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Migrant encounters at southern border hit record 302K in December, sources say

The U.S. southern border saw its highest rate of illegal migrant encounters last month, blowing away previous statistics. Sources with Customs and Border Patrol told Fox News Digital that migrant encounters hit a staggering 300,000 incidents in the last month of 2023, reaching a level thought unimaginable just years ago. Between Dec. 1 and December Read More

Analysis: Is the Israeli army as militarily successful as it claims?

Coordinated, focused, deadly and brutal, the Hamas attacks of October 7 were a shock to Israeli society. The country’s defence, intelligence and security organisations – sources of national pride – were caught unawares and unprepared. They acted slowly and inadequately, with the whole establishment humiliated. The first military reaction was in line with the Israeli Read More

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus convicted in Bangladesh labour law case

The microfinance pioneer is accused by PM Sheikh Hasina of ‘sucking blood’ from the poor, but supporters say charges politically motivated. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been convicted of violating Bangladesh’s labour laws in a case decried by his supporters as politically motivated. “Professor Yunus and three of his Grameen Telecom colleagues were convicted under Read More

US sinks Houthi boats in the Red Sea: How did the fight unfold?

The US military said that it sunk three Houthi vessels in the Red Sea in a statement on Sunday, and killed 10 fighters of the Yemeni armed group after a clash in the middle of one of the world’s most important trade waterways. The escalation follows weeks of Houthi attacks on ships passing through the Read More