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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country. The operation, according to the army’s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains which form a part of the militant group’s stronghold. It resulted in the release of …
In this web exclusive, Steven Spielberg, director of the new film “Disclosure Day,” walks Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz through a scene from his 1977 UFO classic “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” discussing Richard Dreyfuss’ performance, the widescreen aspect ratio, and John Williams’ music.
Five people were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained when a strong wind tore through an area occupied by fans at the Morgantown Super Regional NCAA baseball tournament game between West Virginia and Cal Poly on Saturday, according to the university. Video from the storm showed rain and wind that reached speeds of …
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Assailants launched several shooting attacks close to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding five others, according to Israel’s rescue services. Israel’s police said they had killed one attacker. Large cohorts of Israeli soldiers carried out searches in the area, on the ground and …
KYIV, June 7 (Reuters) – An opera by a Ukrainian composer that premiered in Kyiv this week tells the story of two mothers and a grandmother who risked their lives to travel 3,000 miles (4,800 km) to occupied Crimea to rescue children abducted by Russian forces. “Mothers of Kherson”, co-commissioned by New York’s Metropolitan Opera, …
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday to discuss ongoing support for Ukraine. The U.K., France and Germany, the so-called E3 group of European nations, have been prominent backers of Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February …
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – Fourteen weeks after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Iran, the U.S. military is adjusting to an unusual state of conflict that is not full-scale war, but also far from peace. On ships and bases in the Middle East, U.S. troops — some recovering from injuries — operate amid …
By Alexander Villegas and Marco Aquino LIMA, June 7 (Reuters) – Peruvians vote in a tight run-off presidential election on Sunday that will either continue Latin America’s rightward shift or buck the trend with a leftist candidate who rattled markets. Voters are choosing between conservative Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former hardline President Alberto Fujimori …
SEOUL, June 7 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Sunday that he called for a thorough probe into a ballot shortage that impacted recent local elections, adding that the prosecution and police would be involved in the investigation. “As one citizen and as the president responsible for the government, I express …
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 7 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s security forces have freed 360 men, women and children from a mountain hideout where they were being held by kidnappers in Borno state in its northeast, after an intelligence-led operation, the military said on Sunday. The government of the West African nation has struggled for years to tackle …