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US President-elect Donald Trump announced that Tom Homan will be in charge of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the incoming administration, describing him as “border czar”.“I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump …

Russia prepares counteroffensive with 50,000 troops, potentially including North Koreans, sources say  ABC News It’s becoming clearer how Ukraine’s first attack on North Korean troops went down  Business Insider Ukraine intercepts radio communications from North Korean soldiers in Russia  UPI News What Would North Korean Soldiers Do in Ukraine?  The Moscow Times Trump urges …

One person was killed and 16 others were injured in a shooting at Tuskegee University in the US State of Alabama.A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a news release. He was leaving the area of the …

Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’  Fox News Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine  The Telegraph Iraq to amend marriage laws, allowing men to marry even 9-year-old girls: Report  Hindustan Times Back to medieval …

Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote as Trump looms large  Reuters Japan’s Ishiba Wins Runoff Vote to Stay as PM Ahead of Likely Trump Meeting  Bloomberg Shigeru Ishiba Wins Vote to Remain as Japan’s Prime Minister  The New York Times Japan’s parliament re-elects PM Shigeru Ishiba despite bruising election result  The Guardian Japan’s parliament …

Ishiba formally reelected as Japan PM, eyes minority gov’t  Kyodo News Plus Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote as Trump looms large  Reuters Japan’s Ishiba Wins Runoff Vote to Stay as PM Ahead of Likely Trump Meeting  Bloomberg Shigeru Ishiba Wins Vote to Remain as Japan’s Prime Minister  The New York Times Japan’s parliament …

Haiti’s prime minister ousted in latest blow to transition  The Washington Post Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille Is Fired  The New York Times Haiti’s transitional council moves to replace PM in contentious move  Al Jazeera English Haiti’s interim prime minister fired as security crisis mounts  The Guardian Haiti’s presidential council fires prime minister, names …

KYIV — A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia’s busiest airports, officials reported. Meanwhile, a huge night-time wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine. This came after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a …

Trump and trade worries cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku  Reuters COP29: World leaders meet in Baku as UN climate talks get under way  BBC.com Cop29: which climate finance ideas are most likely to work?  The Guardian COP29 opens in Azerbaijan for talks centred on climate funding  Al Jazeera English How much does Canada …

TEL AVIV — Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: “The beeper operation and the elimination of (Hezbollah’s …