Callum Paton

Callum Paton is a staff writer at Newsweek specializing in North Africa and the Middle East. He has worked freelance for London-based papers like The Telegraph and The Independent and was previously based in Tripoli with the Libya Herald and Cairo with the Daily News Egypt.
                                    
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What Are the Most Credible UFO Sightings?Using standards set by astronomers and other scientists, Newsweek evaluates the most important UFO sightings of our times.

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Beto O'Rourke Compares Green New Deal to World War IIO'Rourke also compared the Green New Deal to the Great Depression while campaigning at the University of Virginia.

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Dinesh D'Souza On Fox News Wears Headphone IncorrectlyThe individual headphone he was wearing was literally back to front and upside down.

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Notre Dame Hero Priest Rescued Holy RelicThe chaplain for Paris' fire brigade also prayed for the dead and comforted the wounded during the city's 2015 attacks.

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Pastor Told Students to Spit on Him and Cut HimAssociate pastor Jaddeus Dempsey from the Impact City Church in Pataskala asked students to punish him to illustrate the Easter message.

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What Caused Notre Dame Fire? Inquiry Says AccidentalThe Paris prosecutor's office opened an inquiry late Monday into involuntary destruction by fire, excluding a criminal motive.

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Donald Trump Says Boeing Should Rebrand the 737 MaxTweeting early Monday, the president offered his own strategy to help Boeing following two deadly crashes.

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Naked California Man Goes On McDonald's Stabbing SpreeThe 29-year-old was shot by a security guard at the restaurant after he stabbed an 88-year-old grandfather.

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Lindsey Graham Advised Mitch McConnell on TrumpSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, not known for grandstanding, has been forced into a marriage of convenience with the ostentatious president.

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Sudan's Omar al-Bashir Arrested Amid Popular ProtestsBehind the outpouring of jubilation and relief, the scene seems set for a possible standoff between the military and protesters.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grills Bankers on 2008 CrisisOcasio-Cortez questioned the CEOs of America's mega banks during a tense House Financial Services Committee session.

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Watch: Water Cannon Accidentally Breaks Saudi JetHoses on one of two fire engines malfunctioned as they attempted to form an arch of water over the Saudi Arabian aircraft.

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'Millionaire' Sanders Pledges to Release Tax ReturnsVermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been compared to President Donald Trump for failing to release his full tax returns, but he said he will by April 15.

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Video: Stephen Colbert Jokes Trump Was Right On ObamaThe evidence showed Obama in the White House in a series of adorable images with children.

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Blackmailer Targeted Porn Users With Fake  FBI NoticesThe sentencing of Zain Qaiser from London marks the conclusion of a case against England's most prolific cyber criminal.

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Bernie Sanders Video Mocks Trump Over Wind TurbinesSenator Bernie Sanders took the president's wind turbine comments to task in a video posted on Instagram.

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Mystery 8,000-Year-Old Abandoned Structure DiscoveredExperts have uncovered stone wall structures that date back 5,000 to 8,000 years and 3,000-year-old irrigation canals.

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U.S. Calls for Halt to Violence in LibyaAccording to a Tripoli resident, the population in the country's capital was concerned that the destruction meted out to Benghazi during Haftar's yearslong battle there would be imposed on them.

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Julius Caesar Mussolini: Italy's Far-Right Rising StarThe Brothers of Italy party is hoping the great-grandson of Benito Mussolini, the country's fascist dictator, could provide an edge in the polls.

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Child 'Surfing' on Parents Car Run Over by ParentsThe boy has been recovering at a children's hospital in Los Angeles, after breaking both shoulders, his pelvis and fracturing some ribs.

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North Carolina Man Wins $10 Million Lottery JackpotHe explained that he picked up the scratch card by chance after carrying out a routine errand.

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Beto O'Rourke Compares Trump's Remarks to Nazi GermanyO'Rourke hit out at the president's comments on Mexicans, Muslims and the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.

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Woman in Controversial Biden Picture Speaks OutFormer Vice President Joe Biden touched foreheads with activist Sofie Karasek at the 2016 Oscars in a much-criticized picture.

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Will Meghan and Harry's Baby Have a Royal Title?Meghan and Harry's first child will inevitably have a grand title. What they are called or how they are styled depends on number of factors.

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Presidential Hopeful Michael Bennet Has CancerFollowing a cancer diagnosis last month he is postponing a formal announcement of his candidacy.

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Video: Stephen Colbert Takes on Trump's Windmill ClaimsColbert was responding to a speech the president made at a National Republican Congressional Committee claiming wind turbines cause cancer.

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National Burrito Day: The Best Deals and CouponsThrow down your forks! The burrito asks no questions—the burrito takes us all—just as we are.

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Brunei Implements Laws Punishing Gay Sex With DeathUnder Brunei's strict interpretation of Islamic law, sodomy and adultery are punishable either by death by stoning or by 100 lashes.

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Woman Hits Man With Chair During Anti-Hispanic TiradeThe woman hurled anti-Hispanic remarks at the 33-year-old man.

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Sean Hannity Attacks Alec Baldwin for Nearly 10 MinutesHannity hit back at comments Baldwin made on "The Howard Stern Show," detailing a feud between the pair that has lasted for over a decade.
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