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Snow, ice and high winds battered Europe for a third straight day Thursday, snarling transport networks from Paris to Stockholm, canceling hundreds of flights and stranding passengers as authorities warned of more dangerous weather ahead. At least seven people have died in weather-related incidents. Air travel bore the brunt of the disruption. Airports in Paris and Amsterdam were among the worst affected, with Dutch authorities saying more than 1,000 travelers spent the night at Schiphol, one of the continent’s busiest hubs.…

Australia will establish a royal commission — the country’s highest form of public inquiry — into the Bondi Beach mass shooting that killed 15 people, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, bowing to mounting public pressure for answers about an ISIS-inspired attack and the rise of anti-Semitism. “I’ve repeatedly said that our government’s priority is to promote unity and social cohesion. And this is what Australia needs to heal,” Albanese told reporters, adding that the decision followed community calls for a comprehensive,…

U.S. asserts control over Venezuela’s oil ‘indefinitely’ after raid that seized Maduro; Caracas reports 100 dead WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it will dictate decisions to Venezuela’s interim authorities and market the country’s oil “indefinitely” following a U.S. special forces raid that captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, an escalation officials cast as part of what President Donald Trump has called the “Donroe Doctrine” of regional dominance. The claim of sweeping U.S. control — over a nation with…

Berlin restored electricity to tens of thousands of customers this afternoon, five days after a suspected act of sabotage plunged parts of the German capital into darkness in what officials called the longest outage since the end of World War II. City officials said power was fully restored to roughly 45,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses following round-the-clock repairs. The blackout affected more than 100,000 Berliners, many of whom endured more than four days without power and heating as temperatures hovered…

MINNEAPOLIS — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman during an immigration raid in south Minneapolis, federal officials said, claiming she tried to ram agents with her vehicle — an assertion the city’s mayor blasted as “bullsh*t” and demanded ICE leave the city. The fatal encounter, which has ignited protests and dueling narratives, unfolded near 34th Street and Portland Avenue, according to local reports. The woman, described by Mayor Jacob Frey as a 37-year-old whose name has not been…

Aldrich Ames, the longtime CIA officer who became one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history by selling secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia, has died in federal custody, authorities said. He was 84, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Ames, a counterintelligence analyst who spent 31 years at the agency, was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to life in prison for betraying U.S. operations between 1985 and 1993. Prosecutors said he and his wife, Rosario, received more than $2.5 million for information that compromised…

Analysis: Trump’s Greenland gambit tests NATO’s red lines — and its trust The White House says President Donald Trump is weighing options, including military action, to take Greenland — despite Denmark’s warning that an attack on a NATO ally would spell the alliance’s end. The clash of rhetoric has thrust Greenland, NATO and U.S.-Europe ties into an unexpected stress test at a volatile moment for Western security. Whether this escalates into a full-blown crisis hinges on two questions: Is the military threat real or a…

BERLIN — Power was fully restored this afternoon to roughly 45,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses in Berlin, city officials said, five days after a suspected act of sabotage triggered the German capital’s longest blackout since World War II. The outage affected more than 100,000 Berliners, many of whom endured more than four days without electricity or heating as temperatures hovered below freezing. The disruption darkened streets and apartments, snarled train services, cut internet access and initially affected…

U.S. forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic for alleged sanctions violations tied to Venezuelan crude, capping a multiweek pursuit that unfolded under the eye of nearby Russian naval assets but ended without confrontation, U.S. officials said. U.S. European Command, which oversees American forces in the region, said the operation was conducted jointly with the Department of Homeland Security. The tanker evaded an earlier boarding attempt near Venezuela and was intercepted as it moved north in…

Hamas, Red Cross resume search in Gaza for body of last Israeli hostage, key to ceasefire talks Hamas officials said Tuesday that search operations have resumed in Gaza City for the remains of the last Israeli hostage in the enclave, a move Israel has tied to the start of talks on the second phase of a fragile ceasefire agreement. The Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, is working “accompanied by Red Cross teams” in the Zeitun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City after a two-week pause caused…