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(Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he had asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a review to determine whether he had stuck to the rules on …

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested two convicted sex offenders in separate groups shortly after they illegally entered the United States, April 5. Around noon, …

By Joel Schectman and Brendan O’Brien WASHINGTON -The United States is committed to providing Ukraine with “the weapons it needs” to defend itself against Russia, U.S. national security adviser Jake …

By Khalil Ashawi and Tom Perry IDLIB, Syria/BEIRUT – Abdel Hamid al-Youssef said 25 members of his family, including his wife and infant twins, were killed when poison gas was …

DUBAI – Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the U.S. Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian …

By Sonali Paul and John Mair MELBOURNE/SYDNEY -Australia will hold a general election on May 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, triggering a campaign expected to be fought …

SHANGHAI – China’s foreign ministry expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with the United States late on Saturday after it raised concerns over China’s coronavirus control measures. The U.S. State Department said on …

By Moira Warburton and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is endorsing celebrity surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running as a Republican in …

By Elizabeth Piper KYIV – Ukraine is ready for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, and British …

China Stockpiling Nuclear Weapons At An Alarming Rate: REPORT Philip Lenczycki on April 9, 2022 China is racing to stockpile nuclear weapons capable of striking North America, The Wall Street …

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD -Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted on Sunday when he lost a vote of confidence in parliament, after being deserted by …

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Laredo Port of Entry seized more than $3 million in alleged cocaine in a commercial truck containing …

By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ – Hundreds of commercial trucks waited in an hours-long line on Saturday to cross the border from the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez into …

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – A small group of protesters gathered Saturday outside a sheriff’s office in southwestern Texas where a 26-year-old woman was reportedly charged with murder after performing …

By Syed Raza Hassan and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD – Shehbaz Sharif, the person most likely to be Pakistan’s next prime minister, is little known outside his home country but …

(Reuters) – Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died on Saturday at the age of 24 after being hit by a vehicle, according to a report on the NFL website on …

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The first all-private team of astronauts ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS) were welcomed aboard the orbiting research platform on Saturday to begin a …

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD -Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Sunday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, bringing to a premature end a tenure marked by a …

(Refiles to fix garble in headline) SHANGHAI – Shanghai carried out another round of mass COVID-19 testing on Saturday, this time testing residents at least twice in a single day, …

By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank -Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian militant in the occupied West Bank on Saturday during a raid in the hometown of a gunman who had …

By Tassilo Hummel PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appealed to younger, progressive-leaning voters in his last scheduled interview before Sunday’s first-round presidential vote while his forecast lead over …

DUBAI -Iran said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on 24 more Americans, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, as months of …

By Mari Saito BUCHA, Ukraine – Before the war in Ukraine, Bohdan Zubchuk’s job as a community police officer involved patrolling the quiet streets of Bucha outside Kyiv and dealing …

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility intercepted $13,600,000 in alleged fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. “The Pharr cargo …