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Former Drug Enforcement Administration informant Joseph Vincent has pleaded guilty to his role in the successful 2021 plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.Vincent, a dual Haitian-American citizen, faces life in prison on various conspiracy charges.Moïse’s assassination is often blamed for fast-tracking Haiti’s descent into gang-dominated turmoil.A former confidential informant…
The U.S. on Tuesday said Russia rejected a new and a “significant” proposal that would have freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan.”This was a new proposal in recent weeks. It was a significant proposal,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press conference.…
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un implored women in the East Asian country to have more children and raise them as “communists,” and wept as he delivered the emotional address to an enraptured audience.”Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs…
Several former top military officials in Paraguay have been arrested as part of a cross-border law enforcement operation with Brazil to disband an arms smuggling ring that brought firearms from Europe to South America, officials said Tuesday.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was also involved in the year-long investigation, according…
The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service released several images Tuesday discovered in tunnels constructed by Hamas, including one showing five senior figures of the terror group who were killed during a strike. The picture shows a group of Hamas leaders in a meeting while eating, according to…
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social network X, shared a video Tuesday in which Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei says equality should never come before freedom, in a sign of how some notable conservatives are closely watching the incoming libertarian head of state.”We need to talk, Elon,” Milei replied…
A Mauritanian court handed down a five-year prison sentence to the country’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after finding him guilty of money laundering and self-enrichment, his attorneys said Tuesday.The Monday verdict wraps up a rare corruption trial in West Africa and closes a chapter in the long trajectory…
Greece’s health ministry is seeking police assistance against hoaxers who created a fake bedbug crisis.The hoax aimed to scare foreign tourists away from Athens short-term rental apartments, health officials say.The country has not experienced significant issues with bedbugs, unlike recent concerns in France.Greece’s health ministry is seeking police help against…
Military officials have identified the service members who were on board the U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan.An Air Force spokesperson said after days of “intensive, 24/7 search and rescue operations” for the eight Airmen involved in the crash on…
The granddaughter of Nelson Mandela is demanding reparations be paid to Africa by the British government for its years of colonizing the continent.Political activist Ndileka Mandela said in an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that she supports the idea of reparations from the royal family because “that’s where healing…
