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Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect
Syrian government forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida Thursday following days of vicious clashes with militias of the Druze minority. Under a ...
Ukraine aims to expand domestic arms production to 50% of needs within 6 months
A new Ukrainian government, expected to be approved Thursday, will race to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country’s weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back ...
Zelenskyy shakes up Ukrainian Cabinet, appointing a new prime minister to reinvigorate war effort
Ukraine’s economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, was appointed as its new prime minister Thursday, becoming the ...
A parish priest and several injured as airstrikes hit a Gaza church
Strikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials with the Catholic Church ...
Australian prime minister indulges in panda diplomacy a China state visit nears end
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a fellow champion of a global fair ...
A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq kills 50 people
A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq’s Wasit province killed 50 people, including women and children, the provincial governor said Thursday. Gov. Mohammed al-Mayyeh in a statement ...
Senate passes $9B in cuts to global aid, public broadcasting in win for Trump
The Senate voted early Thursday to claw back $9 billion in federal funding for global aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sending the package requested by President Trump to ...
3 hospitalized in Northridge shooting
Three people were hospitalized after a shooting in Northridge Wednesday night.  Los Angeles police responded to a neighborhood on the 8600 block of Wilbur Avenue shortly after 8:30 p.m. Arriving ...
Police seize firetruck in posh L.A. neighborhood in case with bizarre twist
Police and federal agents raided a Brentwood home Wednesday afternoon and seized, among other evidence, a firetruck that may ...
Man stole over $1.3 million through California COVID fraud scheme to build hotel, nightclub abroad
A man living in Southern California was sentenced to prison for defrauding the government of over $1.3 million through a scheme that targeted COVID-19 unemployment and disability benefits. The man ...
Bangladeshi forces clash with supporters of ousted leader Hasina, leaving at least 4 dead
Bangladeshi security forces on Wednesday clashed with supporters of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leaving at least four people dead and scores injured, a hospital ...
Republican senators caution Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from GOP senators who fear the repercussions if President Donald Trump follows through with ...