Mexico: Three Kidnapped Journalists Freed Mexican authorities announced Sunday that three journalists who were recently kidnapped in the southern state of Guerrero had been freed without being harmed by their captors.... Crime & justice
Report: Biden Won't Attend COP28 Meeting in Dubai According to an anonymous White House official, US President Joe Biden will not attend the United Nation's (UN) two-week COP28 climate summit set to begin on Nov. 30.... Environment & Energy
Sierra Leone: Govt Arrests Attackers of Military Barracks Most of the people behind an assault on a military barracks in the capital Freetown have been arrested, and an investigation has been launched to bring the perpetrators to justice, Sierra Leone's Pres. Julius Maada Bio announced Sunday.... World
Israel, Hamas Agree to 2-Day Ceasefire Extension Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on Monday to extend the so-called humanitarian pause in Gaza for an additional two days — allowing more hostage-prisoner swaps and more aid to enter the Palestinian enclave.... World
12 Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Greece Coast A rescue operation is underway to save 12 crew members of a cargo ship — reportedly transporting 6K tons of salt from Alexandria to Istanbul — that capsized in rough waves off Greece's coast early on Sunday.... Social issues
House Republican: US Aid to Israel, Ukraine Unlikely Before 2024 The US is unlikely to approve military aid packages to either Ukraine or Israel before year's end, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said this weekend. Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Turner said, 'I think it would be very difficult to get it don... World
Israel, Hamas Complete Second Hostage-Prisoner Exchange Israeli authorities confirmed on Sunday morning that a second hostage-prisoner exchange had taken place the previous night after an hours-long delay raised concerns over the four-day truce's execution.... World
Ecuador's Youngest-Ever President Daniel Noboa Sworn In Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old scion of a banana business empire, was sworn in as Ecuador's president Thursday in a ceremony attended by Colombia's Gustavo Petro and other foreign representatives following his victory in the October violence-ridden snap elections.... Politics
Kashmir Journalist Freed After Nearly 2 Years Indian authorities on Thursday released the founder and editor of news portal The Kashmir Walla, Fahad Shah, who was arrested in February 2022 on terrorism charges for allegedly publishing 'anti-national content.'... Social issues
Finland Closes All but One Russia Border Crossing Finland has temporarily closed seven of its eight passenger border crossings with Russia, accusing Moscow of intentionally pushing asylum seekers to the Nordic country.... Politics
Venice to Trial Entry Fee, Visitor Cap Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has announced that the Italian city will test daily visitor limits and entrance fees starting next spring to regulate the flow of tourists during its busiest tourist season.... Social issues
Turkey: Central Bank Raises Interest Rates to 40% In order to combat the nation's skyrocketing double-digit inflation, Turkey's central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate by 500 basis points to 40%.... Money
Ukraine Negotiator: UK's Johnson Squashed 2022 Peace Deal Davyd Arakhamia, head of the ruling Servant of the People party in Ukraine, who also led the country's negotiations with Russia in the first months of the war, on Friday backed claims that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine that the West would not support any security agreem... Politics
China to Allow Visa-Free Travel to Citizens From 6 Countries China's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that citizens of France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Spain will be exempt from visas for business, tourism, visiting relatives and friends, or transiting for up to 15 days from Dec. 1 until Nov. 30 next year.... Social issues
Taiwan's Opposition Alliance Collapses Taiwan's two main opposition parties, the long-established Kuomintang (KMT) and the newer Taiwan People's Party (TPP), have failed to agree on a proposed joint presidential ticket to unseat the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in January's presidential election.... Politics
Russia Continues Bombardment of Avdiivka Russia continued to shell the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka — located in the southern region of Kherson and home to a massive coal heating plant — Thursday night, with the head of the city's military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, telling reporters they've seen 18 or more aerial attac... Military
Wave of Sexual Assault Allegations Filed as New York Law Expires A wave of high-profile sexual misconduct allegations poured in over the last few days just as a New York law that opened up a one-year window to report sexual abuse, regardless of the statute of limitations, was set to expire.... Crime & justice
NASA Receives Laser Beam Message From 10M Miles out in Space A NASA spacecraft, called Psyche, has fired a near-infrared laser roughly 10M miles (16M km) through space back to the Hale Telescope at the California Institute of Technology's (Caltech) Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, Calif. The test data was sent about 40 times farther than the distan... Science & technology
Gaza Temporary Ceasefire Comes Into Effect The Qatari-mediated agreement between Israel and Hamas to pause hostilities for four days and exchange hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails came into effect Friday morning with no ceasefire violations reported as of Friday afternoon local time. An Egyptian officia... World
US Warship Shoots Down Drones From Houthi-Controlled Yemen US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that on Thursday morning the USS Thomas Hudner shot down 'multiple one-way attack drones' fired from Houthi-controlled territory within Yemen.... Military
Dublin Riots: Anti-Immigrant Violence Erupts After Knife Attack Ireland's capital erupted into riots, violence, and looting Thursday night after a knife attack at a school earlier in the day left a woman and three young children in hospital with their injuries. Two of the victims, a 5-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman, were in a serious condition, police ... Social issues
China Pneumonia Outbreak: WHO Says No New Pathogens Found The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that China has detected no unusual or novel pathogens connected to the recent spike in respiratory illnesses and child pneumonia infections across the country.... Health
Lawsuit Accuses NYC Mayor of Historic Sexual Assault New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, according to a court document filed Wednesday.... Crime & justice
Pakistan: Court Orders Jailed Imran Khan to Appear in Public Trial Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is slated to make his first public appearance since his imprisonment in August after a special court on Thursday ordered authorities to produce him and jailed former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for trial on Nov. 28.... Crime & justice
Reports: Iran Secretly Executes Man Over 2022 Anti-Government Protests Iran reportedly secretly executed a man convicted of killing a member of Iran's security forces during mass protests that spread across the country last year, media sources and the Norway-based human rights organization Hengaw said. There has been no confirmation from the Iranian judiciary as of ... Social issues
