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Climate protesters in England are being accused of having “blood on their hands” after their protest scaling a bridge caused a traffic jam that reportedly kept first responders from quickly tending to two crash victims who died.  “The eco-warriors may have thought it was an innocent protest, but they’ve got blood on their hands,” Mark Heap, 55, told the Daily …

Boris Johnson is one of the leading contenders vying for the job as U.K. prime minister despite having been ousted from office just three months ago upon losing the support of his own party, reports said Friday. Conservative lawmakers in the U.K. faced a renewed crisis this week when Liz Truss resigned as prime minister Thursday after filling the role …

The resignation of Liz Truss as Britain’s prime minister just 44 days after taking the post has left the Conservative Party with an unclear future, with Nigel Farage declaring the party “dead” while others argue the party must evolve to survive the challenge of new “movements.”  “The British Conservative Party is finished, it is dead,” Farage told Fox News Digital. …

Hong Kong CNN  —  China’s economy is faltering. Unemployment is skyrocketing. Endless Covid lockdowns are wreaking havoc on businesses and people’s lives. The property sector is in crisis. Ties between Beijing and major global powers are under strain. The list of problems faced by the world’s second-largest economy goes on – and many of those long-term challenges have only worsened …

The Iranian military has personnel in Crimea to train Russian troops on how to pilot drones that have been decimating civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, the White House said Thursday.  “They can lie to the world, but they certainly can’t hide the facts, and the fact is this — Tehran is now directly engaged on the ground,” National Security Council spokesperson …

Six Chinese nationals were charged on Thursday in a scheme to harass and coerce a Chinese national who lives in the U.S. to return to his homeland, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court.  Quanzhong An, 55, and his daughter, Guangyang An, 34, who are both residents of Roslyn, New York, were arrested on Thursday morning and charged with …

The U.S. is seeking the release of an American citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for sending tweets critical of the regime. The State Department confirmed that the man, Saad Ibrahim Almadi, had been sentenced earlier this week. Almadi, 72, is a retired project manager in Florida and had sent tweets “mildly” criticizing the Saudi regime …

The European Union’s executive branch reminded Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday that Russia “illegitimately” invaded Ukraine, after the former Italian premier was recorded boasting that he had recently reconnected with President Vladimir Putin and exchanged gifts of vodka, wine and “sweet” notes over his birthday. The reaction from Brussels added to the upheaval Berlusconi’s comments had in Italy, where far-right leader …

An Iranian teenager has died after security forces beat her for refusing to sing a pro-regime song during a raid on her school.  “Horrific to think that a government would do this to the youngest members of its society,” Lisa Daftari, a Middle East expert and editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk, told Fox News Digital.  “Over the last month, we’ve …

Turkish archeologists believe they have confirmed the original resting place of St. Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa Claus and victim of grave theft in the 11th century.  “This is an extremely important discovery, the first find from that period,” said Osman Eravsar, chairman of the Antalya Cultural Heritage Preservation Regional Board.  Fox News Digital in 2017 reported that a team …