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Turkey’s Parliament to Discuss Sweden’s NATO Bid, Still in Limbo
The foreign affairs committee of Turkey’s Parliament was scheduled on Tuesday to resume talks on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, a process that Turkish...
Blinken Meets With Palestinian and Iraqi Leaders in Bid to Contain Gaza War
As tensions from the Gaza conflict echoed across the region, Mr. Blinken and Mr. Abbas also discussed efforts to restore calm in the West...
Tom Emmer Drops House Speaker Bid After Right-Wing Backlash
Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, dropped his bid for speaker on Tuesday hours after securing his divided party’s nomination,...
“Escape Attempt: Oregon Man Charged with Holding Sex Worker Captive Makes Bold Jail Break Bid”
An Oregon man who has been charged with kidnapping a sex worker in Seattle and imprisoning her in a cinder block cell recently attempted...
Judge Rejects Bid to Ban “Glory to Hong Kong” From Internet
The Hong Kong authorities suffered a surprising setback on Friday when a judge denied their request to ban a popular pro-democracy song from the...