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The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but the United States warned the...

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Protests against arrest of one of top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Modi...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in India's capital took to the streets for a second day Saturday, demanding the immediate release of one of the top rivals of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

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Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea,...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons Saturday in the latest confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing injuries...

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What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it...

Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out on the ground along his...

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Chevron manager jailed in Venezuela amid crackdown on government critics

MIAMI (AP) — A former fighter pilot jailed in Venezuela in February for his ties to a prominent human rights attorney is an employee of U.S. oil firm Chevron, The Associated Press has learned, an...

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Slovakia votes for a successor to the nation's first female president. An...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Voters in Slovakia headed to the polls on Saturday to elect a successor to Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president and a staunch backer of neighboring Ukraine...

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Worldwide support pours in for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after shocking...

LONDON (AP) — Support poured in from around the world Saturday for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed in a candid video message that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following...

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Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine....

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities arrested the four people suspected of taking part in the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people and believe they were headed to...

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The double cancer blow to Kate and King Charles leaves Britain's royal family...

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III always wanted a slimmed-down monarchy. But not like this. The Princess of Wales’ disclosure that she has cancer has prompted an outpouring of goodwill for Kate and for a...

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What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, the most deadly attack in Russia in years....

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Heavy rains kill at least 7 in Rio de Janeiro state, 4-year-old rescued after...

PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — Heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro state have killed at least seven people, authorities said Saturday, while a 4-year-old girl was rescued after more than 16 hours under mud. The...

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Bodies of 3 Rohingya refugees are found dead as Indonesia ends rescue for...

CALANG, Indonesia (AP) — The bodies of three Rohingya refugees were found in the sea as the Indonesian authorities ended a search for survivors from a boat that capsized near Aceh province, the...

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Senegal votes in a tightly contested presidential race after months of unrest

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese lined up to vote Sunday in a tightly contested presidential race following months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African nation’s reputation as a...

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Poland demands explanation from Russia after a missile enters its airspace...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland demanded an explanation from Russia on Sunday after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine, prompting the NATO...

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Palestinians describe bodies and ambulances crushed in Israel's ongoing raid...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians who fled an ongoing Israeli raid in and around Gaza's main hospital described days of heavy fighting, mass arrests and forced marches past dead bodies in...

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Police arrest suspected masterminds behind the killing of...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of...

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Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's north are freed after...

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, the West African...

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Abducted as babies in the 1970s, these Argentines found a way toward their...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Claudia Poblete can’t help it. On certain days, as she passes in front of a church, she automatically crosses herself while her children gaze at her with confusion. She...

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Philippines lodges its 'strongest protest' against China over a water cannon...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing on Monday and summoned a senior Chinese diplomat over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that...

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Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days Monday as Moscow escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities while the front line in the war remains...

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