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Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (CAIRO) — Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled artifacts from the United States, concluding a three-year diplomatic effort between the countries. Gilded coffin lids from the Pharaonic era, gold funerary masks and what’s believed to be fragments […]

Matt Crossick/PA Images via Getty Images (LONDON) — Reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian is expected on Tuesday to take the stand in a Paris courtroom, where a trial is underway for 10 people accused in connection with the violent robbery of millions of dollars’ worth of her jewelry. Kardashian is expected to testify […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration’s plan to accept a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government to use as Air Force One raises significant security concerns, intelligence experts and government officials say, as President Donald Trump said it would be “stupid” not to accept a free plane. Trump on Monday defended the […]

Australian Federal Police (LONDON) — Over a ton of cocaine worth close to nearly half a billion dollars has been seized from a boat off the coast of Australia, officials have confirmed. Detectives from the Organised Crime Squad in Australia have charged five people following the seizure of the drugs from a vessel off the […]

Ramdan Fatoni/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — All imports of live cattle, horse and bison from the southern border have been banned due to the spread of a flesh-eating pest in Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Sunday. “The protection of our animals and safety of our nation’s food supply is a national security […]

Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images (GAZA) — Gaza’s entire population is experiencing critical levels of hunger amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the third month of Israel cutting off aid to the strip, according to a report published Monday. Gaza’s 2.1 million residents will face a “crisis” level of food insecurity — or worse […]

Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Vladimir Putin appears to be facing a dilemma as Russian and Ukrainian representatives prepare for direct peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday. Having repeatedly dodged Ukrainian and U.S. calls for a full 30-day ceasefire, the Russian leader instead offered direct talks between the Ukrainian and Russian […]

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, was released on Monday after successful negotiations between the U.S. and the terrorist organization and is now in the custody of the Israel Defense Forces, the IDF said. The International […]

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, was released on Monday after successful negotiations between the U.S. and the Palestinian group. Alexander’s mother, Yael, has arrived at Re’im military base in Israel near the Gaza border to […]

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, held captive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, is set to be released Monday after successful negotiations between the U.S. and Hamas. Hamas is expected to release Alexander at 6:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. ET), an Israeli official told ABC […]