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62 Nigerian hostages rescued, 2 militants killed, army says

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Nigeria’s military announced Wednesday that 62 hostages were rescued, and two militants were killed in a pair of operations against armed groups, a report said.
The development comes after more than 160 worshippers were kidnapped from two churches in Nigeria Sunday by gangs. It’s unclear if any of the worshippers were among the hostages rescued.
Lt. Col. Olaniyi Osoba, an Army spokesperson, told Reuters that Nigerian forces raided a location in the northwestern Zamfara state after receiving tips that captives were being held there.
The 62 rescued hostages are now in safe custody and are in the process of being reunited with their families, Reuters reported, citing the army.
GUNMEN ABDUCT DOZENS OF WORSHIPPERS FROM MULTIPLE NIGERIAN CHURCHES
Nigerian soldiers travel around in pickups during training at a military base in Borno state, Nigeria, July 5, 2025. (Joris Bolomey/AFP via Getty Images)
In a separate operation, Nigerian soldiers ambushed militants in the border area between the Kebbi and Sokoto states, Osoba added.
Sunday’s church kidnapping incident, which the BBC said targeted both Christians and Muslims, marks the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria’s long-running streak of religiously fueled attacks.
Nigeria has experienced a dramatic surge in mass attacks by armed gangs, particularly Islamist militants, who often operate from forest enclaves and target villages, schools and places of worship.
NIGERIA NAMED EPICENTER OF GLOBAL KILLINGS OF CHRISTIANS OVER FAITH IN 2025, REPORT SAYS

The Haske Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church in Nigeria’s Kaduna state is pictured Jan. 20, 2026, after a weekend attack by gunmen and kidnappings of worshippers. (Nuhu Gwamna/Reuters)
Muslim Fulani militants frequently carry out violence in northern and central parts of Nigeria to bankrupt Christian communities while receiving ransom payments.
Kaduna state police said gunmen armed with «sophisticated weapons» attacked two churches in the village of Kurmin Wali in Afogo ward at about 11:25 a.m. on Sunday, Reuters reported.

An exterior view of the ECWA Church after a recent attack by gunmen in which worshippers were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. (Nuhu Gwamna/Reuters)
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While Kaduna state police on Monday reportedly cited conservative figures, saying dozens were being held captive as the investigation remains in its early stages, a senior church leader noted that more than 160 worshippers were abducted by gunmen over the weekend.
Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Russia urges Iran, ‘all parties’ in Middle East to show restraint amid US military buildup

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Russia warned Iran and «all parties in the region to exercise restraint and caution» Thursday amid a U.S. military buildup in the Middle East.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remark as the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group are moving from the Caribbean toward the Middle East.
«Russia continues to develop relations with Iran, and in doing so, we call on our Iranian friends and all parties in the region to exercise restraint and caution, and we urge them to prioritize political and diplomatic means in resolving any problems,» Peskov said Thursday, according to Reuters.
«Right now, we are indeed seeing an unprecedented escalation of tensions in the region. But we still expect that political and diplomatic means and negotiations will continue to prevail in the search for a settlement,» he added.
WORLD’S LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST AS IRAN NUCLEAR TENSIONS SPIKE DRAMATICALLY
A F-18E fighter jet takes off from aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford as it sails during NATO Neptune Strike 2025 exercise on Sept. 24, 2025, in the North Sea. (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)
The move of the USS Gerald R. Ford would place two aircraft carriers and their accompanying warships in the region. The USS Abraham Lincoln and three guided-missile destroyers arrived in the Middle East more than two weeks ago.
Negotiations between the United States and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program advanced Tuesday toward what Tehran described as the beginning of a potential framework, but sharp public divisions between the two sides underscored how far apart they remain.
IRAN FIRES LIVE MISSILES INTO STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS TRUMP ENVOYS ARRIVE FOR NUCLEAR TALKS

The USS Gerald R. Ford is heading toward the Middle East as tensions with Iran escalate and President Donald Trump demands full nuclear dismantlement. (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the two sides reached a «general agreement on a number of guiding principles» and agreed to begin drafting text for a possible agreement, with plans to exchange drafts and schedule a third round of talks.
Yet Washington has publicly insisted that any agreement must result in the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program — including its enrichment capacity — along with limits on Tehran’s ballistic missile program and an end to its support for allied militant groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, is seen in the North Sea during NATO Neptune Strike 2025 exercise in September 2025. (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)
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Those demands go well beyond temporary enrichment pauses or technical adjustments.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
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La impactante carta que escribió el rey Carlos III tras la detención de su hermano, el príncipe Andrés

