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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal grand jury in Michigan indicted a third defendant in an alleged forced labor conspiracy tied to the Kingdom of God Global Church, the Justice Department announced.Kathleen Klein, said to also be known as “Prophetess,” allegedly served as a leader and executive of the church — formerly known as Joshua Media Ministries International — and helping run a multi-state call center operation that prosecutors say exploited workers to solicit donations.The Justice Department said Klein, 53, and co-defendants David Taylor and Michelle Brannon allegedly operated call centers in Michigan, Missouri, Florida and…

Dozens of animals have been seized from a “serial” animal cruelty offender’s property – with the RSPCA revealing the horrifying number of animals previously taken from her care.

TOKYO: Visitors to Japan fell 4.9 per cent in January from the previous year to mark the first decline in four years, government data showed on Wednesday (Feb 18), as Chinese tourists stayed away amid simmering tensions between the two Asian nations.Inbound visitors totalled 3,597,500, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said, falling for the first time since January 2022.The drop was driven largely by a 61 per cent fall in arrivals from China to 385,300. Beijing has been urging its citizens to avoid travel to Japan since November, after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s parliamentary comments that a Chinese attack…

NewsFeedSyria’s government has been relocating families after announcing the closure of the notorious al-Hol camp for people with suspected links to ISIL fighters. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett has been seeing families arrive at a new camp, where the government says conditions will be better.Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some on social media are insisting that Kevin James’ insistence on staying out of politics means that he’s a closeted Trump supporter.”Politically, for me to speak on it, there are experts who know much more than I do,” the 60-year-old comedian told Variety at the premiere for his new movie “Solo Mio” when asked why he stays out of the fray.He continued, “I’m just focusing on what I can do, delivering a fun, heartfelt break from the craziness of the world. Everybody carries themselves around all day long with a lot of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Delaware man who was married to former first lady Jill Biden decades ago pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing his second wife in Delaware. William Stevenson, 77, is charged with killing Linda Stevenson, 64, who was found unresponsive at their home in Wilmington on Dec. 28. He remains in custody on $2 million bail after being charged with murder on Feb. 3.Linda Stevenson ran a bookkeeping business and was described in her obituary as a family-oriented mother and grandmother and a Philadelphia Eagles fan. The obituary does not mention her husband, despite them…

A Royal Commission into anti-Semitism and social cohesion is set to start with its first public hearing next week.

MANILA: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday (Feb 18) she would seek the presidency in the 2028 elections – a bid that would have to withstand new impeachment attempts in Congress and criminal complaints that could ban her from public office if convicted.She made the announcement in a televised speech where she renewed allegations of corruption and misrule against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. They were running mates in a whirlwind alliance in the 2022 election but have since had a bitter falling out.She and her family have blamed Marcos for the detention of her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte,…

Tigray, Ethiopia – Saba Gedion was 17 when the peace deal that ended the conflict in her homeland of Tigray in northern Ethiopia was signed in 2022.She hoped then that fighting would be a thing of the past, but the last few months have convinced her that strife is once again looming, and she feels paralysed with despair.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Many people are leaving the region in droves,” Gedion told Al Jazeera as she sat under the shade of a tree, selling coffee to the occasional customer in an area frequented by internally displaced people (IDPs)…