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Bangladesh PM resigns, leaves country after residence is stormed by protesters, ending 15-year rule

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence. Shortly after local media showed the embattled leader boarding a military helicopter with her sister, Bangladesh’s military chief Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman announced plans to seek the president’s guidance on forming...

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Top Venezuelan prosecutor launches criminal investigation into Maduro opposition

Venezuela’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation on Monday, into President Nicolás Maduro’s opponents for calling on the country’s armed forces to stop supporting their leader and stop repressing demonstrators. The Associated Press reported that Attorney General Tarek William Saab released a statement on the investigation tied to a written appeal by presidential candidate Edmundo...

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Israel considers preemptive strike on Iran as tensions escalate: report

Israeli officials are leaving no options off the table as they consider the possibility of hitting Iran with a preemptive strike while Jerusalem stares down threats in every direction. Following a Sunday meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief security officials from the defense ministry, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mossad and...

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US hands last base in Niger to military junta

The U.S. handed over its last military base in Niger — one of two crucial hubs for American counterterrorism operations in the country — to local authorities, the U.S. Department of Defense and Niger’s Ministry of Defense announced in a joint statement on Monday. The handing over of Airbase 201 in the city of Agadez...

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IDF says 'suspicious aerial targets' crossed from Lebanon before Israeli forces knocked them down

The Israeli Defense Forces said Sunday that it located “numerous suspicious aerial targets” crossing from Lebanon, prompting Israel to launch multiple interceptors that knocked the targets to the ground. According to a press release from the IDF, a fall was identified adjacent to the kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar. This came after sirens were heard in the...

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Riots erupt in UK after stabbing spree falsely blamed on asylum seeker

Riots have broken out across the U.K. in recent days over false rumors spread online that an asylum seeker was responsible for a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event that left three girls dead and others wounded. The suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, who was born in Wales to Rwandan...

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IDF uncovers massive smuggling tunnel for vehicles on Gaza-Egypt border

Israel Defense Forces discovered a large tunnel that is big enough to allow vehicles to pass through on the border between Gaza and Egypt, officials said Sunday. The 10-foot-tall tunnel was found last week on the so-called Philadelphi Route as IDF troops were in the area to search for tunnel routes that Hamas terrorists were...