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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Tara John, Sophie Tanno, Jerome Taylor, Annette Choi and Gillian Roberts, CNN Published December 5, 2023 An 8-year-old soccer fan who enjoys playing video games. Young-adult siblings dancing away at a desert music festival. A 67-year-old agricultural expert and her relatives enjoying a family gathering. These are …

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray pressed a Senate committee yesterday to renew the authority of the US government to conduct warrantless surveillance outside the United States, arguing that failing to do so would be “devastating” to law …

JAKARTA — The death toll from a volcanic eruption in Indonesia has gone up to 22, after rescuers found nine more bodies. The search for the 10 missing hikers on Mount Marapi resumed on Tuesday after being paused due to safety worries. Officials said that nine bodies had been recovered …

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry on Tuesday challenged the U.K. government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke of Sussex has claimed that his …

The United Nations renewed its call for a ceasefire in Gaza as the Israeli aggression against the Strip continues.“What the resumption of fighting has done is it has led to return of civilians being killed, so people being killed with their families, in their homes as they’re receiving shelter, as …

WELLINGTON — Thousands of protesters across New Zealand have rallied against the new government’s plans to reverse policies which boosted Indigenous rights. Prime Minister Chris Luxon’s right-wing government wants to re-interpret the nation’s Indigenous treaty and roll back use of Māori language. Māori leaders have accused the three-party coalition of …

India’s right-wing ruling party has scored a resounding victory in regional elections, wresting control of key states in a major boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to bid for a third term in national elections in May. In the elections concluded on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party …

At least 14 people died and 35 others injured as a passenger tour bus veered off the road and collided with a tree in south Thailand’s Prachuap Khiri Khan province.The bus was travelling from the national capital Bangkok to Nathawi district, Songkhla province, local media reported on Tuesday.The front part …

STOCKHOLM — Gangland shootings and bombings that have plagued Sweden’s biggest cities have spread to quieter suburbs and towns, shattering its reputation as a safe and peaceful nation. Half an hour north of central Stockholm, Upplands-Bro features lakeside boat clubs, copper-red wooden villas and apartments flanked by pine and spruce …

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Search and rescue personnel combed Mount Marapi in Indonesia after a volcano erupted with dozens of hikers on its slopes. Five bodies have been recovered and an additional 18 are missing and expected to be found dead, authorities said on …