El rey Carlos III de Inglaterra declaró este jueves que “la justicia debe seguir su curso” tras la detención de su hermano, el expríncipe Andrés, salpicado por el caso Epstein y bajo sospecha de “mala conducta” durante su etapa como enviado comercial del Reino Unido.
“Lo que sigue ahora es el proceso completo, justo y adecuado mediante el cual este asunto se investiga de la manera apropiada y por las autoridades correspondientes”, afirmó Carlos III, en una inusual declaración firmada personalmente.
Leé también: Escándalo en el Reino Unido: detuvieron al príncipe Andrés en medio de las acusaciones por el caso Epstein
Tras expresar su “más profunda preocupación” por el arresto de su hermano menor, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, el monarca reiteró su apoyo a la policía y la Justicia.
“En esto, como he dicho antes, cuentan con todo nuestro apoyo y cooperación”. “Permítanme dejarlo claro: la justicia debe seguir su curso”, añadió.
Escándalo en el Reino Unido: detuvieron al expríncipe Andrés en medio de las acusaciones por el caso Epstein. (Foto: Reuters)
Por qué detuvieron al hermano del rey de Inglaterra
La detención ocurrió mientras detectives británicos evalúan las afirmaciones hechas en los “archivos de Jeffrey Epstein” contra el exduque de York de que compartió información estatal sensible con el financista y delincuente sexual estadounidense mientras era enviado comercial del Reino Unido, cargo que ocupó entre 2001 y 2011.
Se trata de correos electrónicos publicados por el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos en los que el exduque habría compartido con Epstein informes de visitas oficiales a Hong Kong, Vietnam y Singapur.
Otro, en la víspera de Navidad de 2010, pareció enviar a Epstein un informe confidencial sobre oportunidades de inversión en la reconstrucción de la provincia de Helmand, en Afganistán, según detalló el diario The Guardian.
Imágenes publicadas por medios británicos mostraron una flota de coches sin identificación, que se cree son vehículos policiales, llegando temprano el jueves a la finca de Sandringham del rey Carlos III, en el este de Inglaterra, donde Andrés se mudó a principios de febrero. Policías allanaron la casa del expríncipe Andrés. (Foto: gentileza BBC).
El príncipe, despojado de sus títulos
El año pasado, Charles despojó a su hermano de sus títulos y le ordenó abandonar su mansión en la finca de Windsor, aunque Andrés sigue siendo octavo en la línea de sucesión al trono británico.
La policía informó “estar realizando registros” en dos propiedades, señalando que “el hombre permanece bajo custodia policial en este momento”.
Leé también: Leé también:La estrepitosa caída del Príncipe Andrés: las orgías con Epstein, los abusos y el suicidio que marcó su final
La mala conducta en el ejercicio de un cargo público conlleva una pena máxima de cadena perpetua, según el Crown Prosecution Service (Fiscalía de la Corona).
La policía regional de Windsor indicó entonces que está “examinando esta información” sobre Andrew Moutbatten-Windsor, como debe ser llamado ahora tras ser desposeído de sus cargos aristocráticos.
Primeras denuncias de abuso sexual contra Andrés en el caso Epstein
Estos documentos se añaden a las acusaciones de agresión sexual formuladas contra el expríncipe por Virginia Giuffre, que se suicidó en 2025.
En un libro póstumo, Giuffre aseguró que el Príncipe Andrés había abusado tres veces de ella, entregada por el millonario estadounidense cuando era menor de edad.
Una segunda mujer afirmó posteriormente, a través de su abogado, que Epstein la envió a Inglaterra en 2010 para mantener relaciones sexuales con el hijo de la reina Isabel II. Virginia Giuffre con el príncipe Andrés. Ella tenía 17 años y él 41. Se conocieron en las fiestas sexuales de Jeffrey Epstein. (Foto: BBC)
Otro abogado estadounidense sostuvo que una de sus clientas relató que Epstein y el expríncipe la obligaron a mantener relaciones sexuales durante una fiesta en Florida en 2006.
Al menos cuatro fuerzas policiales británicas confirmaron que analizan informes que parecen vincular al expríncipe Andrés, ahora conocido como Andrés Mountbatten-Windsor, con Epstein.
Una investigación de la BBC publicada en diciembre encontró que casi 90 vuelos vinculados a Epstein llegaron y partieron de aeropuertos del Reino Unido, algunos con mujeres británicas a bordo que afirman haber sido víctimas de abusos por parte del multimillonario.
Leé también: Por las denuncias de agresión sexual, el príncipe Andrés renunció a sus títulos en la corona británica
Días atrás, el primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, dijo que Andrés debería hablar con las autoridades sobre sus vínculos con Epstein.
El primer ministro recordó que “nadie está por encima de la ley” y agregó que las personas con información tenían el “deber de presentarse”.
Según la BBC, el período máximo que se puede retener al expríncipe es de 96 horas, pero esto requeriría múltiples prórrogas por parte de altos oficiales de policía y un tribunal de magistrados.
En la mayoría de los casos, los sospechosos son detenidos durante 12 o 24 horas y luego son acusados o liberados en espera de una mayor investigación.
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HHS wipes out 36,000 pages of ‘regulatory dark matter’ in sweeping child welfare office purge

