Washington Times - World
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Children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accept the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf
The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year's Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony Sunday in the...
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Mountain view: North Korea urges pilgrimages to peak linked to Kim 'heroism'
North Korean state media is encouraging citizens to undertake winter climbs of Mount Baekdu, a peak venerated by Koreans ancient and modern, North...
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Israel presses on with Gaza offensive after U.S. veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war
Israel's military pushed ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security...
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U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of other nations...
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Ukraine says any Russian presidential voting in its occupied regions would be 'null and void'
Ukraine on Saturday condemned Russia's intention to organize presidential election voting in occupied Ukrainian territory next year.
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The State Department approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress
Going around Congress, the Biden administration said Saturday it has approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank...
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U.S. aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly of out reach as GOP ties it to border security
A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is...
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Sri Lanka experiences a temporary power outage after a main transmission line fails
Sri Lanka experienced an island-wide power outage for several hours Saturday after a system failure in one of the main transmission lines, the...
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A Soviet-era statue of a Red Army commander taken down in Kyiv
City workers in Kyiv on Saturday dismantled an equestrian statue of a Red Army commander, the latest Soviet monument to be removed in the Ukrainian...
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Human Rights Watch hits U.S. with war-crime alert after cease-fire veto
The nonprofit organization Human Rights Watch on Friday contended the U.S. could be "complicity with war crimes" as it continues to provide weapons...
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A hospital fire near Rome kills at least 3 and causes an emergency evacuation of all patients
A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome's outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility...
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Israel presses ahead with bombarding Gaza, including areas it told Palestinians to evacuate to
Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip in relentless bombardment Saturday, hitting some of the dwindling bits of land it had told...