Australia announces gun buyback plan just days after Bondi Beach attack

Sydney — Australia will use a sweeping buyback scheme to “get guns off our streets,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, showing his government was keen to take quick action less…

Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in coming days

Senior military officials on Wednesday presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the…

10 killed in Ecuador prison riot days after deadly jailbreak

Clashes between rival drug gangs claimed at least 10 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, police in the violence-wracked country said Thursday. Bloody fighting…

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