For the past two Christmases, John Juka’s family restaurant looked about the same as any business in Bethlehem: shuttered and eerily empty. But on Saturday evening, it bustled with families and was lit by strings of red lights, a hopeful change in the Palestinian city that’s been reeling since war broke out in Gaza. Christmas...
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Indonesia Is Repatriating 2 Dutch Drug Traffickers Convicted On Drug Trafficking Charges
Indonesian officials said on Monday that two Dutch nationals imprisoned in Indonesia on drug trafficking convictions will be repatriated to the Netherlands later in the day following the agreement between the two countries. The two prisoners, including one who had been sentenced to death, were handed over by the Indonesian authorities to Dutch authorities at a...
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Man Arrested After Pepper Spray Attack During Robbery At London’s Heathrow Airport Parking Garage
Police arrested a man at London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday after a crowd of people were hit with pepper spray during a robbery at a parking garage that caused several hours of travel disruptions. Five people were taken by ambulance to a hospital and another 16, including a 3-year-old girl, were treated at the scene,...
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Hong Kong Police Arrest Man For Posts About Deadly Fire
Hong Kong’s national security police arrested a man on Saturday in the first publicly confirmed arrest relating to criticism of authorities over a high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 159 people. Police said he had been accused of posting “information with seditious intention” on social media. “That mainly included (materials intending to) incite hatred...
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Turkish Police Officer Dies From Gunshot Wounds Suffered In Istanbul Drug Raid
A police officer died Monday after being shot and seriously wounded during an early morning drug raid in Istanbul, Turkish officials said. Officer Emre Albayrak died of his wounds in a hospital. He was part of a special operations team carrying out the raid in the Cekmekoy district on Istanbul’s Asian side. “Our police officer...
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Woman Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison For Blackmailing Soccer Star Son Heung-Min
A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for blackmailing soccer star Son Heung-min, a South Korean court said Monday. The woman, identified only as Yang, was charged with extorting 300 million won ($204,000) from Son in 2024 after sending him an ultrasound photo of a baby that she claimed was his and...
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First lady of Nigeria Oluremi Tinubu Honored as Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Oodua at Ooni’s 10th Anniversary
The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Sunday was installed as the Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ilẹ Oodua by His Royal Majesty, Ọọni of Ile-Ifẹ, Ọba Adeyẹye Ẹnitan Ogunwusi, Ọjaja II, during celebrations marking the 10th coronation anniversary of the Ooni, for her service to the nation and efforts in...
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X Becomes The No.1 News App In EU Nation, After The Commission Fines The Microblogging App €120 Million For Issues With Its Blue Checkmark System.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk micro blogging app 𝕏 became the #1 source for news in every single EU country — Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. “𝕏 is seeing record-breaking downloads in many...
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U.S. Congressman Moore Visits Nigeria On Insecurity Concerns, Meet Stakeholders
Rep. Reily Moore, a West Virginia Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, visited Nigerian on Sunday concerning security and alleged Christians’ genocide claims. Rep Moore met government officials, bishops Wilfred Anagbe and Isaac Dugu, and the Tor Tiv during a fact-finding visit focused on security cooperation and Christian communities in Benue State. The congressman wrote...