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Neo-Nazi Podcasters Who Called for Prince Harry’s Death Are Sentenced
[ad_1] Two neo-Nazi podcasters who called for the execution of Prince Harry were sentenced to prison in London on Thursday. The podcast hosts, Christopher Gibbons, 40, and Tyrone Patten-Walsh, 36, both from London, had been convicted in July on all charges against them. Mr. Gibbons, who was convicted of encouraging acts of terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications, was sentenced…
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Families of American Hostages Held in Gaza Release ‘Bring Them Home’ TV Ad
[ad_1] “Sons, brothers, fathers, Americans. Brutalized, murdered. Act now or more will die,” a narrator says. “Every second counts. Do everything. Bring them home now.” More than 1,200 people were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, and about 240 people were abducted to Gaza, according to Israeli officials. A weeklong pause in the fighting in late November led to the…
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To Bolster Army, Putin Eases Citizenship Path for Foreigners
[ad_1] President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has approved a measure that makes it easier for foreigners to acquire Russian citizenship if they enlist in the army amid the war in Ukraine, part of an effort to increase the military’s ranks while also sparing Russians from being deployed to the battlefield. Under the decree, which the Kremlin published on Thursday,…
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Israel-Hamas War Latest Updates: Blinken Heads to Middle East
[ad_1] Amid clashes in several neighborhoods in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces arrested at least 20 Palestinians and killed one person on Thursday, according to local news media outlets and a prominent Palestinian human rights group. The Palestinian Prisoners Club, a nongovernmental rights group, said in a statement that Israeli forces made the arrests in Nur Shams, a neighborhood…
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Eurozone Price Pressures Edged Higher to End the Year
[ad_1] What It Looks Like in Germany, France and Spain: The effect from Europe’s largest economies. In Germany, inflation jumped at an annual rate of 3.8 percent, up from 2.3 percent in November. But the increase was less than expected and driven by a statistical quirk: Energy costs in late 2022 were pushed to particularly low levels by one-time payments…
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Residents Near Israel-Lebanon Border Live With Uncertainty
[ad_1] As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, some Israeli residents are making trips back to their homes along the border with Lebanon despite orders to stay away, while others wait with uncertainty. [ad_2] Source link
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A Palestinian Man Vanished Oct. 7. His Family Wants to Know Who Killed Him.
[ad_1] On a clear December morning, two Palestinian brothers stood on a mound in southern Israel that overlooked Gaza, watching smoke rise after Israeli airstrikes. It was a conflicted moment for the men, Abd Al-Mughani Abu Amar, 37, and Mahmood Abu Amar, 24. They live in Israel, in East Jerusalem, and were thinking of their relatives in Hamas-controlled Gaza, whom…
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North Korea Fires Artillery Near Border With South Korea
[ad_1] North Korea fired 200 rounds of artillery into waters near its disputed western sea border with South Korea on Friday, a move that prompted the South’s military to ask residents on two nearby islands to take shelter. The shells fell north of the disputed border, known as the Northern Limit Line, between 9 and 11 a.m., and caused no…
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Unauthorized Settlement Surges in Occupied West Bank, Advocacy Group Says
[ad_1] Under the cover of the war in Gaza, Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank have carried out a “surge” of unauthorized moves to expand their footprint in the territory, according to a report by Peace Now, an Israeli advocacy group that opposes settlements and tracks their progress. Peace Now’s settlement watch team said it had recorded the establishment…
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Oscar Pistorius, Olympic Athlete Convicted of Murder, Is Released
[ad_1] Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete hailed as an inspirational figure until he was accused and convicted of killing his girlfriend, was released on parole on Friday after more than seven years in prison. Mr. Pistorius quietly left a Pretoria prison, away from the public glare that characterized his high-profile trial nearly a decade ago, and the subsequent stop-start…
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