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The country accused Russia of resuming an effort to funnel mostly African and Middle Eastern migrants into Finland in an effort to destabilize it.

Residents said Israeli military vehicles left the city on Thursday, signaling an end to the operation inside Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian resistance in the occupied West Bank.

The European Union decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, a stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations and long faced opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor

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Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday’s Supreme Court action marked the second time in six months that the justices have declined to intervene. (Image credit: Saul Loeb /AFP via Getty Images)

A four-judge panel in the state’s mid-level appellate court ruled Thursday that the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, local jails and prisons released thousands of inmates early. Experts say the recent increase reflects a return to business as usual for the nation’s carceral system. (Image credit: Reed Saxon/AP)

Woll was found dead of stab wounds outside her home on Oct. 21. Authorities charged a 28-year-old man with felony murder committed during a break-in, and say there’s no evidence it was a hate crime. (Image credit: Sarah Rice/AFP via

Legal appeals up to the Supreme Court are threatening to delay Donald Trump’s criminal case for 2020 election interference.

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