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Seventeen migrants were found dead Saturday after their vessel was discovered drifting off the Greek island of Crete, Greek coast guard officials and state media said. "Two survivors in critical condition have been hospitalized," a coast guard spokeswoman said, adding that autopsies must be carried out because the circumstances of the sinking are not yet known. State broadcaster ERT reported that the bodies were found inside a partially deflated rubber boat that was taking on water. "The vessel the migrants were on was…

Nicolas Sarkozy’s three weeks behind bars were marked by “greyness and solitude,” the former French president writes in excerpts from a prison memoir due next month — a personal chronicle that recounts prayer, confinement and the small routines that became a lifeline after his conviction in a Libya-related campaign financing case. The 216-page book, titled "Diary of a Prisoner" and scheduled for release Dec. 10, offers the first extended account of Sarkozy’s time at La Santé prison after his October conviction for allowing…

Negotiations to consolidate the US-backed truce in Gaza are at a "critical" moment, Qatar's prime minister said Friday, as mediators press to move the cease-fire to its next phase while violence continues to flare. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told a Doha Forum panel that mediators were working to "force the next phase" of the cease-fire forward, calling the current halt in fighting a pause rather than a resolution. "We are at a critical moment. It's not yet there," he said. The truce took effect Oct. 10 and…

BEIRUT — The Lebanese army said it arrested six people after gunmen opened fire on an Irish United Nations patrol in southern Lebanon on Thursday, in the latest flare-up along the volatile border region. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that six men riding three mopeds approached a patrol vehicle near Bint Jbeil at about 6 p.m. and one of the men fired “approximately three shots into the back of the vehicle.” The UN peacekeepers were not injured, UNIFIL said. The Irish Defence Forces confirmed its…

MIAMI — U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held two days of “productive” talks with Ukraine’s senior negotiator Rustem Umerov in Miami and will meet again, U.S. officials said Friday, as the delegation and Ukrainian leaders pressed to translate recent diplomacy with Moscow into a durable cease-fire. Witkoff, who met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week alongside President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Kushner held what the State Department and Ukrainian officials described as “constructive…

IAEA inspection finds drone damage at Chornobyl shelter has degraded its primary safety functions, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday, after an impact Ukraine has blamed on Russia and Moscow denied. The International Atomic Energy Agency said an inspection last week of the steel confinement structure completed in 2019 identified an impact from a drone in February that "had degraded the structure." Director General Rafael Grossi said the mission "confirmed that the (protective structure) had lost its primary safety…

Australia will become the first country to implement a nationwide social media ban for children under 16 when new rules take effect on Dec. 10, the government said, aiming to shield young people from the negative effects of online platforms. The Australian government announced the move as part of a wider child-safety push. Officials said the measure is intended to reduce young people’s exposure to harmful material and the mental-health risks associated with heavy social media use. Earlier this year Canberra…

Netflix’s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery has drawn sharp opposition from Hollywood unions, theatre owners and industry groups who say the deal would concentrate power, cut jobs and further weaken theatrical releases if it survives regulatory scrutiny. The deal, announced this month, would put HBO brands and the historic Warner Bros studio under Netflix’s control. Netflix, the streaming giant behind Stranger Things and Squid Game, would also gain control of marquee Warner Bros titles such as Batman…

For the sixth time this year, U.S. President Donald Trump sent his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow — this time accompanied by Jared Kushner — and once again returned with cordial meetings but no breakthrough on a cease-fire or an enduring peace settlement for Ukraine. The repeat mission underscores a familiar pattern: U.S. interlocutors sit down with senior Russian officials, describe the talks as constructive, and leave with little to show except the prospect of more discussions. “Compromises have not been found…

Advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States routinely receive a Hepatitis B vaccine, a major reversal of three decades of federal guidance that public health experts say could increase infections in infants and children. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to shift to "individual-based decision-making" for the birth dose when mothers test negative for Hepatitis B, recommending that parents consult a…