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Metro By Georgett Roberts and Kathianne Boniello Published Dec. 23, 2023, 8:12 am ET A pair of allegedly racist Long Island squatters who hadn’t paid their mortgage in more than a decade appear to have finally moved out a week after their “abuse” of the court system was exposed by …

Russia’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday rejected an application by a candidate calling for peace to stand in next year’s presidential elections.The commission cited “mistakes in documents” submitted by Yekaterina Duntsova, a former journalist and city councillor campaigning “for peace and democratic processes”, Russian television reported.The commission’s chief, Ella Pamfilova, …

GAZA — Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued late into the night on Friday, with reports of sustained air strikes and ground attacks. A strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed at least 18 people, according to Palestinian media. People in another camp, Bureij, were ordered …

A fiery article in the revolutionary newspaper of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran earlier this month threatened the U.S. and its assets, as well as its allies, in the Middle East. According to the Dec. 11 article titled “Maximum Pressure With A ‘Balance Of Horror And …

Thirteen unaccompanied minors are among the more than 300 Indian passengers of a Nicaragua-bound plane held in France over suspected human trafficking, authorities told AFP on Saturday.The Airbus A340 has been held at Vatry airport, 150 kilometres (95 miles) east of Paris, since arriving from Dubai on Thursday following an …

MANAGUA — A second bishop was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities on Thursday, two sources told CNN, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition figures and the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega. Bishop Isidoro Mora, of the Siuna church on the country’s Caribbean coast, was arrested after taking …

Israel-linked merchant vessel hit by drone attack in Indian Ocean, alert issued | Oneindia  One India News Drone Strike Hits Ship In Indian Ocean, Triggers Fire On Board: Report  NDTV Drone strike hits ship off India’s coast — maritime agencies  The Times of Israel Drone strike hits vessel off India’s coast: Report  IndiaTimes Drone …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that 136 United Nations colleagues in Gaza Strip had died in 75 days, something the global organization had “never seen” in its history. “Most of our staff have been forced from their homes,” the UN chief added in a post on X this morning. …

GAZA — The United Nations says Gaza is at risk of famine if the war between Israel and Hamas continues. A quarter of households — roughly 500,000 people — are facing “catastrophic conditions”, a UN food security agency found. It says the territory’s entire population of roughly 2.2m people is …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s war to destroy Hamas has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said Friday, as Israel expanded its offensive and ordered tens of thousands more people to leave their homes. The deaths in Gaza amount to nearly 1% of the territory’s prewar …