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Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions

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Destroyed buildings from Israeli airstrike are seen in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions

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In this image made from video, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape sign agreements in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 22, 2023. The United States signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday as it competes with China for influence in the Pacific. (Australian Broadcasting Corp. via AP)

South Sea scramble: Blinken, Austin lead challenge to China’s Pacific Islands clout

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Police break up organ-trafficking ring after missing teen found with kidney removed

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Manchester United's Paul Pogba looks up during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at King Power stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. French prosecutors are investigating allegations that World Cup winner Paul Pogba was targeted by extortion attempts by his brother and childhood friends. The Paris prosecutor's office said Monday Aug. 29, 2022 it opened an investigation earlier this month into attempted organized extortion, which is being handled by anti-corruption police. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

Soccer star Paul Pogba’s brother arrested in connection with alleged extortion attempt

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin claims Ukraine invasion going as planned

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Steam comes out of the chimneys of the coal-fired power station in Niederaussem, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The climate change conference COP26 will start next Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Russian panelist at climate change conference apologizes for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Officials say armed men killed journalist in southern Yemen

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

This image released by World Press Photo on Thursday April 16, 2020, taken by Yasuyoshi Chiba, Agence France-Presse, won the World Press Photo of the Year award, and the first prize in the General News Singles category, a young man, illuminated by mobile phones, recites protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans calling for civilian rule, during a blackout in Khartoum, Sudan, on 19 June 2019. (Yasuyoshi Chiba, Agence France-Presse/World Press Photo via AP)

Sudan protest image wins prestigious World Press Photo award

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this image released by World Press Photo Thursday April 12, 2018, which won the World Press Photo of the Year and the first prize Spot News singles category, titled &quot;Venezuela Crisis&quot; by Ronaldo Schemidt for Agence France-Presse shows José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catching fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, May 3, 2017. (Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP, World Press Photo via AP)

Photo of Venezuela unrest wins World Press Photo contest

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In this May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Ecuador blames Britain over Julian Assange impasse

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, Ecuador' President Lenin Moreno speaks during a military ceremony on Independence Day in Quito, Ecuador. Ecuador’s president lashed out at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Jan. 21, 2018 even as he contends his government is working behind the scenes to help him out of the Ecuadorean embassy in London. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Julian Assange impasse ‘more than a nuisance’ for Ecuador: Lenin Moreno

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy, in London, Friday May 19, 2017. Assange has won his battle against extradition to Sweden, which wanted to question him about a rape allegation. He has spent nearly five years inside the Embassy of Ecuador in London to avoid being sent to Sweden, which announced Friday that the investigation has been discontinued. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Ecuador seeks mediator to resolve Julian Assange impasse

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Facebook's "like" symbol is posted at the entrance to the company's campus in Menlo Park, California, in this June 11, 2014, photo. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Facebook mind crime: Swiss man fined over $4K for ‘likes’ on ‘unseemly content’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during a joint press conference with Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella after a meeting in Moscowís Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Sergio Mattarella is in Russia on an official visit. (Sergei Chirikov/ Pool photo via AP)

Putin says U.S., international community looking to frame Syria’s Assad on chemical weapon use

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre poses for pictures with managers and players prior to what the organisers said was a soccer match between Turkey's soccer stars against terrorism, in Istanbul, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. The match, arranged by the Turkish Football Federation consisted of two all-star teams facing each other made of players from teams competing in Turkish Super League. All ticket revenue will be handed over to the families of people who died in recent bomb attacks in Istanbul and Kayseri. (AP Photo)

Turkey amasses troops along Syrian border as march to Raqqa continues

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Floral tributes are laid out near the site of the truck attack in the French resort city of Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. France has been stunned again after a large white truck killed many people after it mowed through a crowd of revellers gathered for a Bastille Day fireworks display in the Riviera city of Nice. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel identified as Nice truck attacker: French media reports

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a televised speech at the presidency compound in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 4, 2015. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iranian barbers forbidden from giving ‘devil-worshipping hairstyles’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times