An American college student went missing last month while studying abroad in France, his parents said. Ken DeLand Jr., a 22-year-old senior at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, last contacted his parents on Nov. 27 on the WhatsApp messaging app. That contact was made after he left …
Read More »Iran executed second detainee over anti-theocracy protest
Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday who was detained and convicted during nationwide protests against the country’s theocracy. Footage was aired on state television that the country claimed shows the man stabbing and killing two security force members before fleeing the scene. The public hanging of Majidreza Rahnavard came …
Read More »Turkey’s pending Syria invasion motivated by politics, not security concerns, experts say
Turkey’s impending invasion of northern Syria likely results from “political reasons” rather than a national security need, and it remains unclear how officials will declare “mission success,” experts told Fox News Digital. “This is a politically motivated military incursion rather than a sort of, you know, tactically sound or, you …
Read More »French dance teacher ousted from elite university after given ultimatum on using ‘men-women’ terminology
A ballroom dance teacher at elite French university Sciences Po Paris is out of a job after she was reprimanded for insisting on calling dance students “men” and “women,” as opposed to using non-gendered language. “I say women on one side and men on the other because in dance there …
Read More »Man kills 3, injures others in Rome condo board meeting shooting
Three women died and others were injured after a man opened fire during a condominium board meeting in Rome, Italy, according to authorities. The shooting took place in the outdoor seating area of a bar called “Il Posto Giusto,” or “The Right Place” in the neighborhood of Fidene. A 57-year-old …
Read More »Who is Lockerbie bombing suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi?
The Justice Department announced Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was taken into U.S. custody and will face charges for his alleged role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Mas’ud was a longtime operative for Libyan intelligence, including service as an expert in building explosive devices from approximately 1973 to 2011, …
Read More »Sweden touts nuclear energy as remedy to Russian dependence, high prices: ‘a dire situation’
Nuclear energy is a key tool to reduce dependence on Russian oil and gas while also helping provide a cheaper alternative as Europe faces a heating crisis this winter, according to Sweden’s minister for foreign affairs. Tobias Billström, who assumed his role in October as minister of foreign affairs told …
Read More »Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner praises Ukraine invasion and wants to join the fighting
Viktor Bout, the arms dealer who was returned to Russia in a prisoner swap for U.S. citizen Brittney Griner, praised his country’s invasion of Ukraine and said it should have happened earlier, according to state television. During an interview on Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today (RT), Bout said, “any Russian …
Read More »Russia seeking hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran in ‘full-fledged defense partnership’: UK
Russia is looking to obtain hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran as Tehran becomes one of Moscow’s top military backers, U.K. defense officials warned Saturday. Iran first faced international ire earlier this year when the White House announced that it had knowledge Tehran would be “gifting” Russia hundreds of drones …
Read More »Russia shells maternity hospital in Kherson, police reveal 47K war crimes reported
Russian forces on Saturday struck a maternity hospital in Kherson as Moscow continues to heavily shell civilian targets as both sides face off across the Dnieper River. No casualties were reported by Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the President’s Office, who confirmed the attack according to local news outlets. The …
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