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Iran’s attorney general has announced that the country is abolishing its morality police, a potential concession after months of protests against the regime. The morality police “was abolished by the same authorities who installed it,” Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said Saturday, according to a report from the The New …

Leading clerics in the Church of England declined to comment on the recent sermon at Trinity College, Cambridge, that stoked international backlash for speaking of the “trans body” of Jesus Christ. Rev. Dr. Michael Banner, who serves as the dean of Trinity College, recently came to the defense of Joshua …

A traffic stop by Mexico police led to the discovery of 660 pounds of fentanyl stuffed into coconuts. The drug-filled coconuts were located Thursday in a truck traveling on a highway in the northern border state of Sonora. Authorities believe the truck was heading to the U.S. Prosecutors said the …

Twitter CEO Elon Musk suggested Saturday morning that Twitter possibly interfered in Brazil’s recent contentious presidential election.  “I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election,” Musk wrote on the platform he took control of in October just days before the election. “If those tweets are accurate, …

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin delivered a strong warning to China at a Saturday event saying that its efforts to reshape the region will not be allowed by the United States. “The PRC is the only country with both the will and increasingly the power to reshape its region and …

Since the beginning of the Ukraine war in February, sanctions against oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin have been used as a tool to put pressure on Russia. Assets affected thus far have included yachts, luxury planes and lavish residences throughout the world. According to a Wednesday press release …

French President Emmanuel Macron met with billionaire Elon Musk to cap off his visit to the U.S. this week.  Macron spent an hour talking with Musk, current CEO and owner of Twitter, and the pair discussed a number of topics, from green energy targets to concerns about content moderation on …

Protests have erupted in Wuhan, China, over the government’s strict COVID measures in a rare show of defiance, prompting U.S. Senators on Friday to warn Beijing against any violent crackdowns. In a bipartisan letter to China’s Washington ambassador, Qin Gang, a group 42 Senators warned China that they were “closely” …

Turkey launches airstrikes near US base in Syria Chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on how the Pentagon has responded to recent airstrikes that threatened the safety of U.S. personnel in Syria on ‘Special Report.’ The Pentagon has urged Turkey to stand down on its plan to invade Syria …

Ukraine on Saturday temporarily opened river crossings outside of Kherson city to evacuate citizens from Russian controlled territories where fighting is expected to ramp up. “The evacuation is necessary due to the possible intensification of hostilities in this area. Therefore, the ban on moving across the waters will be lifted,” …