The Israel Defense Forces’ announcement that it has approved plans for an “offensive in Lebanon” is “another step towards a significant escalation” against the terrorist group Hezbollah, a former IDF spokesperson tells Fox News Digital.  The IDF released a photo this week showing a meeting of top generals discussing war…

The high price of tobacco in Gaza has given rise to a cigarette smuggling industry that now threatens United Nations aid convoys, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.Cigarettes can cost as much as $25 each in the war-torn region, and gangs have found ways to smuggle…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un signed a mutual aid pact on Wednesday, bringing the two nations closer than ever since the fall of the Soviet Union.The pact, which both leaders emphasized is a landmark agreement between the countries, reportedly covers defensive security, humanitarian…

An American solider arrested in Russia earlier this year was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on Wednesday, according to Russian state media via The Associated Press.Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, will serve three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony for theft and threats of murder…

Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, in the city of Mecca.The three-day stoning ritual in Mina, a desert site…

More than 200 protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament.Civil society groups said that demonstrations and a planned sit-down outside parliament buildings will continue despite the arrest of 210 protesters.AT…

The Chinese government is taking aim at European farmers instead of German automakers by launching an investigation into European Union pork imports, just days after the EU said it plans to impose provisional tariffs on China-made electric vehicles.The Commerce Ministry didn’t mention the EV tariffs when it announced Monday that…

Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, beginning a historic visit to the hermit kingdom expected to further forge a political coalition between the two former Soviet-governed states.Putin’s visit to the country is the first in more than two decades.”Pyongyang has always been our committed…

Thailand’s Senate approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law, on June 18, 2024.The Senate voted on Tuesday, the first day of the current parliamentary session, suggesting urgency in getting the…

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