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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection, offering the moderate governor some progressive heft in her campaign for a second full term

10:11 AM on Thursday, February 5

Organizers of an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza have announced plans for another mission with over 100 boats in March

9:24 AM on Thursday, February 5

Each year the Drina River in eastern Bosnia is filled with waste brought downstream from illegal dump sites

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Sen_ Elissa Slotkin of Michigan says she won't sit for an interview with the Justice Department regarding a probe into a video she organized urging U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”

7:45 AM on Thursday, February 5

The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to choke off cartels’ financial networks, targeting the money launderers who are increasingly relying on cryptocurrency to move drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico

7:04 AM on Thursday, February 5

The detention of a Turkish couple who own a New Jersey kebab shop helped galvanize their community against immigration crackdowns last year

6:59 AM on Thursday, February 5

A report by Human Rights Watch says backsliding on protections is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams

6:01 AM on Thursday, February 5

The U.N. human rights chief says his office is in "survival mode" as he appeals for $400 million to meet this year's needs

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A compound in Lebanon housing people who fled Syria after Bashar Assad's fall has faced allegations of harboring Assad loyalists, which residents deny

12:05 AM on Thursday, February 5

Jesse Jackson Jr. has launched a spirited primary bid for his old U.S. House seat

11:45 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone, including about the self-ruled island’s future

11:36 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Malaysia has announced a full ban on importing electronic waste

4:53 PM on Wednesday, February 4

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn 19, including chest, genital and facial surgeries

11:46 AM on Wednesday, February 4

NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie has sent a public message to her mother's kidnapper saying that her family is ready to talk but wants proof that she is alive

7:06 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement

12:06 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The Trump administration says it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners