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WorldIndonesian rescuers find wreckage of plane in mountainous region
Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered wreckage from a missing plane that is believed to have crashed the previous day with 11 people on board while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island during cloudy weather. The turboprop ATR 42-500 was on its way from Yogyakarta on Indonesia's main island of Java to Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi province, when it vanished from radar on Saturday shortly after being instructed by air traffic control to correct its approach alignment.
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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, Washington Post reports
Jan 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing defense officials.
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US-backed Palestinian committee shares mission statement on Gaza governance
The technocratic body will operate under the direction of Trump’s ‘board of peace’, stacked with pro-Israel figures.
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Guatemala prisoners take workers hostages in riots across three facilities
Officials say 46 workers are being held, with gang members behind the riots seeking better conditions.
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Indonesian authorities find wreckage of missing surveillance plane with 11 on board
JAKARTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered
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Military leader Doumbouya sworn in as Guinea’s president
Doumbouya was declared victor in the West African country’s first election since he led the 2021 military takeover.
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Trump’s ‘board of peace’ appears to seek wider mandate beyond Gaza
While launched as part of Gaza ceasefire, Trump envisions board as ‘bold new approach to resolving global conflicts’.
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Guatemalan inmates take over prisons, holding 46 people hostage
By Josue Decavele and Sofia Menchu ESCUINTLA, Guatemala/GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces were working to take back control of three prisons on Saturday after rioting
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Portugal presidential vote wide open as far-right surge expected
Portugal votes on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate could for the first time make it to a run-off ballot, but with the final result hard to predict.This would be the first time in four decades that a candidate has not won outright in the first-round ballot, which requires securing more than 50 percent of the vote.
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Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
Syrian government forces have taken control of the northern city of Tabqa and the country’s largest dam, wresting them from Kurdish-led fighters, according to Syrian state media.
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Anti-ICE demonstrators chase off outnumbered far-right activists at Minneapolis rally
By Brad Brooks MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists who had vowed to march on a neighborhood where many
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Syrian army continues advance against Kurdish-held towns despite US calls against it
DEIR HAFER, Syria, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian army continued its push into Kurdish-held territory on Saturday, despite U.S. calls to halt its advance in towns in the area in Syria's north.
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Syrian forces are pushing Kurds out of the Aleppo area
Syrian forces have pushed Kurdish fighters out of several cities and villages in the Aleppo region after Kurdish leaders said they were withdrawing.
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Haiti security forces commence major anti-gang operation
Haitian security forces are conducting a large-scale operation in gang-controlled areas, with a strike targeting the home of a major gang kingpin, the Haitian National Police told AFP on Saturday.Haitian police carry out daily operations in downtown Port-au-Prince, with the support of an international anti-gang security force and a private security company.
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Ugandan president claims election victory after opposition leader ‘abducted’
Yoweri Museveni has claimed victory in a disputed Ugandan presidential election that gives him a seventh term in office.
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Old Friends Resident Padua’s Pride Passes Away At Age 29
The son of Caerleon, a full brother to multiple European champion and English/Irish classic winner Generous, set a world record price for weanling in 1997 when he sold for just over $4.4 million at Tattersalls
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Rights group says 139 political prisoners released in Venezuela since January
Jan 17 (Reuters) - Venezuelan human rights group Foro Penal said on Saturday that it has confirmed the release of 139 political prisoners in Venezuela since January 8.
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US kills terror leader tied to December attack in Syria: CENTCOM
Bilal Hasan al-Jasim had "direct ties" to an ISIS gunman who killed and injured U.S. and Syrian personnel on December 13 in Palmyra, Syria, Central Command said.
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5 skiers killed in a pair of avalanches in Austria
Five skiers were killed Saturday in a pair of avalanches in the Salzburg Pongau region of western Austria, authorities said.
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US kills al Qaeda affiliate leader tied to December attack in Syria, Centcom says
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. military forces on Friday killed an al Qaeda affiliate leader linked to an Islamic State attack on Americans in Syria last month, U.S.
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US strike eliminates al Qaeda operative connected to ISIS ambush that killed 3 Americans in Syria
U.S. forces killed an al Qaeda-affiliated leader allegedly linked to an ISIS attack that killed three Americans in Syria, as CENTCOM launched counterterrorism operations Jan. 16.
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US says it killed al-Qaeda-affiliated leader tied to deadly Syria ambush
CENTCOM says strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed a man tied to the December attack that killed US troops.
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US urges de-escalation as Syrian army advances on Kurdish-held territory
Kurdish-led SDF accuses Syrian forces of violating withdrawal deal as they take key towns and oilfields.
