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(FLORENCE, Italy and LONDON) — An Italian court on Wednesday re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander, upholding the only conviction still standing in association with the brutal murder of her roommate in 2007. The Florence court on Wednesday sentenced Knox to three years for slandering Patrick Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, in a written statement following […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, officials said, adding that “our team are safe.” “All American personnel in Lebanon are safe and accounted for,” Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said on ABC News’ Good Morning America on Wednesday. “One of our […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, officials said, adding that “our team are safe.” “Investigations are underway and we are in close contact with host country law enforcement,” embassy officials said on social media. Shots from “small arms” were heard at about 8:34 […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, Mexico’s election institute said early Monday. “For the first time in 200 years of the Republic, there will be a woman president and she will be transformative,” […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A North Korean official on Sunday vowed that the secretive country would stop floating trash-carrying balloons over the border into South Korea, but warned that the campaign may resume if South Korean groups continued sending leaflets north. North Korea sent about 3,500 balloons of various sizes across the border between […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

(LONDON) — Sudanese army leaders are rejecting peace talks with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group following U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s call with Sudanese Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan earlier this week. “We will not go to Jeddah, and whoever wants us to, should kill us in our country and take our […]