Coming Up This Week Venezuela inaugurates its new president on Friday, Jan. 10. Pres. Maduro intends to be re-inaugurated, but opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia – who election tally data s …

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Venezuela Pres. Maduro's government announced a bounty of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of Edmundo González, who the opposition claims defeated Maduro in July's election.Gonzále …

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Russia In his annual epic press conference, Pres. Putin batted down suggestions that Russia has been weakened by nearly three years of war in Ukraine, saying the war has made Russia "much stronger."Pu …

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Syria Over 600 former Syrian government soldiers answered new de facto leader Ahmed al-Shara's call for reconciliation and turned themselves in to new government officials.The former fighters hope for …

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Syria The head of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), Ahmed al Shara (fka Abu Mohammed al-Golani), made an impassioned public plea for international recognition as Syria's legitimate leader, asking the U.S. …

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Hezbollah U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is "within our grasp" after Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri relayed Hezbollah's positive feedback on the late …

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