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January 9, 2025

Poland adopts resolution protecting Netanyahu from arrest if he attends Auschwitz liberation commemoration

Poland passed a resolution to ensure the safe participation of Israeli representatives who attend 80th anniversary commemorations of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

January 9, 2025

'Dinosaur highway' footprints dating back 166 million years discovered in England

A “dinosaur highway" containing nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years was discovered in a limestone quarry southern England.

January 8, 2025

Mexico offers protection to famed singer after drug cartel death threats

Mexican authorities are offering protection to famed regional Mexican singer Natanael Cano and other artists after a drug cartel publicly threatened them, prosecutors said.

January 8, 2025

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from detention in Iran

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was released after being detained in Iran for three weeks. Sala's plight became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the U.S.

January 7, 2025

At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India's northeastern Assam state

Indian authorities have summoned the army to help rescue at least nine workers who are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the country's northeastern Assam state.

January 6, 2025

Congo to execute over 170 people convicted of armed robbery, official says

Over 170 inmates have been flown from the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to a high-security prison where they will be executed, according to authorities.

January 5, 2025

Austrian nationalist party leader rumored to be in talks to form government

Herbert Kickl, leader of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, met with President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday, further fueling rumors that he will be asked to form a government.

January 2, 2025

FBI found 150 bombs at Virginia home in December, prosecutors say

Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man last month, according to a court filing.

January 2, 2025

Honolulu fireworks accident kills 3, injures over 20: 'worst possible, war-zone injuries'

An accident involving fireworks killed three people and injured more than 20 others, some critically, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on New Year's Eve.

January 2, 2025

Former top NYPD official's home searched amid allegations he demanded sex for overtime pay

Authorities searched the home of Jeffrey Maddrey, a former top NYPD official who resigned after being accused of demanding sex from a subordinate for overtime opportunities.