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Top Zelenskyy staffer resigns as investigation of Ukraine corruption intensifies

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's all-powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, resigned Friday as a high-profile anti-corruption investigation widened.

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One of world's longest serving democratic leaders loses election

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is preparing to welcome a new prime minister for the first time in 24 years after preliminary election results show that Godwin Friday of the New Democratic Party beat Ralph Gonsalves of the Unity Labor Party

Pope joins patriarchs from East and West at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unity

Pope Leo XIV joined Eastern and Western patriarchs and priests Friday in commemorating an important anniversary in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an unprecedented A.D. 325 meeting of bishops to pray that Christians might once again be united.

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Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say

Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.

Russia outlaws Human Rights Watch as crackdown on dissent continues

The Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organization,” making all involvement with the group a criminal offense