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With famine looming, Israeli strike kills 7 aid workers and halts food...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, leading the charity to suspend delivery Tuesday of vital food aid to Gaza, where Israel’s...

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The Latest | Israeli strike in Gaza kills 7 delivering food in new blow to...

An Israeli airstrike on aid workers delivering food in Gaza has killed at least seven people — including citizens of Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom and a U.S.-Canada dual citizen — in the...

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Tehran vows to respond after a deadly strike blamed on Israel demolished...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Tuesday vowed to respond to a deadly airstrike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Iran's consulate building in the Syrian capital of Damascus and killed eight...

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Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in a central Thai city

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict. The macaques that roam Lopburi are a symbol...

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Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday over a devastating drought that's sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2...

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NATO weighs a plan to provide long-term military help to Ukraine as Russian...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organization’s top...

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Pope shows off rosary of slain Ukrainian soldier, denounces 'madness of war'

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis led thousands of people in a moment of silence Wednesday to pray for the aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza and a young Ukrainian soldier named Oleksandre who was...

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North Korea says it tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile that's...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday it had tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants, extending a run of weapons tests that’s deepening a...

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Family and friends recall dedication of World Central Kitchen aid workers...

Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to besieged Palestinians with the...

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Ugandan court rejects bid to nullify anti-gay law that provides for the death...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality" despite widespread condemnation from rights groups...

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Strongest earthquake in 25 years rocks Taiwan, killing 9 people and stranding...

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, stranding dozens of workers at quarries and sending some...

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Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes began the journey back to their home countries Wednesday as they were transported out of the Gaza Strip and...

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Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to replenish its beleaguered troops

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine lowered its draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25 on Wednesday, reflecting the strain that more than two years of war with Russia has put on its military and the need...

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Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major...

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down...

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Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Like many of the elections in more than 50 countries voting this year, the upcoming presidential race in Algeria was supposed to be a sleepy affair. With few viable opposition...

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Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Human Rights Watch investigation published Thursday said an Israeli attack on a Gaza building in October had no apparent militant target, but killed 106 civilians, including 54...

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Senior UK jurists have joined calls to stop arms sales to Israel. Other...

LONDON (AP) — More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime...

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NATO marks its 75th birthday as Russia's war in Ukraine gnaws at its unity

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO marked on Thursday 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing to stay the course in Ukraine as better-armed Russian troops...

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President Macron says France and its allies 'could have stopped' the 1994...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so, a strong declaration ahead of the...

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Venice day-trippers will face steep fines if they fail to pay an access fee...

MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to the fabled canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center during a time-limited pilot program launching later this month...

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