WASHINGTON -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday dropped out of the 2024 presidential race just two days before the New Hampshire primary, and endorsed former President Donald Trump.

"We don't have a clear path to victory," DeSantis said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter. (US-DeSantis-Drop Race)

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DAMASCUS -- The death toll from Saturday's Israeli missile attack on Iran's targets in the Syrian capital of Damascus has risen to 13, according to a war monitor on Sunday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that among the 13 casualties were five Iranians, three of whom held commanding roles in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), four Syrians contracted with Iranian militias, two Lebanese individuals, one Iraqi national, and one Syrian civilian worker. (Israeli Attack-Damascus-Death Toll)

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QUITO -- The number of people detained in the ongoing "armed internal conflict" in Ecuador has risen to 2,763, the authorities announced Sunday.

Among those detained, 158 have been charged with "terrorism," said the Ecuador government in its latest report on a series of attacks and violence that have been plaguing the country since Jan. 9. (Ecuador-Violence-Arrests)

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TEHRAN -- A massive blast was heard on Monday morning at an industrial park in the central Iranian city of Garmsar, Semnan province, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

The source of the blast had not been determined yet, the report said, adding local authorities had sent rescue teams to the industrial park. (Iran-Blast) Enditem

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