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Among those rescued were servicemen from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, border guards, and police ...

Ludwig” and “Maria” had suffered an abrupt end to their clandestine careers, arrested just after finishing breakfast in their ...

Included in the swap was Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and American corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom were convicted of espionage charges that they vehemently ...

The exchange between the two countries followed negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates and marked the second such ...

MORE AGGRESSIVE: China has increasingly pressed its territorial claims in the South China Sea and threatened the death penalty for ‘Taiwan independence die-hards’ SENDING A MESSAGE: Taiwan must show ...