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The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself...

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At least 11 killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes in Beirut as...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, officials said, as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon's Health...

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Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters...

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Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as...

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Romanians cast ballots in presidential race that could pit nationalist...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians are casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could pit a far-right nationalist against the incumbent leftist prime minister in...

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Haiti wonders what's next as gang violence surges and UN peacekeeping mission...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons,...

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Israel cracks down on Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza

UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (AP) — Israel’s yearlong crackdown against Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza is prompting many to self-censor out of fear of being jailed and further...

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Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous...

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Uruguay's once-dull election has become a dead heat in the presidential runoff

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguayans went to the polls Sunday for a second round of voting to choose their next president, with the conservative governing party and the left-leaning coalition locked...

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Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits and AP sees wreckage of a new...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine. The measure, whose final version appeared on a...

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Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country's new...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country's new president in a tight runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making...

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Philippine showdown: President says he'll fight vice president's plot to have...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday described a public threat by the vice president to have him killed by an assassin as a criminal plot and vowed to fight...

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Foreign ministers meet in Italy for the last G7 of the Biden administration

FIUGGI, Italy (AP) — Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East entering decisive phases and a certain pressure...

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Russia reportedly captures a Briton fighting for Ukraine as Russian troops...

Russia's military captured a British national fighting with Ukrainian troops who have occupied part of Russia's Kursk region, according to reports Monday, as Moscow began daylight drone attacks on...

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Hundreds of homeowners in England and Wales battle floodwaters after weekend...

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of homeowners in England and Wales were battling floodwaters Monday morning after the second major storm of the winter brought widespread disruption to the U.K. Several rail...

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DHL cargo plane crashes and skids into a house in Lithuania, killing Spanish...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania's capital and skidded into a house Monday morning, killing a Spanish crew member, officials said. The cause...

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The UAE arrests 3 Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi. The statement from the country's Interior...

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French prosecutors demand maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband in...

AVIGNON, France (AP) — A mammoth rape trial in France moved into a new phase Monday with prosecutors beginning to lay out the verdicts and punishments they want for dozens of men accused of raping...

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Officials in Egypt say over a dozen people are missing after a tourist vessel...

CAIRO (AP) — Officials in Egypt say over a dozen people are missing after a tourist cruise vessel sank in the Red Sea. The governor of the Red Sea region said Monday afternoon that authorities are...

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Here’s where ceasefire talks in the war between Israel and Hezbollah have...

BEIRUT (AP) — Diplomats and other officials say there have been several sticking points in ceasefire talks to end the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, even as conditions...

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