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Ecuador has touted “concrete results” in its fight against organised crime, as the country joins forces with the United States to conduct an anti-cartel military offensive.On Wednesday, the government of President Daniel Noboa announced that intentional homicides in March had decreased by 28 percent, compared to the same month last year.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listInterior Minister John Reimberg added that 4,300 people had been arrested nationwide as part of the recent crime crackdown, and 2,200 search warrants had been executed.In a social media post, Reimberg credited Noboa’s leadership and the work of the Security Bloc — a…

Washington — Republican leaders in Congress and President Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to end the partial government shutdown and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, mirroring a framework that the Senate pursued last week before it was quickly batted down by House Republicans. House GOP leadership spent all day last Friday criticizing Senate legislation that split off immigration enforcement funding from the rest of DHS, but they now appear to have reversed course.In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump demanded that Congress fund ICE and Border Patrol through reconciliation, which would allow Republicans to pass a bill without…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Georgia man has been arrested in a decades-old cold case of the rape and murder of a young woman over 40 years ago, authorities announced.  Freddie Lee Granger Jr., 68, was charged with one count of rape, malice murder, aggravated assault and two counts of felony murder in the death of Sandra Kaye Davis, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).Davis was just 22 years old when authorities with the Waycross Police Department discovered her body next to a home on Kollock Street in Waycross Sept. 1, 1984, officials said. ‘LOVERS’ LANE’…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in the Greater Toronto Area are proactively ramping up patrols around Jewish places of worship and community gathering spaces as Passover begins Wednesday evening. Toronto police say the public can expect an increased police presence in residential areas, grocery stores and other locations throughout the weeklong holiday, and rotating command posts will be deployed.The command posts will appear at a number of synagogues, Baycrest Hospital, the Ledbury Jewish Centre, as well as intersections along Bathurst Street north of the city centre. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to…

The state’s premier announced the emergency powers on Wednesday evening after Anthony Albanese urged for calm across the country.

Intel shares jumped 10% on Wednesday after the U.S chipmaker announced it would repurchase the 49% equity interest it did not own in its Fab 34 chip facility in Ireland for $14.2 billion. The semiconductor company sold the 49% stake in its Ireland manufacturing facility to buyout firm Apollo Global Management in 2024 for $11.2 billion.”Our 2024 agreement was the right structure at the right time and provided Intel with meaningful flexibility, enabling us to accelerate critical initiatives,” Intel CFO David Zinsner said in a press release. “Today, we have a stronger balance sheet, improved financial discipline and an evolved…

Travelers wait in line to go through security in Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 27, 2026 in New York, New York. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesAfter weeks of long lines at airports and bickering in Congress, Transportation Security Administration agents began to receive pay earlier this week thanks to an executive order by President Donald Trump.Trump’s move to bypass Congress — which under the U.S. Constitution is granted power over federal spending — and unilaterally pay the airport security agents is a momentary reprieve. Negotiations over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which…

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party had called for the strike, with Palestinian shops and public institutions closing their doors to protest the law.Palestinian shops and public institutions, including universities, across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem were closed as people took to the streets to protest against a new Israeli law that imposes the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks.Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday to march in Ramallah against the law backed by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, chanting slogans condemning the law and calling on the international community to reverse the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran is pushing back on President Donald Trump’s claim that it requested a ceasefire, with an official calling the statement “false and baseless. in a blunt public denial.Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, made the remarks rejecting Trump’s claim on Wednesday, according to a report on Iranian state television.Trump made the claim about Iran requesting a ceasefire in a Wednesday morning Truth Social post. But the president indicated that the U.S. will only entertain the prospect once the Strait of Hormuz is open for ships.”Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago’s mayor in a Tuesday news conference doubled down on recent comments that sparked backlash in the wake of the killing of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.At a “No Kings” rally in the Windy City on Saturday, Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to stop “assaults” on immigrants. The comments came on the same day that Gorman was buried, drawing fierce criticism from some. The suspect in her murder is Jose Medina-Medina, 25, an illegal immigrant from Colombia.”We have [to] end the assaults against immigrants,” Johnson said at the rally. “We have…