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[ad_1] The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas reportedly issued a statement Thursday declaring that there will be no more discussions about releasing the hostages it is holding until Israel stops its military campaign in Gaza.  “There is a Palestinian national decision that there should be no talk about prisoners or exchange …

[ad_1] Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday. The boats are the latest in a surge of vessels that have arrived in Aceh, most carrying Rohingya refugees from southern Bangladesh, where the persecuted Muslim minority fled in 2017 …

[ad_1] A wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth on Thursday destroyed at least two homes and injured two people, officials said. An emergency warning was issued for the eastern suburb of Parkerville where the fire was sparked by a tree …

[ad_1] close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for December 20 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A passenger train on Wednesday struck a group of maintenance workers on the tracks, killing two of them and injuring four others, police said. ICELAND VOLCANO …

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[ad_1] A retired fisherman claims he found a large piece of missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 off the coast of South Australia, resurfacing what remains one of the world’s most vexing aviation puzzles. “I wish to Christ I’d never seen the thing … but there it is. It was a …

[ad_1] Officials in Singapore charged a man who allegedly stole over $23,000 from multiple passengers on a flight from Vietnam. Zhang Xiuqiang, 52, a Chinese national, boarded Scoot airlines flight TR305 on Dec. 16 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Changi Airport  in Singapore when he allegedly stole $23,260 …

[ad_1] Lengthy polling delays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo forced authorities to extend voting on Wednesday. Incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi is seeking a second, final five-year term as he squares off against prominent opposition figure Moïse Katumbi and 25 other candidates. Some 44 million people are expected to …

[ad_1] Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse, 78, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1982 murders of 15 political opponents. The notorious “December murders” were prosecuted over the course of a 16-year criminal case. “We have received a gem of a verdict,” Hugo Essed, a lawyer for …

[ad_1] The former wife of a deceased French serial killer was given a life sentence on Tuesday for her role in the decades-old rape and murders of two young women and the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl, according to media reports.  Monique Olivier, 75, stood trial in France for her …