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4 missing climbers found dead in France near Mont Blanc’s summit, authorities say

Fox News French rescue officials said Tuesday they found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side after they went missing over the weekend in bad weather. The Chamonix-Mont Blanc search and rescue team found the two pairs of climbers at an…

Middle East Crisis: First Stage of Gaza Polio Campaign Ending With High Hopes

New York Times The United Nations said the vaccination effort was going well in challenging wartime conditions. Health officials said a second round of vaccinations would be needed within weeks. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/12/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war

Iran turns to Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target critics

Washington Post Iran has cultivated ties with criminal networks in the West to carry out a recent wave of violent plots in the United States and Europe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/iran-criminal-gangs-target-dissidents/

More than half of Brazil is wracked by drought. Blame deforestation.

Washington Post Latin America’s largest country is being baked by its worst drought on record. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/brazil-drought/

Harris’ support for Palestinian state rewards terrorism, experts warn

Fox News JERUSALEM — Vice President Harris’ endorsement of a Palestinian state during and prior to her debate with former President Trump would further destabilize the Middle East and bring about additional terrorism, according to Israeli and American experts. During Tuesday’s presidential debate on ABC, the Democrat presidential candidate reiterated her support for a two-state solution:…

U.N. agency says six of its staff among those killed in Israeli strikes

Washington Post The workers were killed when two airstrikes hit a Gaza refugee camp, said UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel said it was targeting Hamas militants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/israel-gaza-unrwa-strike-deaths/

Bronze Age jar smashed by 4-year-old boy back on display at Israeli museum

Fox News An ancient jar is back on display at a museum in Israel nearly two weeks after a 4-year-old visitor accidentally smashed it late last month. The jar dated back to the Bronze Age, between 2200 and 1500 B.C. — predating the time of Kings David and Solomon — and it was totally intact,…

Malaysian police rescue 400 minors suspected of being sexually abused at Islamic charity homes

Fox News Malaysian authorities rescued more than 400 children and teenagers on Wednesday suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official said. Police arrested 171 adults, including ‘ustazs’ or Islamic religious teachers, during coordinated raids on 20…

Alberto Fujimori, Ex-Leader of Peru Imprisoned for Rights Abuses, Dies at 86

New York Times During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two violent leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out in a corruption scandal and later imprisoned for human rights abuses. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/americas/alberto-fujimori-dead.html

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dead at 86

Fox News Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was announced by his daughter Keiko Fujimori in a post…