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Officials in France are deploying 45,000 police officers and armored vehicles as a fourth night of riots approaches stemming from a fatal police involved shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop. The unrest has hit many cities in France including Paris , Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille. Nahel M., a 17-year-old was shot and killed by police in the Nanterre suburb of Paris. The incident was captured on video, and ignited the riots that are being seen around the European country. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that 270 people were arrested on Friday night, with a total of 1,100 people arrested since the protests began. FRANCE RIOTS: WHAT VACATIONERS NEED TO KNOW AS VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE In Marseille, rioters robbed a gun store, taking some of their hunting rifles but didn't steal ammunition. Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan on Friday tweeted that the French government needs to send more troops, saying "The scenes of pillaging and violence are un...

The family of a 6-year-old boy in Mexico who fell from a zipline after a harness failed will file a lawsuit against the ride's operator. Family members of the 6-year-old said on Facebook that the incident happened on Sunday at Parque Fundidora's Amazonian Expedition , an amusement park attraction located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. According to the family members, the boy's harness broke while he was on the zipline, sending him into an artificial pool that was located below the attraction. Mexican media outlet ABC Noticas reported that the child fell nearly 40 feet into the artificial pool, citing local authorities. Video provided to Fox News Digital shows the child riding the zipline before coming to a stop, where the harness can be seen failing shortly after. AMUSEMENT PARK HORROR: 6-YEAR-OLD BOY FALLS FROM ZIPLINE AFTER HARNESS FAILS J Cesar Sauceda told Fox News Digital that his family is filing a lawsuit against the zipline ride's operator and the par...

The Biden administration has denied that an "interim" Iran nuclear deal is on the table, but a think tank report outlines a number of indications that diplomatic discussions may have continued, potentially with incoming concessions.  "Despite a variety of statements by the administration since last fall alleging that the Iran nuclear deal was on the back burner, it appears the administration had merely been seeking a back-door to negotiate with the Islamic Republic this whole time," Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital.  Negotiations over reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) , also known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, hit a snag in late 2022 as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted that talks had gone "backwards" with Iran, who continued to add "extraneous demands, demands unrelated to the JCPOA itself."  The administration continued to say it remai...

The DOJ announced last week the first prosecutions against Chinese chemical companies and nationals for the trafficking of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said of the prosecution, "These companies and individuals are alleged to have knowingly supplied drug traffickers in the United States and Mexico with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed to make fentanyl." The U.S. has seen nearly 100,000 deadly overdoses from fentanyl – a powerful opioid 50 times stronger than heroin – in a little more than a year. Although the substance is usually found on the streets of almost every American city, mixed with heroin and inside counterfeit Oxycontin and Xanax pills, fentanyl is produced far from the U.S. CHINA CRITICIZES US SANCTIONS ON FENTANYL TRADE, SAY THEY 'UNDERMINE' WASHINGTON-BEIJING RELATIONS: REPORT This is a step-by-step roadmap detailing the route of fentanyl from China-based factories to the streets of the U.S.,...

Images captured by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel 2 satellites on Tuesday appear to show what may be a new Wagner military base near the Belarusian capital of Minsk. The images, if confirmed, would suggest a rapid build-up for Wagner in the days after the Russian mercenary company, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin , engaged in a short-lived mutiny.  Russian media has reported that Wagner troops arrived in Belarus on Tuesday and could set up a new base at a vacant military facility near the town of Asipovichi, some 50 miles from Minsk.  The recent satellite image shows rows of long structures in the nearby village of Tsel, in a field that was empty as recently as June 24 – well over a week before Wagner’s short-lived mutiny.  The images are publicly available through searches on the ESA website. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Defense Department for comment on the satellite imagery.  PENTAGON ADDRESSES RUMORS OF RUSSIAN MILITARY PURGE FOLLOWING SHORT-LIVE...

A 6-year-old boy is recovering after his harness failed at a Mexican amusement park , where he is seen falling off of the attraction. The incident happened on Sunday at Parque Fundidora's Amazonian Expedition , an amusement park attraction located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Family members of the 6-year-old said on Facebook that his harness broke during the zipline ride, sending him into an artificial pool that was located below the attraction. Mexican media outlet ABC Noticas reported that the child fell nearly 40 feet into the artificial pool, citing local authorities. Video provided to Fox News Digital shows the child on the zipline before he came to a stop, with the harness failing shortly after. ROLLER COASTER IN SWEDEN DERAILS, KILLING 1 AND INJURING 9 According to the family, a tourist nearby jumped into the pool and saved the 6-year-old child, named Cesar. Members of the family blame poor training of the park's staff members for not handling the situation b...

Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen Pat Ryder on Thursday addressed rumors of a Russian military purge after Wagner mercenary forces , led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, engaged in a short-lived mutiny over the weekend.  Ryder said the Department of Defense was closely following the security situation inside Russia and has not seen anything that should raise alarm.  "Our focus is on ensuring that we don’t see anything that would portend strategic instability. In other words, nothing to indicate any concerns regarding Russian nuclear forces," Ryder said. "We have not seen anything to this stage that concerns us, and certainly nothing that has required to change our own force posture." Ryder would not comment specifically on reports that a purge in the ranks of the Russian military was underway as authorities looked into allegations that some could have sided with Prigozhin.  PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PENCE MEETS WITH ZELENSKY IN UKRAINE IN SURPRISE TRIP Gen. Sergei Surovikin ...

Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency revealed the thrilling raid on Iranian soil and arrest of a man who led a terrorist cell in Cyprus that aimed to kill Israelis on the island. "We will reach whoever foments terrorism against Jews and Israelis around the world, including on Iranian soil," a senior Mossad official said in a statement released Thursday along with a video confession from Yusef Shahabazi Abbasalilu, the head of the Iranian cell. Abbasalilu reportedly received detailed instructions and weapons from senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members in Iran before traveling to Cyprus, where he and his operatives planned to kill Israeli businesspeople.  Cypriot authorities announced earlier in the week that they had apprehended several members of a cell of Iranian-affiliated terrorists, thwarting a planned attack. Abbasalilu alone was able to elude capture and returned to Iran. ISRAEL EMBRACES CUTTING-EDGE AI TO THWART CYBERATTACKS, FOIL TERRORISM But M...

GOP presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine Thursday in a surprise trip.  Pence broke with leading members of the Republican Party and said he remains committed to doing what he can to ensure Ukraine continues to receive the military support it needs to repel Russian forces and restore its sovereignty.  "I truly believe it's in the national interest of the United States, and all of the free world, that the Ukrainian military prevail," he told reporters speaking from Ukraine, noting that Kyiv’s success was a matter of U.S. national security. "The reality is that we're living in a time that seems to have unleashed the enemies of freedom around the world." UKRAINIAN FAMILIES MOURN LOST LOVED ONES AS FORCES CONTINUE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE "War is raging here in Ukraine. China continues its menacing behavior across the Asia Pacific. Now more than ever, we need to make sure that ...

A suspected cooking gas explosion in the Philippines injured at least 15 people and damaged a restaurant and two nearby food outlets on Thursday in a province south of Manila, officials said. Twelve parked cars were slightly damaged by the blast at Mr. Won’s Samgyeopsal Korean restaurant in the port city of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro province. The injured included four restaurant employees and a delivery crew member who were preparing to open the restaurant, which is located on the ground level of a shopping mall, officials said. MISSING TITAN SUBMERSIBLE FOUND: SEE THE KEY VESSELS THAT AIDED THE DESPERATE SEARCH "We understand the concerns and anxieties of the community and we want to emphasize that the situation is being given the highest priority," regional police chief Brig. Gen. Joel Doria said. Doria urged the public to report any information that may help in an ongoing police investigation . from Latest World News on Fox News https://ift.tt/L7bHqTi https://...

