Kachin Independence Army fighters claimed Wednesday to have shot down a Burmese military helicopter.The rebel group is one of several ethnic resistance forces combating Burma’s military dictatorship.Burma has been ruled by military junta since the 2021 overthrow of democratically-elected State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.Fighters from an ethnic minority group…

The head of Hezbollah threatened Israel on Wednesday, saying the Lebanese terrorist group is not afraid of war following a drone strike Tuesday that killed a senior Hamas leader in Beirut.Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called the killing of Saleh Arouri, the founder of Hamas’ military wing, a “flagrant Israeli…

One soldier was killed and 12 were injured Wednesday in an attack with explosives on a military unit in western Colombia that the army blamed on the notorious Gulf Clan drug cartel.The attack occurred early Wednesday in a military facility in the municipality of Turbo, about 300 miles northwest of…

Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in November, Sierra Leone’s government said Wednesday.Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from the…

A sign directed the animals to line up to be counted and several of the 74 Humboldt penguins did just that, waiting patiently Wednesday to be tallied in the London Zoo’s annual census.Not all the animals were as obedient.Crispin, an endangered Sumatran tiger cub, treated a chalk board like cat…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei suffered a judicial blow Wednesday as a court suspended labor rule changes he recently announced as part of sweeping deregulation and austerity measures aimed at reviving Argentina’s struggling economy.The ruling by a three-judge court came on a legal challenge brought by the…

Steven Kabuye, a well-known gay rights activist from Uganda, has been hospitalized in critical condition following a stabbing.”Steven claims that these two guys’ intentions were to kill him not robbing and also claims that it seems they have been following him several days,” fellow activist Hans Senfuma wrote of the…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican prosecutors investigating Wander Franco amid allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor delivered evidence Wednesday to a judge who is expected to soon rule on the player’s future.The judge is scheduled to analyze the documents and other…

Authorities in Argentina have arrested three men, including a Syrian national, in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas on suspicion of being part of a terror cell, the government announced Wednesday.Security Minister Patricia Bullrich did not disclose the identity of the men — who were detained over the weekend — but…

A Mexican cartel is accused of setting up Wi-Fi networks using stolen equipment, as well as terrorizing civilians into using and paying for the service.The group charged its roughly 5,000 victims at elevated rates of up to $30 per month for the makeshift service, claiming they would be killed for…