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EXCLUSIVE: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) overseeing the well-being of children, eliminated thousands of pages of regulatory guidance that had been languishing on the books as far back as 1976, Fox News Digital learned.
The Administration for Children and Families is a Health and Human Services agency charged with promoting the economic and social well-being of kids and their families via overseeing programs such as the Head Start school readiness program, child support enforcement, foster care and adoption services, and managing unaccompanied minors.
The office rescinded 35,781 pages of guidance documents after an agencywide review found 74% of its «sub-regulatory footprint» was obsolete. The documents included technical bulletins, program instructions, action transmittals and dear colleague letters — letters from federal agencies or members of Congress that typically inform colleagues on new guidance or legislation — that had accumulated across the past 50 years.
The Administration for Children and Families emphasized that the rescinded documents were not erased, but instead archived online along with a detailed list of current guidance documented on the Department of Health and Human Services’ website.
DOGE ERA OVERHAUL: GSA TOUTS $60B IN SAVINGS AS TRUMP SHRINKS GOV’T FOOTPRINT: ‘RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES’
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families rescinded 35,781 pages of guidance documents after an agencywide review found 74% of its «sub-regulatory footprint» was obsolete. ( Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The Administration for Children and Families officially was established in 1991, but its origins and work stretch back decades, inheriting programs and guidance from earlier Health and Human Services offices — including major initiatives that date to the mid-1970s.
«President Trump’s regulatory reform agenda is unparalleled in U.S. history,» the Administration for Children and Families Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«ACF is proud to do our part to advance the President’s agenda by taking the first of many planned actions, namely removing 36,000 pages of obsolete sub-regulatory guidance that had quietly accumulated over decades and shining a brighter spotlight on what remains,» he added. «In essence, ACF has brought our regulatory dark matter to light.»
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS NEW INITIATIVE TO ROLL BACK FEDERAL REGULATIONS
The rescinded guidance included program-specific documents such as a memo on filing the June 1999 Child and Family Services Plan and Final Report, 2005 avian flu guidance and a 2010 staffing-change notice for the now-defunct Division of Energy Assistance.

The US Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
The Administration for Children and Families directed its Office of Legislation and Budget to compile a comprehensive list of guidance documents considered active — a process that took three weeks just to catalog the files, the agency said. The inventory produced more than 4,000 documents totaling about 55,776 pages, dating back to 1976.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BANS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM TAXPAYER-FUNDED SERVICES, INCLUDING HEAD START
Each program office was required to justify whether the individual documents were still needed, and ordered to provide written rationale if guidance was deemed obsolete or necessary. Obsolete documents were considered ones that related to old funding cycles, guidance superseded by newer rules, duplicate statutes or documents related to programs that no longer list, Fox News Digital learned.

US President Donald Trump, right, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Administration for Children and Families said the goal of cleaning up the office with outdated guidance is to reduce confusion and allow grant recipients to focus resources on «delivering outcomes for American children and families,» rather than navigating tens of thousands of pages of outdated documentation.
The move aligns with the Trump administration’s broader push to pare back regulations and cut what it calls bureaucratic red tape.
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The Federal Communications Commission, for example, took a hatchet to outdated policies in a sweeping deregulation effort in 2025, including doing away with outdated guidance on the use of telegraphs, rabbit-ear TV receivers and phone booth rules in July 2025.
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