Austrian authorities said Thursday they they have seized large amounts of drugs and weapons in a raid on a far-right biker gang tied to organized crime. Public broadcaster ORF reported that police searched properties in Upper Austria and detained 10 people on suspicion of breaching firearms , narcotics and extremism laws. GERMAN POLICE WARN OF ‘BLUE PUNISHER’ ECSTASY PILL FOLLOWING 2 TEEN DEATHS Tabloid daily Krone reported that the suspects were members of the Bandidos biker club, which has been trying to gain a foothold in Austria . It reported that the raids Monday were sparked by investigations resulting from the 2022 discovery of firearms and ammunition in a vehicle belonging to a German man. from Latest World News on Fox News https://ift.tt/GOx8Wo0 https://ift.tt/OEf9pxc

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Belarus has stood out as one of Moscow’s few allies and the only European nation to offer Russia direct support in its war effort, including in its most recent endeavor to end a mutiny against the Kremlin. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he helped bring about a peaceful resolution to an apparent mutiny by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin by offering him and his private military company troops a safe haven within Belarus' borders in exchange for his "exile" from Russia. Lukashenko's claims have been questioned by regional experts and analysts alike who have asked why he stepped in and how his actions play into his deep allegiances to Russian President Vladimir Putin. PUTIN CLAIMS WAGNER DID NOT HAVE PUBLIC BACKING IN MUTINY ATTEMPT: 'THE PEOPLE WERE NOT WITH THEM' Though Belarus and Russia share a long history together, Minsk has not always acted as Moscow's subservient....

Drone footage captured by rangers shows dozens of tiger sharks feeding on the carcass of a humpback whale off the Australian coast .  The feasting involved some 50 tiger sharks scavenging a humpback whale that died of natural causes and was floating adrift in the Great Sandy Marine Park off Hervey Bay, which is about 180 miles north of Brisbane.  MONTANA MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 3 YEARS FOR TRAFFICKING EAGLE FEATHERS, PARTS The frenzy, captured on video by marine park rangers Sunday afternoon, prompted a warning from the Queensland Department of Environment and Science , reminding people to keep their distance from stranded or deceased marine animals.  "Where there are dead whales, there are likely sharks nearby and this vision clearly shows why this is the case," senior ranger Daniel Clifton told Australia’s news.com.au .  "The death of one whale, although sad, creates a life source for many other scavenging animals, including fish, sharks, and other marine like....

The Russian deputy commander who oversaw troops in Ukraine and is believed to have been aware of plans for Wagner’s mutiny has been arrested.  Sources close to Russia’s Ministry of Defense told The Moscow Times of Sergei Surovikin’s arrest on Wednesday.  Rumors of the deputy commander’s arrest were previously discussed by military blogger Vladimir Romanov, who reported that Surovikin was arrested Sunday – the day after Wagner mercenary troops led by Yevgeny Prigozhin engaged in a short-lived mutiny.  News of Surovikin’s possible arrest comes after The New York Times reported that he had advanced knowledge of Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership.  KREMLIN SAYS IT ONLY HITS ‘MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE’ AFTER STRIKE AGAINST RESTAURANT IN UKRAINE U.S. officials briefed on American intelligence told The Times they are trying to determine whether Surovikin helped Prigozhin.  Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed General Sergei S...

A temple chariot caught fire Wednesday killing at least six people and leaving 10 others with burns after it came in contact with an overhead high-tension electric wire in India’s remote northeast, a state lawmaker said. A large crowd was part of the procession taking place near a temple in the Kumarghat area, nearly 75 miles from Tripura, the state capital, said Bhagawan Das, a lawmaker with the governing Bharatiya Janata Party. Indian media said a large crowd of devotees of the Hindu god Jagannath was pulling the wood and steel chariot during the procession. INDIA PROBES BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS THAT A REGULATOR HELPED SWITCH TEST SAMPLES OF POSSIBLY TOXIC COUGH SYRUP The injured were hospitalized, some with serious burns , Das said. The chariot is a huge wheeled wooden structure used by temples during religious festivities that can be 45 feet high. Last year, 11 people died in a similar incident in the southern Tamil Nadu state when a temple chariot came in contact with an overhe...

Israel continues to explore innovative uses for artificial intelligence (AI) in various aspects of security and law enforcement, helping to foil numerous threats. "AI technology has been incorporated quite naturally into the Shin Bet's interdiction machine," Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar said in a speech to the Cyber Week conference in Israel. "Using AI, we have spotted a not-inconsequential number of threats." Shin Bet, the Israeli counterpart to the FBI or Britain’s MI5, has created its own generative AI platform, akin to ChatGPT , Bar revealed. He explained that the platform has allowed the intelligence service to streamline its work by flagging surveillance anomalies and sort "endless" amounts of intelligence. "Since the beginning of 2022, ISA handled 600 ISIS-related cases, many of them consumed similar violent and dangerous content on social media and on the web. Some were even arrested just before attacking," Bar said. "They are...

