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Iran regime close to getting nuclear bomb, but what’s the holdup?

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Iran regime close to getting nuclear bomb, but what’s the holdup?

calico 05/26/2023

JERUSALEM — Iran has moved dangerously close to enriching weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear bomb, but the...

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Attack in central Japan kills 3, including 2 police officers

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Attack in central Japan kills 3, including 2 police officers

calico 05/25/2023

Three people including two police officers were killed in Nagano in central Japan on Thursday and a...

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CBP officers seize fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine

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CBP officers seize fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine

calico 05/25/2023

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of...

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Centuries-old cotton tree, national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone

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Centuries-old cotton tree, national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone

calico 05/25/2023

Torrential rains in Sierra Leone’s capital felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree, a national treasure whose loss has...

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Mozambique’s ex-finance minister to be extradited to US in $2B corruption case

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Mozambique’s ex-finance minister to be extradited to US in $2B corruption case

calico 05/25/2023

Nearly five years after he was arrested at a South African airport, Mozambique’s former finance minister has...

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Iran hangs man in ‘medieval’ public execution, human rights group says

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Iran hangs man in ‘medieval’ public execution, human rights group says

calico 05/25/2023

Iran publicly hanged a man Thursday in front of a large crowd, the latest execution carried out...

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French magistrates probing 27 migrant deaths file charges against English Channel maritime rescuers

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French magistrates probing 27 migrant deaths file charges against English Channel maritime rescuers

calico 05/25/2023

French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of...

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Africa Day celebrations rife with calls for unity, but critics demand substance

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Africa Day celebrations rife with calls for unity, but critics demand substance

calico 05/25/2023

Calls for unity dominated Thursday’s 60th anniversary celebrations for the continent-wide organization preceding the African Union (AU)...

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Doctors Without Borders condemns Greece’s treatment, deportations of migrants

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Doctors Without Borders condemns Greece’s treatment, deportations of migrants

calico 05/25/2023

A prominent humanitarian group on Thursday blasted Greece over its treatment of asylum-seekers on the island of...

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Fugitive Rwandan police officer charged in killings of over 2,000 during 1994 genocide

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Fugitive Rwandan police officer charged in killings of over 2,000 during 1994 genocide

calico 05/25/2023

Fulgence Kayishema, a police officer accused of orchestrating the killings of over 2,000 people at a church...

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