’s high tariffs.
Continue ReadingPutin angers Japan with visit to islands seized by Soviet Union in WWII
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the Russian leader’s visit “wounds the feelings” of the Japanese people and further hardens anti-Russian sentiment in her country.
Continue ReadingU.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal
The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.
Continue ReadingColombia earthquake deaths climb to 239; hundreds remain missing
Scores of buildings collapsed in the strongest temblor to strike the South American country in at least a decade.
Continue ReadingTrump says ceasefire in Lebanon is working. For residents, it’s a ‘prison.’
Israeli forces continue to occupy buffer zone in effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure, with restrictions drawing parallels to those in the West Bank.
Continue ReadingLebanon takes step to become first Arab country to abolish death penalty
The bill would make life sentence with hard labor the highest penalty that can be imposed.
Continue ReadingEbola deaths surpass 2,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Health experts are racing to stem the outbreak which WHO officials believe started months earlier than officially declared.
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