The European Union is set to look into blocking rays from the sun as a possible option to combat climate change, according to a report. According to Bloomberg News , the European Union on Wednesday will announce a framework for assessing possible security implications of climate change, which includes a study regarding the possible dangers of re-engineering the atmosphere itself. "These technologies introduce new risks to people and ecosystems, while they could also increase power imbalances between nations, spark conflicts and raises a myriad of ethical, legal, governance and political issues," a document obtained by Bloomberg states. The technology, described as solar radiation modification, will be studied by the EU . SERBIAN COURT RELEASES 3 POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWING US, EU DEMANDS THAT THEY BE SET FREE "The EU will support international efforts to assess comprehensively the risks and uncertainties of climate interventions, including solar radiation modificatio...

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would require more transparency from the State Department as to how wrongful detainment determinations are made following several high profile Americans being locked up abroad in recent years. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania has introduced the Marc Fogel Act, which amends the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act and "would require the State Department to provide Congress with copies of documents and communications on why a wrongful determination has or has not been made in cases of U.S. nationals detained abroad within six months of arrest." Rep. Reschenthaler, who represents Pennsylvania’s 14th congressional district, said in a press release that he takes issue with the fact that American schoolteacher Marc Fogel has been held in Russia since August 2021 without being labeled as wrongfully detained by the U.S. government. "Marc Fogel meets six of the eleven ...

El Salvador has swept up a number of foreign nationals in a widespread crackdown on criminal activity, allegedly including Americans in those arrests. "The Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "We are aware of U.S. citizens detained in El Salvador under El Salvador's declared state of exception." "We take our role in assisting U.S. citizens abroad seriously and are engaged with the government of El Salvador directly on this issue," the spokesperson said, adding that "due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment at this time." The U.S. first raised the alarm about American citizens mistakenly swept up in the crackdown through a March 2023 travel advisory update. The State Department said some of the arrests had occurred in a "reportedly arbitrary manner" and urged Americans to reconsider travel to th...

Reporters grilled White House officials on President Biden's economic record as he tried to rebrand for his 2024 re-election campaign on Tuesday. Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton defended Biden's economy during a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday. Reporters pointed to polls showing that Americans are deeply skeptical of Biden's ability to keep the economy stable amid global challenges. "According to our last poll, 54 to 36 percent say Donald Trump did a better job handling the economy when he was president than Biden has done so far. You aren't announcing anything new necessarily this week. You are just highlighting and touting what you've done. Is that enough?" a reporter asked. "Well, what I would say to you is look at where we were when we came into office," Dalton responded. "After 4 years of Donald Trump unemployment was over 6 percent, and today we are standing here at a time where unemployment is at histo...

South African authorities have detected "movement" underground at a shuttered gold mine where they believe at least 31 illegal miners died in a suspected gas explosion last month, raising the very slim possibility that there may be survivors, officials said. Officials also said it's likely that there were more illegal miners underground than initially thought and the death count will be higher than 31. But a search operation at the disused Virginia gold mine in the central city of Welkom has not yet been launched because of the dangerously high levels of methane gas still present in the mine, which means there could be more explosions. MISSING TITAN SUBMERSIBLE FOUND: SEE THE KEY VESSELS THAT AIDED THE DESPERATE SEARCH "As it stands now it’s rather difficult," Department of Mineral Resources and Energy spokesperson Nathi Shabangu told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Shabangu said the government department was working with a team of inspectors from the co...