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EU, South American officials sign Mercosur free trade agreement
Representatives of the European Union and South American nations signed a free trade agreement on Saturday, but the deal is not final until approved by a vote of the European Parliament.
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US launches another retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. U.S. Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who they claim was “an experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected" to the Dec. 13 attack that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat. “The death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces,” Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, said in a statement.
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Massive fire engulfs dozens of shops at a shopping mall in southern Pakistan, killing 3 people
A massive fire swept through a multistory shopping mall in Pakistan’s largest southern city of Karachi late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring about a dozen others, police and rescue officials said. Firefighters and rescue workers rushed to the Gul Plaza shortly after 10 p.m. local time following reports of the blaze, police and rescuer officials said. TV footage showed firefighters in protective gear battling the flames.
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Uganda's Museveni wins seventh term as observers denounce intimidation
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term in office on Saturday after an election marred by violence and an internet shutdown, with African observers saying arrests and abductions had "instilled fear". African election observers said on Saturday they saw no evidence of ballot-stuffing but denounced "reports of intimidation, arrest and abductions" targeting the opposition and civil society.
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U.S. strike kills Al-Qaeda affiliate leader linked to ambush in Syria
U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, conducted the strike on Jan. 16, killing Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, authorities said.
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US troops pull out of major Iraq airbase amid ongoing regional consolidation effort, progress against ISIS
The U.S. withdrawal of troops from Ain al-Asad Airbase was completed by Friday as part of regional consolidation following progress on ISIS as CENTCOM calls for "teamwork."
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Iran leader demands crackdown on 'seditionists' after protests
Iran's supreme leader said Saturday that authorities "must break the back of the seditionists", whom he accused of killing thousands during the wave of protests that were brutally repressed in the country."By God's grace, the Iranian nation must break the back of the seditionists just as it broke the back of the sedition," supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told supporters during a televised address.
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Syria army extends control over north Syria area as Kurds report clashes
Syria's army took control of swathes of the country's north on Saturday, dislodging Kurdish forces from territory over which they held effective autonomy for over a decade.The SDF controls swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast, much of which it captured during the country's civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group over the past decade.
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Trump’s shock tariffs are the perfect present for Putin and Xi
The reaction in the corridors of power in Moscow and Beijing will have been one of undisguised glee.
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EU, Mercosur bloc sign free trade deal after 25 years of negotiations
European and South American leaders say pact sends ‘clear signal’ amid concerns over global tariffs, isolationism.
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Iraqi army fully takes over key base following US withdrawal
U.S. forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq in implementation of an agreement with the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials said Saturday. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in October told journalists that the agreement originally stipulated a full pullout of U.S. forces from the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq by September.
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‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters
Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last nine years. Because of his “criminal” record, the university expelled him. So, a taxi driver he became, plying the busy streets of Karaj, a city near Tehran and lately the site of intense anti-government protests.
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Former UK leader Blair joins Carney and Rubio on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canada’s leader Mark Carney and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the members of the “Board of Peace” that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza.
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Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts
President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises, potentially rivaling the United Nations in what would be a major upheaval to the post-World War II international order. In letters sent Friday to various world leaders inviting them to be “founding members” of the board, Trump says the body would “embark on a bold new approach to resolving global conflict.” Invitation letters from Trump to Argentine President Javier Milei and Paraguay's leader Santiago Peña, that were posted Saturday to their official social media accounts note that Trump’s 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan, which includes the creation of the Board of Peace, was endorsed by the U.N. Security Council and indicates that the panel of world leaders may not confine their work to Gaza.
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Lindsey Graham speaks against pending execution of 26-year-old Iranian protester: 'This regime must fall'
Sen. Lindsey Graham calls for Iranian regime change as 26-year-old protester Erfan Soltani faces possible execution despite President Donald Trump's threats.
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Thousands march in France to back Iranian protesters
Thousands of people rallied in France on Saturday in a show of support for demonstrators in Iran risking their lives to demand an end to theocratic rule.- Connection 'coming back' - In the eastern city of Strasbourg, Ali Rastegar, a 43-year-old Franco-Iranian, said he was at a rally to send a "message of support" to people back home.
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Whistles and walkie-talkies: Minneapolis keeps guard over schools amid ICE arrests
By Brad Brooks MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Peter Brown's gray mustache and beard were matted with ice as he stood watch on a frigid Friday afternoon outside Green Central Elementary, not far from
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EU and Mercosur sign trade deal after 25 years of negotiations
By Daniela Desantis and Philip Blenkinsop ASUNCION, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Top officials from the EU and the South American bloc Mercosur signed a free trade agreement on Saturday in Paraguay, paving the
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US Justice Department probing Minnesota Governor Walz, other officials, source says
By Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S.
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