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FBI searches Washington Post reporter's home FBI agents searched Hannah Natanson's home as part of an investigation into sharing secret government information. The paper said investigators told her she was not a focus of the probe. Why Iran's fate means more to oil markets than Venezuela's While markets appeared barely fazed by the fate of Venezuela's oil industry, they are considerably more nervous about the potential impact of internal unrest and foreign escalation when it comes to Iran. Rightly so? Tech-savvy Mykhailo Fedorov is Ukraine's new defense minister Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aims to boost Ukraine's defense capabilities through technology by appointing Mykhailo Fedorov as the new defense minister. What do experts say? Syria: No end to conflict between Kurds, central government The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve. Rescue or crime? Humanitarian aid workers on trial in Greece Humanitarian aid workers face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of facilitating the illegal entry of migrants to Greece. The trial has been dubbed "the largest case of the criminalization of solidarity in Europe." Louvre hikes ticket price for non-EU visitors by almost half The Louvre museum and several other French cultural sites are increasing the price of entry for visitors from outside Europe. So-called "dual pricing" is quite common in less wealthy countries but rare in richer regions. Ukraine: Anti-corruption agencies target former PM Ukraine's anti-corruption agency said it notified a party leader of its suspicion of offering bribes to politicians. It did not name them, but the blurred images it published clearly showed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko. Uganda braces for tense election as Museveni seeks another win President Museveni's supporters expect victory for the National Resistance Movement. Meanwhile, a youthful base frustrated by unemployment hopes whoever wins will heed their wishes for a better future. DW exclusive: Post-election violence in Tanzania's Mwanza What happened in Tanzania during the unrest that followed the October election remains unclear. New evidence points to killings and grave human rights abuses by security forces in the second largest city, Mwanza. US' JD Vance to host Greenland talks amid takeover threats The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are hoping to defuse tensions over the Arctic island in Washington talks. US President Donald Trump has doubled down on threats to seize the autonomous Danish territory. US civil rights icon Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86 Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 was a key moment in the US civil rights movement. "History had me glued to that seat," she later said. US lauds freeing of American prisoners in Venezuela The US State Department hailed Venezuela's interim government for releasing American prisoners, calling it a "step in the right direction." Should EU leaders sit on Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza? The next phase of the US-sponsored Gaza peace plan involves setting up a "Board of Peace." Trump wants to chair it and, even though it's been heavily criticized, Europeans also want a seat.