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Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament and call early election to strengthen coalition

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament’s powerful lower house as early as this month, setting up a snap election aimed at securing voter backing for her agenda while her approval ratings remain high, a senior party official said. The Associated Press reported that the move would allow Takaichi to …

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SEE PICS: Venezuelans worldwide celebrate as exiles react to Maduro’s capture

< div class=”featured featured-video video-ct” data-v-324c3b57> < div class=”contain” data-v-324c3b57> <!–> Photo, details of Maduro mission released Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich reports on newly released details of the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and what President Donald Trump said about the mission. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Venezuelans across the globe took to …

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What is Delta Force and what does it do? Inside the elite US Army unit that captured Maduro

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump confirmed that Delta Force — the U.S. Army’s most elite counterterrorism and direct-action unit — carried out the daring overnight operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Delta Force, officially known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta, specializes in high-risk missions …

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Protests spread across Iran as regime threatens US forces as ‘legitimate targets’ after Trump warning

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As nationwide protests continued to spread across Iran on Friday, the regime’s hardline Parliament speaker warned the U.S. that American forces and bases in the region would be considered “legitimate targets” if Washington intervenes in the country’s ongoing political unrest. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the comments after President Donald Trump …

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Mexico City lawmakers throw punches and yank hair in heated congress brawl over transparency institute

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A debate in Mexico City’s congress descended into a brawl Monday as lawmakers yanked hair, traded blows and shoved one another across the dais after an opposition protest over the city’s transparency institute erupted into chaos. Video from inside the chamber showed the dispute turning violent within seconds, with lawmakers lunging at …

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US veteran rescues ‘most wanted woman in Western Hemisphere’ from Venezuela in secret operation

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The rescue operation to extract Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and transport her to Norway in time to accept her Nobel Peace Prize involved a complex series of complications and various components in land, sea and air.    The mission, dubbed Operation Golden Dynamite, was spearheaded by Bryan Stern, a U.S. …

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Netanyahu requests pardon from Israeli president, after Trump letter urging clemency

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked President Isaac Herzog for a pardon as he stands trial on corruption and fraud charges — weeks after President Donald Trump sent his own letter urging clemency. Netanyahu emphasized concern over public division in his request. While explicitly not admitting guilt, he wrote the pardon …

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Australian senator wears burqa after move to block her face-covering ban bill

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings to be suspended. Hanson arrived in the full-face covering shortly after being denied permission to introduce her bill seeking to ban burqas and other face coverings …

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Chinese diplomat threatens to cut off new Japanese PM’s head over Taiwan comments

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese consul general in Japan threatened to decapitate the nation’s new prime minister over her comments in defense of Taiwan, prompting outrage in Tokyo and underscoring the rising tension between the two regional powers. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office last month, told a parliamentary committee Friday that a Chinese …

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Mamdani’s socialist agenda draws European leftists to NYC seeking political lessons

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! European left-wing politicians are crossing the Atlantic to study a campaign model they see as a blueprint for revival — the campaign of New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist whose grassroots machine has captured attention far beyond his Queens district. According to a Politico Europe report on Monday, far-left delegations …

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