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• Japan's foreign minister visits Poland to strengthen ties with the NATO nation

  9-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 27

  Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met with top officials in Poland on Monday to strengthen ties with the NATO nation, which borders Ukraine.

• Slovenian rescuers bring out 5 people trapped in a cave since Saturday

  9-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 26

  Slovenia's rescuers on Monday successfully extracted five people who have been trapped in a cave for more than two days because of high water...

• The EU loses about a million workers per year due to aging. Migration official urges legal options

  9-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 23

  The European Union's top official for migration said Monday that member states will have to confront tough policy challenges -- even in the current...

• Religious freedom panel seeks hearings as State Dept. omits India, Nigeria from watchlist

  9-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 24

  A federal religious liberty watchdog has called for a congressional hearing after the State Department again failed to place India and Nigeria on...

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• U.S. fighter jets to fly over Bosnia in a sign of support to the country as Serbs call for secession

  9-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 22

  Two U.S. fighter jets are set to fly over Bosnia on Monday in a demonstration of support for the Balkan country's integrity in the face of...

• Norwegian mass killer begins second attempt to sue state for alleged breach of human rights

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 29

  Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, launched his second attempt...

• German farmers block roads with tractors and stage protests against plan to scrap diesel tax breaks

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 20

  Farmers blocked highway access roads in parts of Germany Monday and snarled traffic elsewhere with their tractors, launching a week of protests...

• North Korea's Kim Jong-un turns 40, but there are no public celebrations of his birthday

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 30

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un turned 40 on Monday with no announced public celebrations at home, after he entered the new year with artillery...

• A heavy wave of Russian missile attacks pounds areas across Ukraine, killing at least 4 civilians

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 21

  Russia launched its latest barrage of hypersonic and cruise missiles against Ukrainian targets early Monday, striking near the front lines of...

• Fears grow that Israel, the U.S. and Iran's allies are inching closer to all-out war

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 29

  In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel,...

• Blinken brings U.S. push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 27

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel's war against...

• Thousands forced from homes by a deadly Japan earthquake on New Year's face stress and exhaustion

  8-1-2024 World Washington Times - World 22

  Thousands of people made homeless overnight are living in weariness and uncertainty on the western coast of Japan a week after a powerful...