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At Bangkok International Airport, 17 Thai nationals touched down after two months in captivity.

In Santiago, Chile, Deportivo Palestino is a soccer club at the heart of the largest group of Palestinian diaspora outside the Middle East — where the Palestinian cause and culture burns brightly.

Secretary Antony Blinken is in the Middle East as the pause in fighting in Gaza and hostage releases continue. But there’s concern about what’s next.

The Hong Kong action director returns to American movies with a nearly dialogue-free film starring Joel Kinnaman as a father out for revenge.

Almost two years since Russia launched its full-scale of Ukraine, signs of war fatigue among the Russian population are growing, despite harsh legal penalties for questioning the war.

The former president has chosen to skip his party’s three previous primary debates, citing his commanding lead in early state and national polls.

Israel’s government has passed emergency wartime powers giving it more authority over cybersecurity, even within private companies. Cyberwar is playing an increasing role in the conflict with Hamas.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for faster construction of fortifications in key sectors under pressure from Russian forces, particularly in eastern Ukraine, focal point of Moscow’s advances 21 months into its invasion. Zelenskiy issued his appeal after touring Ukrainian positions

He traveled the globe when contemporaries had died or retired. Capitals around the world were still open to him. And he remained the toast of Davos.

The White House meeting follows Angola’s move to position itself as a strategic partner to the U.S. and its shift away from Russian and Chinese influence under Lourenço’s tenure.