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For America’s friends in Asia, the uncertainty brought by the impending return of Donald Trump to the White House is coming at a bad time. China has been modernizing its military and nuclear arsenal while…

If a space alien landed on Rustaveli Avenue, the elegant main street of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, they might think it’s a party. Crowds of people surge down the street, traffic blocked by police, many…

The president-elect dominated the news in 2024 like no one else, from his historic campaign, assassination attempts against him and comeback from his unprecedented (there it is again) trials and convictions. School shootings and deadly…

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday…

South Jeolla province Fire Service Headquarters said that number is expected to grow as recovery operations continue. The Jeju Air jetliner was carrying 175 passengers and six crew when it crashed on landing at the…

Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” Ruto, his government officials…

Olha Mesheryakova doesn’t know what the next year will bring for her life in the capital of war-torn Ukraine, for her family or her business. She is confident, however, that in 2025 she will attend…

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Tehran, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was “stopped by Tehran police” on December 19, the…

Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official said Friday.…

NATO said on Friday it would boost its presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage this week of an undersea power cable and four internet lines, while alliance member Estonia launched a naval…