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World Voters in Georgia went to the polls on Saturday in the most important election since the country’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. But two days later, tens of thousands rallied in front of the country’s parliament building, alleging the election was rigged. Thousands rally in front ofContinue Reading

World More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers surrounded a populous neighborhood on the outskirts of El Salvador’s capital on Monday in an effort to quash the remnants of gangs the president said were trying to set up shop in the area. More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 policeContinue Reading

World·New Authorities — including the FBI — are investigating after early morning fires were set in U.S. election ballot drop boxes in Portland, Ore., and in nearby Vancouver, Wash. Fires were in Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash.The Associated Press · Posted: Oct 28, 2024 4:27 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

World Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were operations to root out regrouping Hamas militants. Palestinians in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun lack access to medical supplies,Continue Reading

Puerto Ricans angered, hurt, by insults hurled at Trump rally Musician Bad Bunny threw his support behind U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris on Sunday, sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made crude jokes at Donald Trump’s rally about Latinos and called Puerto Rico aContinue Reading

World The makeup of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted coalition in a weekend snap election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. Perennial power LDP and partner lose 64 seats, putting new PMContinue Reading

World At least 120 killed by Sudanese paramilitary group in multi-day rampage, UN and doctors’ group sayFighters from the notorious paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors’ group and the United NationsContinue Reading

World Georgia’s president, Salome Zourabichvili, claimed on Sunday the country was the victim of a Russian “special operation,” as she stood alongside Georgia’s opposition to say she did not recognize the results of the parliamentary election. President Salome Zourabichvili joins Georgia’s opposition in rejecting results of voteThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

Egypt’s president says his country has proposed a two-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, speaking in Cairo on Sunday, said the proposal also includes the release of some Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid toContinue Reading