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Guards from Kurdish forces abandon camp in northeastern Syria housing IS-linked detainees
RAQQA, Syria — Guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces abandoned a camp Tuesday in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, and the Syrian military said that allowed the detainees to escape. The al-Hol camp houses mainly women and children who are family members...
Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it
WASHINGTON — A ballooning Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget. Hiring bonuses of $50,000. Swelling ranks of ICE officers, to 22,000, in an expanding national force bigger than most police departments in America. President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have...
‘The miracle’: 6-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a family that perished in Spanish train wreck
BARCELONA, Spain — The roar was deafening inside the train car as it hurtled off the tracks, then slid down a steep slope, ripping open its frame. And then, amid the twisted metal of the wreckage, the cries of the injured and the silence of the dead. Surrounded by bodies...
Australia’s Parliament passes anti-hate speech and gun laws after Sydney attack
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday passed anti-hate speech and gun laws proposed after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group. The gun laws create new restrictions on gun ownership...
British leader says ‘no option off the table’ as U.K. considers Australia-style teen social media ban
LONDON — The British government says it will consider banning young teenagers from social media as it tightens laws designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time. The government said it would consult with parents, young people and other interested parties about the safe use of technology...
Donald Trump thanks you for your attention to these matters in his 2nd term
WASHINGTON — A stunning military intervention in Venezuela. Telling the New York Giants which coach to hire. Threats against Iran, Denmark, Greenland and Colombia. Posing with someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize. Dangling the potential of deploying U.S. troops in Minneapolis. Flipping off a critic. Announcing an aggressive round of tariffs....
Islamic State group claims blast on Chinese restaurant in Kabul that killed 7
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national, and wounded more than a dozen others. In a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late Monday, the group...
Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he’ll make housing more affordable
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he’s picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million. On the anniversary of...
Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with its crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering humanitarian services to millions of people across the region. Crews began bulldozing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ‘s offices in...
Trump’s Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it’ll work
Israel has been asked to join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan, an Israeli official said Monday, while France is holding off accepting for now. It’s not known whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted the offer,...
U.S. Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy
ROME — Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats of acquiring Greenland and cuts in foreign aid risk bringing vast suffering instead of promoting peace. In a joint statement, Cardinals...
Sheinbaum reassures Mexico after U.S. military movements spark concern
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum quelled concerns on Monday about two recent movements of the U.S. military in the vicinity of Mexico that have the country on edge since the attack on Venezuela. On Friday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration urged U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when...
Russian court jails U.S. Navy veteran for 5 years for illegally transporting weapons
MOSCOW — A Russian court has convicted and sentenced an American on charges of illegally transporting weapons, court officials revealed Monday. Chuck Zimmerman, 58, was handed a 5-year sentence by a court in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi after a firearm was found on his yacht in June, the...
Pro-Greenland protesters mock Trump’s MAGA slogan with ‘Make America Go Away’ caps
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump’s iconic MAGS hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the U.S. president’s threat to seize the frozen territory. The caps reading “Make America Go Away” — parodying Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan — have gained popularity...
Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing
KARACHI, Pakistan — The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens remain missing. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the multistory plaza late Sunday, nearly 24 hours after...
Chinese steel factory officials detained after explosion that leaves 4 dead, 6 missing
BEIJING — Chinese police have detained those in charge of a steel factory in the Inner Mongolia region after an explosion killed four people and left 84 others hospitalized, state media said. The death toll rose to four during the day Monday as rescuers searched for the missing. State broadcaster...
School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say
JOHANNESBURG — A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa’s Gauteng province Monday, killing at least 13 children, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital. The private vehicle was transporting...
The current U.S. political climate is spurring a ‘reclaim’ and rallying on the MLK holiday
As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon’s legacy. In the year...
DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor. A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook page of Black Lives...
’60 Minutes’ airs report on Trump deportations that was suddenly pulled a month agoVideo
“60 Minutes” on Sunday aired its story about Trump administration deportations that was abruptly pulled from the newsmagazine’s lineup a month ago, a move that had triggered an internal battle about political pressure that spilled out into the open. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi made no reference to her dispute with CBS...
Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead, forcing thousands to fleeVideo
PENCO, Chile — Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe...
Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 41 and authorities fear more bodies could be foundVideo
ADAMUZ, Spain — Spanish police said Monday that at least 41 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed rail collision the previous night in the south of the country when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail....
Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown would be unconstitutional, mayor saysVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an immigration crackdown is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea as he urged protesters to remain peaceful so the president won’t see a need to send in the U.S. military. Daily protests have...
Small part of Sunshine State becomes Snowy State as Florida gets snow for 2nd year in a rowVideo
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A small part of Florida is the Snowy State for the second year in a row. Snow briefly covered the grass and rooftops in parts of the western Florida Panhandle on Sunday morning as just enough frigid air rushed in behind a cold front to turn the...
Indonesian rescuers find a body near wreckage of a plane that crashed with 11 aboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered a body in their search for 11 people aboard a plane that crashed while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island. The body of a man was retrieved from a ravine about 656 feet deep on the slope of Mount Bulusaraung, near...
