Category: World News
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released by Iran
Washington Post The Italian journalist returned to Rome on Wednesday after weeks of diplomatic wrangling between Italy and Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/08/cecilia-sala-italian-journalist-released-iran/
Read MoreBiden will defer to Trump on terror label for Syria’s Islamist leaders
Washington Post The U.S. will keep HTS on the list of terrorist organizations for the remainder of President Biden’s tenure, leaving the decision to Donald Trump, officials say. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/08/syria-hts-terrorist-designation-trump-biden/
Read MoreRussian strike on southeastern Ukrainian city kills at least 13
Washington Post Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump have said they hope to end the war in 2025, nearly three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/08/ukraine-strike-zaporizhzhia/
Read More23-year-old hiker found after surviving for 2 weeks in Australian mountain range
Fox News A 23-year-old medical student who was missing in a remote Australian mountain range for two weeks has been located. Hadi Nazari from Melbourne went missing on Dec. 26, 2024, when he separated from two hiking companions to take photos in the Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales state,…
Read MoreUS strikes underground Houthi weapons depots used to hit American ships
Fox News The U.S. military on Wednesday said its forces struck weapons depots used by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen to target naval warships and merchant vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted multiple precision strikes against two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional Weapon…
Read MoreMexico offers protection to famed singer after drug cartel death threats
Fox News Authorities in Mexico are offering state protection to famed regional Mexican singer Natanael Cano and other artists after a drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them, prosecutors confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Photos of a banner threatening the lives of Cano, a singer of corridos, a musical genre often linked…
Read MoreRoman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says
Washington Post Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/08/roman-empire-lead-pollution-iq-study/
Read MoreBipartisan lawmakers introduce ‘Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act’ in warning to Putin allied government
Fox News FIRST ON FOX – Senior Republican and Democratic representatives will introduce a bill today prohibiting recognition of a Georgian Dream government of the Black Sea nation that has been swept by massive anti-government demonstrations for more than 40 days now. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., chairman of the Helsinki Commission, and Democrat Rep. Steve…
Read MoreItalian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from detention in Iran
Fox News An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks, whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States, was freed Wednesday and is heading home, Italian officials said. A plane carrying Cecilia Sala, 29, left Tehran after “intensive work on diplomatic and intelligence channels,” Premier Giorgia Meloni’s…
Read MoreUkraine Strikes Oil Depot Near Russian Air Base, Ukrainian Military Says
New York Times The attack was the latest effort to inflict pain on Russia even as Kyiv is losing ground on the battlefield at home. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-oil-depot.html
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