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U.S. officials have finalized new economic sanctions against Russia, including banking and energy measures, to intensify pressure on Moscow to embrace U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end its war on Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials and a source familiar with the issue. The targets include state-owned Russian energy …

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or BfV, on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as “extremist.” “Central to our assessment is the ethnically and ancestrally defined concept of the people that shapes the AfD, which devalues entire segments …

FIRST ON FOX: The United Nations’ UN80 Task Force is examining multiple suggested methods for reorganizing the institution, according to a leaked, confidential document shared with Fox News Digital. The six-page paper cites multiple inefficiencies and areas of improvement needed to combat “geopolitical shifts and substantial reductions in foreign aid …

The chimney that will let the world know when cardinals have chosen a successor to Pope Francis was installed Friday on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.   Firefighters were seen putting up the fixture ahead of the conclave set to begin next Wednesday.  During a conclave, cardinals vote through …

The right-wing Reform UK Party saw a series of electoral wins early Friday after it secured parliamentary, mayoral and several local election seats in what leader Nigel Farage said is proof that Reform UK is “now the opposition party to this Labour government.” Farage, who predicted earlier this year in …

China eases tariffs on some US imports Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang joins ‘Fox Report’ to break down China’s move to waive tariffs on certain U.S. goods and analyze the broader implications of the ongoing trade battle with the Trump administration. China is “evaluating” an offer from the U.S. …

FIRST ON FOX : Fox News Digital has learned that the U.S. could withhold funding for the war against Islamist terror in Somalia until Europe, the African Union (A.U.) and the United Nations (U.N.) pay more of their “fair” share toward the cost of striking out and keeping the peace in …

Estonia’s top diplomat thinks Russia’s war on Ukraine goes well beyond the front lines. “This is not about Europe. I think that for Putin and for Russia, the U.S. is the main enemy, like historically,” Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told Fox News in an exclusive interview in Estonia’s capital, Tallinn.  …

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) James Gilmore is urging the Trump administration to repurpose funds cut from USAID to counter the growing global influence of China and Russia. Gilmore agrees with President Donald Trump that making cuts to foreign funding requires a …

The parents of the American hostages still held by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza have called on President Donald Trump to use his reputation for being “tough” and apply pressure on not only known enemies but one of his closest allies: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There are 59 …