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A Russian journalist was convicted of disparaging the military Wednesday and received a six-year prison sentence, the latest punishment in a relentless crackdown on critics of Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. The court in the city of Barnaul in southern Siberia found Maria Ponomarenko guilty of “spreading false information about the …

An inflatable rubber boat carrying migrants wrecked off the coast of Libya and 73 people were missing and presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday. It was the latest tragedy involving migrants seeking better lives in Europe. The U.N. International Organization for Migration said in a statement that the …

Police in the U.K. say they have finally confirmed the identity of a man who was discovered in a quiet beach town claiming to have no memory of who he is. But more questions remain. “Officers who have been making (inquiries) to establish the identity of a man who was …

Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi was found not guilty Wednesday of witness tampering, in a trial related to the sexually charged “bunga bunga” parties he held at his villa near Milan while he was in office. The six-year-old trial is the third and likely final one in a scandal that …

More than a week after his home was wrecked in a deadly earthquake that hit southern Turkey, Mohammad Emin’s body is still covered in dust and grime. Like countless other victims of a catastrophe that killed more than 41,000 in Turkey and Syria, he is still waiting for a wash …

Hundreds of retirees took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednesday to protest cuts to medical benefits, according to residents and social media posts, following widespread demonstrations last year over COVID curbs. In the central city of Wuhan, hundreds of mainly elderly people could …

Syria is once again in desperate need of international attention and humanitarian assistance after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked it and neighboring Turkey, so far killing more than 36,000 people and leaving thousands more injured. Delivering aid as quickly as possible means getting aid straight across the Syrian border through …

An ISIS official who was involved in planning prison breaks of extremists in Syria was killed during a raid by U.S. and coalition forces last week, CENTCOM announced on Wednesday.  Multiple weapons, ammo, and a suicide belt were also seized during the raid on Feb. 10.  Officials did not release …

At least 39 migrants were killed and about 20 were injured early Wednesday when the bus they were riding in western Panama tumbled off a cliff, authorities said. Officials did not immediately report nationalities, but the migrants had crossed the treacherous Darien Gap from Colombia. The Panamanian government typically moves …

The People’s Republic of China is denying reports the government has not cooperated with the World Health Organization’s study into the origins of COVID-19. According to a report published in Nature Tuesday, the WHO has unceremoniously canceled the “second phase” of its investigations into the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.  …