Category: World News
Mother of missing Marine veteran calls Trump admin a ‘breath of fresh air’ as she continues 12-year search
Fox News Debra Tice has spent more than 12 years searching for her son, Austin Tice, a Marine veteran and journalist who was kidnapped in Syria in August 2012. Through four presidential administrations, she has not lost hope that her son will come home alive. In fact, she calls the new Trump administration a “breath…
Read MoreUN urges diplomacy as Iran hits nuclear ‘gas pedal,’ conservative commentator tells Trump ‘do not appease’
Fox News The United Nations atomic watchdog on Wednesday sounded the alarm that Iran has hit the “gas pedal” on its nuclear development and urged diplomacy just two days after President Donald Trump re-entered the White House. The Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum…
Read MoreAt U.S.-Canada border, anxieties on both sides as Trump takes office
Washington Post In Manitoba, along the longest undefended border in the world, Canadians push back against Trump’s allegations of an “invasion” of migrants and drugs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/22/us-canada-border-trump-migration/
Read MoreNFL legends make emotional trip to Israel in push for hostages’ release
Fox News A pair of NFL legends and former Kansas City Chiefs teammates recently traveled to Israel to press the case for Israeli and American hostages held captive by Hamas. Nick Lowery, one of the league’s all-time greatest placekickers, and former star fullback Tony Richardson returned from the five-day trip, sponsored by Athletes for Israel,…
Read MoreTwo Chemical-Industry Officials Expected to Help Oversee E.P.A. Chemical Rules
New York Times Nancy Beck and Lynn Ann Dekleva worked in the first Trump administration, where they fought chemical restrictions. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/climate/epa-chemical-industry-beck-dekleva.html
Read MoreWhat is birthright citizenship, and which countries have it?
Washington Post President Donald Trump has falsely claimed the U.S. is alone in offering citizenship as a birthright. More than 30 countries do — but some have rolled it back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/22/birthright-citizenship-countries-trump-executive-order/
Read MoreTask Force created in Africa to counter terror fears from Iran and jihadi groups
Fox News JOHANNESBURG – To counter the perceived threat of terror from Iran and jihadi groups, South Africa’s chief rabbi is setting up a specialist task force. Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein was spurred into creating the group after a bomb attack at a Jewish center in Cape Town last month. An improvised explosive device…
Read MorePrince Harry settles case against Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids, gets apology
Washington Post News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology” to Prince Harry for the “serious intrusion” into his private life by the The Sun between 1996 and 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/22/prince-harry-murdoch-sun-trial-settlement/
Read MoreLive briefing: 10 dead in major Israeli military operation on Jenin in the West Bank
Washington Post While the ceasefire in Gaza holds, violence has flared in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers separately rampaged through Palestinian villages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/22/israel-gaza-war-ceasefire-hamas-west-bank/
Read MoreAt least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says
Fox News More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said. Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as Colombia’s army scrambled to evacuate people on Sunday,…
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