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Federal authorities are seeking the extradition of a British businessman who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly helping a Russian oligarch evade sanctions, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced.  Graham Bonham-Carter, 62, was indicted on counts of wire fraud and conspiring to violate sanctions imposed on his boss, Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska.  Bonham-Carter worked …

The United Kingdom announced Tuesday that it has deployed a ship and specialized police to the Turks and Caicos Islands to fight a spike in violence. Two dozen specialists who were stationed in the Bahamas arrived Friday on the archipelago, while a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker with a helicopter is en route and will be used as a platform for …

An Israeli soldier was killed Tuesday in a drive-by shooting in the northern West Bank, the army announced, saying that forces were searching for the attackers. It was the latest in a wave of deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence in the area. It came days after a female Israeli soldier was killed at a checkpoint in east Jerusalem, and 24 hours after …

Russia has armed neighboring Belarus with dozens of Iranian-made drones as the war in Ukraine escalates and Minsk threatens to deploy ground forces under a joint force with Moscow.  “Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136 (renamed Geran-2 in the Russian army) arrive in Belarus,” the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s defense ministry said Tuesday. “As of Oct. 10, 32 of the specified …

Abuja, Nigeria CNN  —  Seventy-six people have died as their boat capsized while they tried to flee dangerously high floodwaters that have inundated swathes of southern Nigeria. The boat, carrying more than 80 people, capsized in the southeastern state of Anambra on Friday, as people desperately tried to escape floods that had risen as high as rooftops. Recent flooding in …

Austria is taking the European Union to court over plans to characterize natural gas and nuclear power generation as sustainable energies amid efforts to fight climate change. The Austrian government on Friday filed a lawsuit with the EU’s top court over the classification used to define clean energy resources. The EU’s executive Commission plans to add certain nuclear and gas …

The Austrian government said Monday it has filed a legal complaint with the European Union’s top court over plans by the bloc’s executive branch to label natural gas and nuclear power generation as sustainable energies. Austria’s environment minister, Leonore Gewessler, warned that the measure could “greenwash” nuclear power and gas despite the environmental damage they cause. AUSTRIA TO BEGIN CHECKS …

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say Eritrea has extended its offensive into their region, as diplomats scramble to convene peace talks to resolve the almost two-year-long conflict. In a statement Monday, the Tigray forces said that Eritrea’s military has launched an “extensive offensive” in the direction of Rama, Zalambessa and Tserona towns in northeastern Tigray. They called on Tigray’s population to “further …

Russian forces are being widely accused of targeting civilians after dozens of missiles rained down indiscriminately on Ukraine’s major cities Monday, leaving many without power. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy filmed a video in Kyiv minutes after the missiles stopped, declaring that “we are dealing with terrorists.” Widespread power and water outages were reported in Kyiv and elsewhere following the attack, …

Two explosions struck Kyiv, Ukraine, early Monday after months of relative calm in the capital of the eastern European nation. Missile strikes appeared to cause the explosions in Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitchko said explosions occurred in the city’s Shevchenko district, which is a large area in the center of the city that includes the historic old town and several …