India Asks Pakistan to Extradite Suspected Terror Mastermind
FILE – Hafiz Saeed, founder and leader of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a U.S.-designated global terror group, addresses an anti-Indian rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 26, 2018. India announced on Dec. 29, 2023, that it has asked Pakistan to extradite Saeed in a “money laundering case.”
Israel Widens Attack on Hamas; Palestinians Pour Into Southern Gaza
A Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 29, 2023.
Suspicious of China, Philippines Expands US Military Presence
Ethiopia’s Tigray Warns of Looming Famine
FILE – A Tigray woman who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region holds her malnourished and severely dehydrated baby as nurses tend to him at a clinic in a Sudanese refugee camp on Dec. 5, 2020. Tigrayan authorities warn that the region faces a looming famine in 2024.
Argentina Won’t Join BRICS Alliance in Milei’s Latest Policy Shift
FILE – Javier Milei and his sister, Karina, arrive at the government house in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10, 2023, after he was sworn in as Argentina’s president. Under Milei’s leadership, Argentina announced on December 29 that it will not join the BRICS group of nations.
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