Former President Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va., as he heads to Washington to face a judge on federal conspiracy charges alleging Trump conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Global Views

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 17: An empty boat travels the river Seine during the technical test event for the Paris 2024 opening ceremony with the Eiffel Tower in the background on July 17, 2023 in Paris, France. On July 26, 2024, for the first time in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will not be taking place in a stadium. The parade of athletes will be held on the Seine, with boats for each national delegation. Wending their way from east to west the parade will come to the end of its 6 km route in front of the Trocadéro, where the remaining elements of the Olympic protocol and final shows will take place. (Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)
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Tourists are being evacuated as wildfire burns near Lindos, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 22, 2023.
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TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on July 23, 2023, shows the destructed Transfiguration Cathedral as a result of a missile strike in Odesa, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine on Sunday said the death toll from overnight strikes by Russia on the port of Odesa rose to two, with 22 people wounded, including four children. (Photo by Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP) (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jul 26, 2023
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Aryeh Deri (L), chairman of the ultra-Orthodox party Shas, during a parliament session in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023, amid a months-long wave of protests against the government's planned judicial overhaul. Israeli lawmakers on July 24 prepared for a final vote on a major component of the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms even as US President Joe Biden called for postponing the "divisive" bill that has triggered mass protests. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jul 25, 2023
U.S. tourist and Korean War veteran Merrill Newman arrives at the Beijing airport on December 7, 2013, after being released by North Korea. Newman was <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/world/asia/north-korea-detained-american/index.html">detained in October 2013 by North Korean authorities</a> just minutes before he was to depart the country after visiting through an organized tour. His son Jeff Newman said the Palo Alto, California, man had all the proper paperwork and set up his trip through a North Korean-approved travel agency.
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The time North Korea entrapped an 85-year-old American tourist
Jul 20, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, as Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz stands nearby, during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 14, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
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Jul 20, 2023
Smoke rises from the Texas Creek wildfire (K71415) south of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada July 9, 2023. BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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Jul 18, 2023
FILE - This undated file photograph issued by French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. Russia has engaged in under-the-radar military operations in at least half a dozen countries in Africa in the last five years using a shadowy mercenary force analysts say is loyal to President Vladimir Putin. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid. But host nation Spain and other members are quietly pushing the Western alliance to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading Moscow's influence in Africa. (French Army via AP, File)
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What happens to Wagner forces in Africa now?
Jul 18, 2023
ROME, ITALY - JULY 17: People cool off during an ongoing heat wave with temperatures reaching 44 degrees, at Colosseo area (Colosseum), on July 17, 2023 in Rome, Italy. The government has issued red alerts for 16 cities due to the current heatwave, which the Italian Meteorological Society named Cerberus, the mythical creature who guarded the gates of the underworld. Many places in Italy have seen successive days over 40C. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)
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Jul 18, 2023
The Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem, seen from the Mount of Olives at night as the sun sets on July 27, 2019. (Photo by Kish Kim/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
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Jul 13, 2023

Political Op-eds

Former President Donald Trump addresses The Faith and Freedom Coalition's 2023 "Road to Majority" conference in Washington, DC, on June 24. 2023.
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