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National Guard members participate in a group prayer with civilians and a security officer outside the emergency entrance to MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday after two Guard members were shot earlier in the day.

Afghan national and ex-CIA associate faces DC ambush charges

Federal officials say Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces multiple criminal charges in the shooting, which left one National Guard member dead and another critically wounded.

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"NATO's desire to pull Ukraine into its orbit remains a threat to us," Maria Zakharova says.

Russia slams Ukraine's NATO bid as war talks heat up

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says NATO's attempts to draw Ukraine into the military alliance would be ‘unacceptable’.

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Law enforcement responds to the shooting near the White House on Wednesday.

Afghan national accused of shooting troops near White House

THE WASHINGTON POST: A lone gunman carried out the attack and ‘ambushed’ two National Guardsmen, DC police said. The victims remain in a critical condition.

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Firefighters have battled a blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate into the night.

Three arrests over Hong Kong tower blaze as death toll soars

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter as police continue to investigate the apartment complex inferno which has left at least 44 people dead and 270 missing.

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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky will speak to US President Donald Trump this week ahead of his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, amid fears Washington may dictate unfavourable peace terms to Ukraine.

Trump pushes Russia, Ukraine on peace deal but issues remain

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the earlier US plan, which Ukraine saw as too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks and is unlikely to back down.

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Detractors of former President Jair Bolsonaro celebrate his sentence for leading a coup attempt, outside the federal police headquarters, where he is under arrest in Brasilia.

Tears and champagne as Bolsonaro begins 27-year jail term

Brazilians have gathered outside the country’s federal police headquarters after the former President Jair Bolsonaro finally started his oft-delayed sentence for leading a coup attempt.

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Donald Trump is threatening to sure the BBC for $US5 billion.

How Trump’s monster lawsuit could destroy the BBC

ROSA PRINCE: The case is overblown and Trump’s graceless, grasping threat is yet another White House assault on press freedom.

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Zhao Leji shaking hands with Anthony Albanese and, left, CCP headquarters in Beijing.

Dictator’s henchman gets warm welcome in Canberra

AARON PATRICK: China’s third-ranked political leader, Zhao Leji, helped oversee a vast purge of officials designed to entrench Xi Jinping’s power.

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National Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble are presented to journalists in the Willard InterContinental on November 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Are these the biggest turkeys to get Trump pardons? Maybe

Donald Trump is set to continue a 78-year tradition when he pardons this year’s National Thanksgiving Turkeys.

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Beijing claims that Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed Donald Trump on the future of Taiwan during their call.

Xi presses Trump on Taiwan as pair plan reciprocal meetings

Xi Jinping pressed Donald Trump on the status of the self-governing island of Taiwan and urged his counterpart to maintain improved ties, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

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Binance is being sued by victims of the October 7 attack who allege it allowed payments to Hamas.

Binance allowed payments to Hamas, terror victims claim

A cryptocurrency exchange and its founder are being sued by victims of the October 7 attack on Israel for allegedly allowing millions of dollars to go to Hamas.

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Deadly incidents continue in Gaza where Israel and Hamas accuse each other of ceasefire breaches.

New Gaza killings put fragile ceasefire on the brink

Fresh Israeli strikes have left three Palestinians dead near the control line, threatening to derail already-tense ceasefire negotiations tied to Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan.

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Men stand in the apartment attacked by the Israeli military on November 23, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Israel assassinates top Hezbollah commander near Beirut

Lebanon’s state-run news agency said at least five people were killed in the airstrike, which the Lebanese militant group says ‘breaches a new red line’.

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Ukraine's Presidential Office Chief of staff Andriy Yermak and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hold a press conference following their closed-door talks on a US plan to end the war in Ukraine at the US Mission in Geneva.

US, Ukraine to change draft of peace plan favouring Kremlin

Negotiations are continuing in Geneva on Sunday as a US-imposed Thanksgiving deadline approaches.

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Donald Trump, who has championed the 28-point peace plan, said that Ukraine had not been grateful for American efforts over the war.

Trump slams Ukraine for ‘zero gratitude’ amid peace talks

Ukrainian, US and European officials met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss a draft plan presented by Washington to end the war in Ukraine.

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