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Mexico charges 2 more cartel members in kidnappings, killings of Americans

Fox News Prosecutors in Mexico said Thursday they have arrested two more men in the March 3 kidnapping of four Americans and the killing of two of them. The Gulf drug cartel turned over five men to police soon after the abduction in the border city of Matamoros, and prosecutors said the two newly arrested…

Sudan’s warring sides agree to first step in cease-fire push, U.S. says

Washington Post Talks could resume as soon as Friday, officials said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/11/sudan-cease-fire-negotiations-jeddah/

George Santos confesses to theft in Brazil to avoid prosecution

Washington Post A day earlier, the New York congressman pleaded not guilty to wide-ranging charges brought by federal prosecutors in New York. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/11/george-santos-brazil-case-theft/

Prospective Egyptian presidential candidate returns to country after family detained

Fox News An Egyptian politician vowing to run in the country’s presidential elections next year returned to Egypt on Thursday, days after announcing that his relatives had been detained. Ahmed Altantawy, who left the country for Lebanon last August, confirmed his arrival in Egypt on his official Facebook page late Thursday evening. “I arrived today…

US ambassador accuses South Africa of arming Russians

Fox News The U.S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town in December. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an…

What is Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the militant group Israel is targeting in Gaza?

Washington Post Stakes are high as a new phase of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis unfolds, with Islamic Jihad emerging as an influential force in Gaza and the West Bank. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/11/palestinian-islamic-jihad-gaza-israel/

Washington defense leaders urge Senate to pass military budget: China ‘is not waiting’

Fox News Washington’s chief defense leaders warned Congress in stark tones Thursday that defaulting on the military budget would not only be bad for the U.S.’s global standing but would further embolden China. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee that breaching…

Karl Jenkins Sets the Record Straight: He Is Not Meghan Markle

New York Times Online jokesters claimed that Karl Jenkins was the Duchess of Sussex in disguise at the coronation. He sets the record straight. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/style/karl-jenkins-meghan-markle-coronation.html

Latvian foreign minister, ardent Ukraine supporter, announces presidential bid

Fox News Latvia’s long-serving and popular foreign minister, who is a staunch Ukraine-backer, said Thursday that he would be running as a candidate in the Baltic country’s presidential election later this month. The surprise announcement from Edgars Rinkēvičs, Latvia’s top diplomat since 2011, came a day after President Egils Levits said he wouldn’t seek re-election…

Belarus treatment of ex-presidential candidate, Lukashenko critic, condemned by EU

Fox News The European Parliament demanded Thursday that authorities in Belarus stop the mistreatment of a former presidential hopeful imprisoned for standing up to the country’s authoritarian leader and immediately release him and other political prisoners. Viktar Babaryka was handed a 14-year prison sentence in 2021 on charges that he rejected as political punishment for…