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[ad_1] The bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by Italy’s coast guard during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Friday. Another two people, a newborn and a man, fell into the sea during the crossing and …

[ad_1] Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired one of his aides on Saturday for making anti-LGBTQ comments, calling the remarks “outrageous and completely incompatible with the administration’s policies.”  Masayoshi Arai, an economic official who joined Kishida’s administration last fall, said people would leave the country if same sex-marriage was allowed, …

[ad_1] CIA Director William Burns has revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed his country’s army “to be ready by 2027 to conduct a successful invasion” of Taiwan.  Burns made the remark Thursday during an event at Georgetown University, where he also said he believes that Xi has been …

[ad_1] Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said. Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back …

[ad_1] Tiger shark swims dangerously close to beachgoers Officials had to close Mullaloo Beach in Perth, Western Australia, for the second time in a week on Monday, January 9, after a tiger shark was spotted swimming close to the shore. Check out this video, taken from a drone. A 16-year-old …

[ad_1] A Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. airspace in Montana signals that the country is preparing its citizens for war, an expert on U.S. and China relations told Fox News Digital. “The #ChineseSpyBalloon shows us that #China is preparing to go to war,” Gordon Chang, a columnist and author …

[ad_1] Reactions on Chinese social media have mocked the U.S. coverage of the surveillance balloon that entered American airspace on Wednesday, even downplaying the implications of a canceled visit by State Secretary Antony Blinken to Beijing.  “It’s just an air balloon, does America really have to make a fuss about …

[ad_1] Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday. Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that 116 Ukrainians were freed. He said the released POWs include troops who held out in Mariupol …

[ad_1] The Chinese surveillance balloon that appeared over Montana can provide some insight into China’s operations and technology as the Pentagon continues to monitor its progress and holds off on shooting it down, experts tell Fox News Digital.  “There’s a certain . . .  let’s say political and information value …

[ad_1] U.S. military officials have opted against shooting down a Chinese spy balloon floating over Montana, and one expert told Fox News Digital China may interpret the inaction as the U.S. being “incapable” of defending its sovereignty. “The Chinese are saying, ‘You won’t defend yourselves, we can do whatever we …