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US forces and Iraqi security forces last week killed 15 Islamic State terrorists during an operation in western Iraq that also left seven US military personnel injured, Algemeiner reports.

The annual BRICS Municipal Conference in Russia this October is expected to draw representatives from 126 nations with a view to possibly joining the bloc and leaving the US dollar for a new BRICS common currency.

Over the past month, there has been a notable assault on free speech, evidenced by the detention of Telegram’s head in France, the banning of the platform X in Brazil, heavy fines imposed in Germany, and revelations of active censorship by the Biden administration on Facebook and Instagram.

Researchers say the sea level may rise less rapidly than previously predicted by climate alarmists after new data on the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica was published in the scientific journal Science Advances.

Pope Francis will begin Monday one of the longest papal trips ever, both in terms of days on the road and distances traveled, in a region where many devoted Christians face persecution for their faith.

A Catholic priest who was suspended over allegations that he raped a teenager in Pakistan has been detained after his “interim bail” was canceled, well-informed sources told Worthy News.

A woman stabbed and wounded six people in a bus in western Germany, a week after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a similar incident.

A senior official says the United Nations is “terrified” that ex-President Donald J. Trump might be re-elected in November, according to a leaked recording reviewed by Worthy News on Friday.

Japanese authorities warned Thursday of landslides and floods in many parts of southwestern Japan after “one of the biggest typhoons in recent years” killed four people and forced the evacuation of more than 4.1 million nationwide.

Two days after a Russian missile strike killed four people and injured five in a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, another Russian attack hit Ukraine’s central city during official mourning.

As of midday Thursday EST at least four people have been killed, nearly 100 injured, and five million ordered to evacuate in southwestern Japan as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall on the island of Kyushu, the Independent UK reports. Bringing torrential rain and extremely high winds of up to 123 mph, Shanshan is one of the strongest typhoons to hit Japan in decades.

The deputy director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) revealed late Wednesday that Ukraine’s military is planning to retain the Russian territory it captured for “some period of time.”

Telegram suffered another setback late Wednesday when French authorities prevented the CEO of the social media platform and messaging service from leaving France pending a criminal investigation.

French prosecutors on Wednesday freed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov from police custody after four days of questioning over allegations that his social media platform and messaging application is being used for illegal activities in a case that high-profile critics said was about censoring content.

More than 31.8 million Nigerians, including Christians, are acutely short of food due to attacks by Islamic fighters and the removal of fuel subsidies, while deadly flooding also contributed to the crisis, Nigeria’s government and others said Tuesday.