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Former president of Honduras is on trial, facing charges that he ran a 'narco state'

5:28pm February 20, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

Once touted as a key U.S. ally in the war against drugs, former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández's trial begins in New York, as he stands accused of overseeing a "narco state."

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U.S. vetoes call for ceasefire in Gaza for a third time

5:09pm February 20, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

The Biden administration has again used its veto power on the UN security council to block a call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A U.S. ambassador suggested a different draft resolution.

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Armored car repair shop workers build an experimental version of a military vehicle in the facility of the Ukrainian Armor Design and Manufacturing Co.

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With Western military aid increasingly uncertain, Ukraine builds its own weapons

5:09pm February 20, 2024

Ukraine's domestic arms manufacturers bristle at the notion the country relies entirely on military aid from the U.S. and Europe. The country's weapons development and production, they say, is robust.

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Jewish visitors walk protected by Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount complex to Jews, in Jerusalem on April 9, 2023, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, also coinciding with the Jewish Passover holiday.

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Israel ponders restricting access to one of Islam's holiest sites for Ramadan

3:49pm February 20, 2024

by D. Parvaz

The proposal comes at a time when the war between Israel and Hamas has put Palestinians and Israelis on edge.

The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a cease-fire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday. The resolution was vetoed by the U.S.

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The U.S. has again vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

12:55pm February 20, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

Tuesday's vote marked the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The Arab nations behind the plan hoped to show broad support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.

Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna's hair in Anna's home in Milan, Italy, in February 2023.

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Ukrainian caregivers in Italy feel effects of war from afar

11:04am February 20, 2024

by Chiara Negrello

Photographer Chiara Negrello documented Ukrainian caregivers in Italy as they try to stay connected to family back home during the ongoing war.

Julian Assange supporters hold up a banner that says "Free Assange No U.S. Extradition" outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in Dec. 2022.

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Assange starts last fight against U.S. extradition; Egypt builds wall near Gaza border

8:02am February 20, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

WikiLeaks founder Assange's latest battle to avoid extradition to U.S. Egypt builds buffer in anticipation of a Palestinian refugee spillover. Louisiana's legislature begins special session on crime.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is shown making a statement to the media gathered outside the High Court in London, Dec. 5, 2011.

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WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final legal battle to avoid extradition to U.S.

3:10am February 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Julian Assange's lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges.

Haiti's President Jovenel Moise sits with his wife Martine during his swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017. A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Moïse issued a final report that indicts his widow, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti's National Police, Léon Charles, among others.

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Wife of assassinated Haitian president is indicted in his killing

12:48am February 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

A judge in Haiti probing the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the ex-chief of Haiti's National Police, Léon Charles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a factory on Thursday.

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Putin's regime is 'running out of fuel,' a Russian opposition activist tells NPR

6:54pm February 19, 2024

If the Russian president continues to burn through his reserves of oil and gas money, ordinary people will become a threat to his power, according to one outspoken activist.

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