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[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an order that will grant citizenship to foreigners who fight against Ukraine.  According to the decree, foreign nationals who serve with the Russian military for at least one year will be eligible to receive citizenship for both themselves and their families. The Kremlin extended …

[ad_1] Queen Margrethe, Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, concluded her last New Year celebrations in Denmark’s capital before her abdication on Jan. 14. Thousands braved freezing temperatures to cheer the popular queen during her last public appearance as monarch. The 83-year-old queen will hand the throne to her oldest son, Crown Prince …

[ad_1] Thirty-one migrants have been rescued in Mexico after a group of armed and masked gunmen kidnapped them from a bus traveling to the border with Texas over the weekend, Mexican authorities said Wednesday. Presidential spokesman Jesús Ramírez said in a post on X that the army and national guard …

[ad_1] The approximately 10-year-old daughter of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un will likely succeed her father in the dictatorship.  South Korea’s National Intelligence Service announced Thursday that Kim Ju Ae is forecast as the dictator’s very likely heir apparent, according to all available data collected. “Based on analyses …

[ad_1] British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly under investigation by a government watchdog in the United Kingdom after claiming that a backlog of migrant asylum cases has been completely cleared.  “I said that this government would clear the backlog of asylum decisions by the end of 2023. That’s exactly …

[ad_1] A new joint currency will be launched this year for the Dutch Caribbean constituent countries of Curaçao and St. Maarten more than a decade after they became autonomous within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, according to a recent bank report. NETHERLANDS STRESSES COMMITMENT TO ‘STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP’ WITH SOUTH KOREA …

[ad_1] A Ugandan military helicopter being used in the fight against Islamic extremists in neighboring Congo crashed into a Ugandan house on Tuesday, killing both crew members and a civilian in the building, Uganda’s military said. The cause of the attack helicopter’s crash in the western district of Ntoroko near …

[ad_1] Kachin Independence Army fighters claimed Wednesday to have shot down a Burmese military helicopter. The rebel group is one of several ethnic resistance forces combating Burma’s military dictatorship. Burma has been ruled by military junta since the 2021 overthrow of democratically-elected State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Fighters from …

[ad_1] The head of Hezbollah threatened Israel on Wednesday, saying the Lebanese terrorist group is not afraid of war following a drone strike Tuesday that killed a senior Hamas leader in Beirut. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called the killing of Saleh Arouri, the founder of Hamas’ military wing, a …

[ad_1] One soldier was killed and 12 were injured Wednesday in an attack with explosives on a military unit in western Colombia that the army blamed on the notorious Gulf Clan drug cartel. The attack occurred early Wednesday in a military facility in the municipality of Turbo, about 300 miles …