Jakarta, Indonesia — Multiple explosions shook a mosque at a high school during Friday prayers in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, injuring at least 54 people, mostly students, police said.
Witnesses told local television…
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What we know about China’s first domestically made aircraft carrier, the Fujian
China commissioned its first domestically engineered aircraft carrier, the Fujian, at a ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping on Hainan island, marking a significant advance in Beijing’s ambition to build a “world-class” military capable of challenging US naval dominance by…
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Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 5 dead in Vietnam after killing 188 in the Philippines
DAK LAK, Vietnam (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi brought fierce winds and torrential rains to Vietnam on Friday, killing at least five people, flattening homes, blowing off roofs and uprooting trees. In the…
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Video. Typhoon Kalmaegi: 5 dead as powerful storm batters central Vietnam
Streets in Dak Lak and Gia Lai were lined with fallen branches and twisted metal sheets.
As the water levels dropped, residents and local workers began clearing debris, repairing roofs and drying belongings in the sun.
Many towns saw…
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Freed hostage says captors joyfully tortured, whipped him repeatedly during captivity
Recently freed hostage Rom Braslavski, who was held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in Gaza for 738 days, was so severely beaten by his captors that he begged them to let him starve to death instead, he recounted in his first…
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10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here’s Where We Are
Almost exactly 10 years ago, a remarkable thing happened in a conference hall on the outskirts of Paris: After years of bitter negotiations, the leaders of nearly every country agreed to try to slow down global warming in an effort to…
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Prioritize economy over foreign policy, Republicans tell Trump
Republicans grappling with Tuesday’s Democratic romp are warning the White House that no matter how many foreign policy goals the president achieves, voters will care about the economy more.
Trump traveled to 13 countries in his first eight…
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Support for Israel among U.S. conservatives is cracking : NPR
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, speaking via live video conference at the Christians United for Israel’s…
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NPR reporter revisits Gaza for first time since war : NPR
A view of the destroyed Shujaiya neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City, from an Israeli military outpost in northern…
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Sweden has helped fund 400 drones for Ukraine’s strike campaign on Russian oil refineries
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Nov. 6 that Sweden has helped Ukraine produce 400 long-range drones, which are then often used to hit targets such as oil refineries deep inside Russia.
“Ukraine and Sweden are strengthening cooperation in…
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