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Syria’s first public trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus

The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus Sunday. Atef Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general who was head of the Political Security Branch in southern Syria's Daraa province under Assad, appeared in the courtroom to face charges related to “crimes against the Syrian people,” state-run news agency SANA reported. Najib was in that position in 2011 when teenagers who scrawled anti-government graffiti on a school wall in Daraa were arrested and tortured. The case became a catalyst for

Police in Northern Ireland declare security alert after reports of a car bomb explosion

UK says cooperating closely with US on security ahead of King Charles' visit

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Colombia explosives attack kills 13, police source says

At least 13 people were killed and 17 wounded in an explosives attack in western Colombia on Saturday, a police source told Reuters, in violence authorities have blamed on dissidents of the FARC guerrilla group.The attack took place on the Pan-American Highway in the El Tunel area of Cajibio municipality, about 35 km (22 miles) from Popayan, the capital of Cauca province, according to authorities.Cauca Governor Octavio Guzman said on X the attack was one of several criminal actions reported in the province on Saturday."Cauca cannot continue to face this barbarity alone. We are facing a terror

Russian defence minister visits North Korea

Trump's security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting

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The Latest: Pakistan says US-Iran mediation moving ahead after Trump holds back envoys

U.S. President Donald Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran on Saturday. “If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” Trump said on social media. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won’t negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports. Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the U.S. “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,” to allow a new

How the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner unfolded

Egypt economic outlook trimmed slightly due to Iran war: Reuters poll

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1 Chicago police officer killed, another wounded when suspect transported for treatment opens fire at hospital, officials say

One Chicago police officer was fatally shot and another critically wounded Saturday by a robbery suspect they were escorting inside a hospital, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Saturday.It’s unclear how the suspect, who the hospital said was screened with a metal detection wand on entry and was escorted by law enforcement throughout the facility, was able to get a firearm. The superintendent said, “It’s still under investigation.”The alleged shooter was able to flee the scene and reportedly entered a private home several blocks away, according to CNN affiliate WBBM.Pol

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US agrees Venezuelan government can pay Maduro’s legal fees, ending weekslong standoff

The US has agreed to allow the Venezuelan government to fund the defense of ousted President Nicolás Maduro, ending a legal standoff that has clouded the case for weeks.Federal prosecutors and attorneys for the Maduros informed the judge overseeing the case in a joint letter filed late Friday night that the Treasury Department agreed to amend a license allowing for payments to attorneys for Maduro and his wife, who is also facing criminal charges, without violating US sanctions laws. Maduro and his wife have pleaded not guilty to drug and weapons charges.“The amended licenses authorize defe

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The Latest: Trump uninjured after security incident at White House Correspondents' dinner

Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents' dinner. Trump unharmed

A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as guests dived under tables at the sound of shots being fired. The president was uninjured and was rushed off the stage. The armed man, who officials said was a guest at the Washington Hilton where the dinner was being held, was taken into custody and was expected in court Monday. Police believe he opened fire and acted alone but did not s

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Hung Cao said the military should be filled with ‘alpha males and alpha females.’ Now he’s Trump’s acting Navy secretary

As undersecretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain and former Republican Senate candidate in Virginia, was supposed to have a broad portfolio as the service’s No. 2 civilian, which included personnel issues and safeguarding the Navy’s “warfighter ethos.”But in reality, Cao was often cut out of decision-making by his boss, Navy Secretary John Phelan, one source familiar with the situation told CNN, who said Phelan put Cao “in a box”Cao was isolated from Navy decision making and wasn’t allowed to represent Phelan in official meetings that Phelan didn’t attend, someth

California to weigh tighter restrictions on voter registration amid US debate on election security

Todd Pletcher's Renegade draws the inside No. 1 post and opens as the Kentucky Derby favorite

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US to let Venezuela pay Maduro's lawyer in drug trafficking case

By Luc CohenApril 25 - The United States has agreed to modify its sanctions on Venezuela to allow the South American country's government to pay Nicolás Maduro's defense lawyer, backing off a restriction that had threatened to derail the drug trafficking case against the ousted Venezuelan president, a court filing showed on Friday. Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, were captured from their home in Caracas by U.S. special forces on January 3 and brought to New York to face criminal charges including narcoterrorism conspiracy. They have pleaded not guilty and are jailed in Brooklyn p

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In Supreme Court fight against deportation shield, Trump says judges have no role

Among President Donald Trump's main arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court defending his moves to rescind humanitarian protections that shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants from deportation, one stands out: Courts cannot review his administration's decisions in this area. Federal judges in New York and Washington, D.C., barred Trump's administration from stripping from more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians a legal status provided by the U.S. government that protects them from deportation. Citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism and kidnapping, the administration currently warn

A bank robber's cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case

Gaza holds first elections in 20 years amid stalled ceasefire process – but only in one city

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Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan trip, in blow to hopes for Iran war breakthrough

President Donald Trump cancelled a trip by two U.S. envoys to Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad after speaking only to Pakistani officials.While peace talks failed to materialize Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his troops to "forcefully" attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, his office said, further testing a three-week ceasefire. Trump told reporters in Florida that he decided to call off the planned visit by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner because the talk

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Mexico says 2 US federal agents who died were not authorized to participate in any local operation

Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear. Local government officials have said they were part of a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend and the vehicle exploded. Two Mexican officers also were killed. The Americans killed were from the CIA, T