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• Judges to decide if 300 possible victims of trafficking from India should remain grounded in France

  25-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 47

  Judges in France were expected to decide Sunday whether about 300 Indian citizens who are suspected of being victims of human trafficking should...

• Security is stepped up around Christmas celebrations in Germany and Austria over attack concerns

  25-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 24

  Sightseeing visits were barred at Germany's landmark cathedral in Cologne and Christmas Eve worshippers faced security checks to get into midnight...

• Iran summons Russian envoy over statement on Persian Gulf disputed islands

  25-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 24

  Iran summoned Russia's charge d'affaires after Moscow and Arab countries released a joint statement earlier this week challenging Iran's claim to...

• Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

  25-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 31

  A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens...

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• A Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe is fed by economic gloom and a price hike

  25-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 26

  Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday...

• Chaos in the Red Sea: Houthis hit oil tanker, launch attack drones toward U.S. warship

  24-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 29

  A drone fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a commercial oil tanker in the Red Sea on Saturday, Pentagon officials said.

• Israel strikes 2 homes and kills more than 90 Palestinians as troops expand south Gaza offensive

  23-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 31

  More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes, rescuers and hospital...

• Former Kenyan minister, two others charged with fraud over hospitality college project

  23-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 34

  Kenya's anti-corruption commission Friday charged the country's former tourism minister and two others with economic crimes for the alleged fraud...

• Residents of Iceland fishing village near volcano that erupted are allowed to return home

  23-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 32

  Residents of the small Icelandic fishing village near where a volcano erupted were told Friday they could return home.

• Court decisions reignite World War II tensions, straining Japan and South Korea's new amity

  23-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 25

  Rapidly warming Japan-South Korean relations felt a distinct chill at the end of 2023 as an emotive historical dispute between the two U.S. East...

• Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

  23-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 25

  In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new...

• Police seek a motive as Prague mourns 14 people killed in the nation's worst mass shooting

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  Czech police investigated Friday why a student went on a dayslong violent rampage culminating in a shooting at the university he attended in Prague...