Venezuela Pres. Maduro claimed that over 8.2 million Venezuelans answered his call to volunteer to take up arms to "guarantee peace" against the threats that Maduro (probably correctly) perceives fr …

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Coming up this week The 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens today - although the most consequential sessions - including those at which several U.S. allies plan to break from U.S. policy and recog …

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Ukraine France's Pres. Macron announced that 26 countries have formally agreed to be "present on the ground, in the sea or in the air” to guarantee Ukraine's security in a potential futur …

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Guyana Initial results suggest Guyana's president, Irfaan Ali, won re-election on Monday. Rival parties are contesting preliminary results in some districts, but the poll largely went smoothly, and …

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Venezuela The U.S. carried out what the Pentagon called a "precision strike against a drug vessel operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization," killing 11 aboard and marking the first kine …

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Afghanistan The death toll from Sunday's devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 1,124 and is expected to rise far higher once updates trickle in from the remote mountainous areas …

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