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SEOUL: South Korean special prosecutors requested a further 30-year term on Friday (Apr 24) for jailed ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol for allegedly sending military drones into North Korea in 2024.Yoon is accused of ordering the incursion to help create the pretext for his failed declaration of martial law that year, which resulted in his impeachment, removal from office and life imprisonment for insurrection.Special prosecutors said in a statement that they were seeking the new sentence on charges of aiding the enemy, adding that Yoon’s effort to “fabricate wartime conditions” had undermined state security.They also argue that the operation heightened tensions…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Peter Hook isn’t budging.The former Joy Division and New Order bassist flatly ruled out any reunion with his ex-band mates, even for a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honor. Hook made clear he has no interest in standing alongside his former band mates at the upcoming November ceremony.”No. No. Not after what they did to me and my family, no,” he told Rolling Stone, before adding, “No. I won’t stand with them. No.”Hook explained he doesn’t really care how the ceremony would work if he wouldn’t stand with the entire group…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US has not told the Iranian national team that it cannot play.Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington has no objections to Iranian players participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but he added the players will not be allowed to bring people with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with them.Since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28, Iran’s participation in this summer’s edition of FIFA’s global showpiece has been in doubt because all of the country’s group-stage matches…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to immediately block taxpayer funding for sex change treatment for minors, warning that billions of federal dollars could soon flow to providers like Planned Parenthood.In a letter penned to Johnson on Thursday afternoon, Hawley emphasized that “time is of the essence,” noting a current federal ban on taxpayer payments to abortion and “trans-treatment” providers is set to expire July 4.Hawley’s recent attempt to pass a similar ban in the Senate was rejected Wednesday night, putting the responsibility…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal authorities on Thursday announced a sweeping takedown of suspected Mexican Mafia members and associates in Southern California. They charged 43 defendants in a wide-ranging case involving murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking and extortion for allegedly turning Orange County into a “Gangsta’s Paradise.”The suspects were arrested in coordinated raids, and others already in custody are expected to face federal charges in the coming weeks, according to prosecutors.Investigators say the case pulls back the curtain on how the notorious “La Eme” prison gang allegedly continued to run street-level crime from inside prison walls, using…

A trial of a ground-breaking therapy for a rare type of blood cancer is giving WA patients a break from gruelling treatments and side effects. 

MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr will make the first state visit to Japan by a Philippine president in over a decade next month, the presidential palace said on Friday (Apr 24), at a time of deepening security cooperation between the two countries.Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will receive Marcos and his wife Louise during the May 26-29 trip, with the Filipino leader also set to meet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the palace statement said.Marcos and Takaichi “are expected to discuss the future trajectory of the Philippines-Japan Strengthened Strategic Partnership” as well as international developments, “especially with regard to energy and food…

When Donald Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday, the US President did not provide a deadline for the resumption of talks, simply saying the US would continue its near-one-week blockade on Tehran and wait for Iran’s “proposal” for further talks.But he has another deadline to worry about – one coming up at home in the US Congress.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTrump has until May 1 to obtain congressional approval under the War Powers Resolution (sometimes referred to as the War Powers Act). It states that he must limit deployments in any ongoing…

The Justice Department program that accredits nonprofit organizations to help provide legal aid to low-income immigrants has failed to approve a single new application since March— after its attorneys were quietly reassigned to other offices, sources with direct knowledge of the program told CBS News.A month ago, the small group of senior attorneys who operated the Recognition and Accreditation program, part of the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, were transferred without explanation to work in nearby immigration courts, CBS News previously reported.The Recognition and Accreditation program certifies non-attorneys who work for largely faith-based legal advocacy organizations such as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former North Carolina police officer was arrested late Wednesday for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival, authorities said.Christopher Gillum, 45, was detained at a Destin, Florida, hotel Wednesday night, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said.He is wanted in Orleans Parish in Louisiana for alleged terroristic threats and is accused of planning to travel to a festival in New Orleans to commit a mass shooting and then die by suicide, authorities said.GOT A TIP?The Louisiana State Police did not say which festival the suspect was allegedly targeting but…