White House National Security Council John Kirby said Monday it’s too soon to know what will become of the Wagner mercenaries after troops were led by Yevgeny Prigozhin on a short-lived mutiny over the weekend.  The comment from Kirby came in response to a reporter who questioned what implications the weekend’s events will have on Wagner’s power and ability – both inside Ukraine and in other regions, like Africa.  "Where does Wagner go from him? Do you have any early read on that?" the reporter asked.  "No, we don’t. And we don’t know the answer to your question. It’s just too soon to know," Kirby said. "We recognize that Wagner still has a presence in Africa. I think you know, we have worked to hold Wagner accountable."  PUTIN SAYS WAGNER MUTINEERS ‘BETRAYED’ RUSSIA, OFFERS NON-PARTICIPANTS CONTRACT WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE The mercenary group is listed as a transnational criminal organization and has been sanctioned by the U.S. government.  ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his country Monday for the first time since the end of a short-lived mutiny of Wagner mercenary troops led by Yevgeny Prigozhin over the weekend.  In a short speech, Putin said the mutineers "betrayed the country, their people and those who they dragged into this affair."  "The enemies of Russia wanted, the Nazis in Kyiv and their Western sponsors and various assorted traitors, wanted bloodshed. They wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other. They wanted peaceful civilians and military personnel to die so that in the end Russia is defeated, our society is fractured and choked on the blood of internal strife," Putin said. Putin stopped short of mentioning Prigozhin by name. Earlier Monday, Prigozhin defended his short-lived insurrection.  TIMELINE OF WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP'S STANDOFF THAT SHOOT PUTIN'S RUSSIA The Wagner leader said he wasn’t seeking to stage a coup but was acting to prevent the destruction of...

Indonesia's police are conducting preliminary inquiries into whether any actions by officials at the country's drug regulator could amount to criminal wrongdoing, as they expand a probe into tainted cough syrups linked to the deaths of more than 200 children across the nation, two top inspectors told Reuters. The police scrutiny of Indonesia's food and drugs agency (BPOM) is the latest escalation by states seeking accountability for contaminated syrups that were linked to the deaths of dozens more children in Gambia and Uzbekistan last year. The World Health Organization is working with countries to investigate the global pharmaceutical supply chain for such syrups. Late last year police arrested and charged eight individuals at Indonesian companies that imported and distributed raw materials to drugmakers whose cough syrups were found to contain toxic industrial-grade chemicals instead of the legitimate ingredient. WHO DEMANDS ACTION FOLLOWING COUGH SYRUP DEATHS Andik...

The United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a presidential command center. New Zealand has Betty, an aging Boeing 757 that officials on Monday acknowledged was so prone to breakdowns they had sent an empty backup to ensure Prime Minister Chris Hipkins didn't get stranded in China , where he is leading a trade delegation. Officials were quick to point out they had sent the plane's twin only as far as Manila, about 80% of the distance from Wellington to Beijing. AIRLINE TRAVELER DUCKS BAGGAGE FEES BY DOING THIS WITH A FISHING VEST Back in New Zealand, acting Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni was left to explain. "If we didn’t have a backup plan and something did happen, and of course we hope it won’t, then not only would they be stranded in China, but the cost that that would incur — in terms of accommodation and trying to, at the last minute, organize some kind of plan to get them back — would outweigh having a backup aircraft waiting...

Gunmen burst into a pool hall in northern Honduras and opened fire, killing 11 people and prompting President Xiomara Castro to announce security measures including curfews in the area amid a wave of drug trafficking-linked violence. The attack occurred in the city of Choloma in Cortes province late Saturday night. It left 10 men and one woman dead. The massacre followed the killing of three people Thursday in a bakery in the city of San Pedro Sula. Among the victims was Ericka Julissa Bandy García, wife of an alleged associate of former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is imprisoned in the U.S. awaiting trial for drug trafficking-related charges. HONDURAS FACES HORRIFIC AFTERMATH OF MASSACRE AT WOMEN'S PRISON, SPARKING CALLS FOR PRISON SYSTEM REFORM In central Honduras , 46 inmates were killed Tuesday by Barrio 18 gang members in a women’s prison in Tamara, north of Tegucigalpa. "SPS (San Pedro Sula) and Choloma: I have taken measures to give you security in the f...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance on Monday since a mercenary revolt demanded his removal on Friday. The defense leader was seen in a video released by the Defense Ministry inspecting troops in Ukraine after armed rebels seized a Russian city and appeared to march unopposed toward Moscow over the weekend. It is unclear when the video was filmed. Shoigu is one of three powerful Russian military leaders whose diverging interests prompted thousands of Wagner Group mercenaries to make their way from Ukraine to Russia before ending their advance on Saturday – less than 24 hours after its start to avoid bloodshed. He is the first of these leaders to appear publicly since the revolt as Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, also a target of Prigozhin's, have not been seen or heard from in public since the uprising. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been absent from the public's view as well. W...