• 03/20/2025

Israel cease-fire plan for Lebanon seeks to bypass UN, as US mediators travel to Jerusalem for talks

Fox News JERUSALEM – President Biden’s top Middle East advisers are scrambling to mediate a temporary cease-fire deal between Israel and the Lebanon-based terrorist movement Hezbollah that would dislodge the reportedly ineffective U.N. mission. The controversial United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was tasked by a U.S.-backed U.N. Security Council resolution with aiding the Lebanese…

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Centuries-old ‘witches marks’ found carved into walls of English manor house

Washington Post A volunteer tour guide found an inscription cursing a previous owner of Gainsborough Old Hall, an old manor house in England with a history of ghosts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/30/witches-marks-curses-england-gainsborough-old-hall/

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OPEC+ could delay December oil output hike, sources say 

Reuters Reuters was first to report that the OPEC+ had agreed to do delay its planned December oil output hike, prompting global oil prices and European oil equity prices to rally.  The post OPEC+ could delay December oil output hike, sources say  appeared first on Reuters News Agency. https://www.reutersagency.com/en/reutersbest/article/opec-could-delay-december-oil-output-hike-sources-say/

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Taliban bans women ‘hearing other women’s voices’ in latest decree

Fox News The Taliban has once again taken steps to further impose extreme restrictions on women under its interpretation of sharia law in Afghanistan, this time banning women from “hearing other women’s voices” while they pray, reports said this week. Khalid Hanafi, acting minister of the Vice and Virtue Ministry, made the announcement over a voice message posted…

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Pentagon threatens no new limits on Ukraine weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s war

Fox News The Pentagon is warning there will be no new limits on Ukraine’s use of American weapons if North Korean soldiers amassing in Russia join the military conflict.  The declaration comes after the Department of Defense announced in mid-October that it would provide Ukraine with another $425 million worth of supplies and weapons to…

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At least 63 dead in devastating flash floods across eastern Spain, officials say

Fox News At least 63 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Emergency services in the eastern region of Valencia confirmed a death toll of 62…

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The lonely road of MAGA’s man in Mexico

Washington Post Eduardo Verástegui is beloved in Trumpworld. Less so at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/30/eduardo-verastegui-maga-trump-mexico/

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Music and Morale in a Country at War

New York Times In Ukraine, where war feels omnipresent, music is helping lift spirits and raise money for the military. https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/10/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-music

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At least 51 dead, many more missing in Spain’s severe floods

Washington Post Torrential rain caused massive flooding in the southeast, turning roads into rivers of floating cars and cutting off highways and access points, officials said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/30/spain-valencia-flash-floods-rain-deaths/

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Torture Is a Russian Tactic in Occupied Ukraine, Civilians Say

New York Times Moscow is employing a variety of tactics, including torture and forced Russian citizenship, to try to obliterate Ukrainian identity, former detainees and human rights groups say. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/todayspaper/russia-ukraine-war-torture-abuse.html

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