Category: World News
Trump envoy Richard Grenell secures freedom for 6 Americans following meeting with Maduro in Venezuela
Fox News Following a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to discuss, in part, the release of Americans being held in the country, Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions announced on X Friday night that he was returning to the U.S. with six of them. “They just spoke to @realDonaldTrump…
Read MoreDutch police arrest three suspects after the theft of a priceless golden helmet from Romania
Fox News Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania and had been on display in a small museum in the Netherlands. There was no sign that the intricate helmet dating back some 2,500 years had been recovered. The…
Read MoreSerbia rocked by anti-corruption protests after construction tragedy
Fox News Mass protests have rocked Serbia for months as protesters demand justice and accountability after the deaths of 15 people in the collapse of a railway station. Tens of thousands of college students have been marching for nearly three months demanding those responsible for the calamity be held accountable and prosecuted accordingly. The canopy…
Read MoreFrançois Ponchaud, priest who revealed Cambodian atrocities, dies at 85
Washington Post Father Ponchaud’s book “Cambodia: Year Zero” helped alert the world to the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge that claimed nearly 2 million lives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/31/ponchaud-priest-cambodia-khmer-dies/
Read MoreTrump envoy flies to Caracas to meet with Maduro
Washington Post A State Department official said Venezuela must take back “Venezuelan criminals and gangs” and release American “hostages” immediately. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/31/maduro-trump-grenell-envoy/
Read MoreIran’s covert nuclear agency found operating out of top space program launch sites
Fox News FIRST ON FOX: A covert agency within Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, tasked with the development of Iran’s nuclear program, has been found to be operating out of top sites used by Iran’s space program. Iran has hidden elements of its nuclear development program under the guise of commercial enterprises,…
Read MoreAmerican hostage slated to be released by Hamas after 15 months
Washington Post Keith Siegel, a grandfather, is one of three captives set to be freed on Saturday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/31/american-hostage-keith-siegel-released-hamas/
Read MoreHamas to Free Yarden Bibas, Israeli Father Whose Family Was Taken Hostage
New York Times Hamas said it will release the hostage Yarden Bibas, 35, on Saturday. His wife and children were also taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, but may not have survived. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/middleeast/israel-hostage-release-hamas-yarden-bibas.html
Read MoreWith Trump, Ukraine renews appeal to seize Russia’s frozen billions
Washington Post With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/31/ukraine-trump-frozen-russian-assets-aid/
Read MoreTrump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’
Fox News JOHANNESBURG- Fighting reportedly over minerals needed for electric cars and mobile phones has become the Trump administration’s first real foreign affairs test in Africa. Bodies lie rotting in the streets, and hospitals have been overwhelmed with casualties in Goma, a city of 2 million people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic…
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