Category: World News
Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal to boost global food security
Fox News Russia agreed to extend a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, a boost to global food security after the more than year-old war drove up prices. “I want to give a good…
Read MoreEl Salvador sends troops to surround town after national police officer killed
Fox News More than 5,000 soldiers and 500 police encircled a small town in northern El Salvador after President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday gang members had killed a member of the national police there. Bukele said via Twitter that the deployment in Nueva Concepción, about 43 miles, north of the capital, was “in search of…
Read MoreBritain baffled by shocking surge in death rates last year with no clear cause
Fox News Tens of thousands of British residents died last year without a clear cause of death, raising alarms for health professionals in the country. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released figures on excess deaths, which are deaths of people who died above the five-year average, which excluded COVID in 2020 as a spiked…
Read MoreBelarus-Russia border checks implemented for first time since 1995
Fox News Belarus, one of Russia’s closest allies, has partially restored controls on its border with its neighbor, Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik said Wednesday. This is the first time in 28 years that there have been checks at the 770-mile border. According to Aleinik, the introduction of border controls aimed to avoid the entry…
Read MoreAfrica’s Sahel region seeks aid to fight violent extremism, stop its spread
Fox News Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday that without greater international support and regional cooperation the instability…
Read MoreThai police arrest 2nd teenager for defaming monarchy amid renewed debate over rigorous law
Fox News Authorities in Thailand have charged a 16-year-old girl with defaming the monarchy for two messages she allegedly posted on Facebook two years ago, adding to an increasingly active debate over whether the law allowing her arrest should be reformed. Police charged the girl in the northern province of Phitsanulok on Monday with violating…
Read MoreTurkey protests as German police search homes of 2 journalists working for a Turkish newspaper
Fox News German police searched the homes of two journalists for a Turkish newspaper on Wednesday in an operation that drew a sharp protest from the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Prosecutors and police in Darmstadt said that the apartments of the two men in Moerfelden-Walldorf, south of Frankfurt, were searched as part of an investigation of…
Read MoreChinese fishing boat capsizes in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 39 reported missing
Fox News Several ships and aircraft searched Wednesday for 39 people reported missing after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the accident happened around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The report said the crew includes 17 from China, 17 from Indonesia and five from the Philippines.…
Read MoreBodies of Chinese couple found naked and bloddy in Bali hotel, Indonesian police say
Fox News Indonesian police investigating the deaths of a Chinese couple whose bodies were found bloodied and naked at a hotel in the resort island of Bali said Wednesday that the boyfriend killed the woman before killing himself. Police also said that the crime scene investigation and surveillance cameras from three hotels in Bali where…
Read MoreOver 100 schools in Serbia receive bomb threats following mass shooting at an elementary school
Fox News Dozens of Serbian schools on Wednesday received bomb threats, the education ministry said, amid security concerns following two mass shootings early this month, including one in an elementary school. The education ministry said 78 elementary schools and 37 high schools in Belgrade received warnings by email early on Wednesday that explosive devices had…
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