Ships to challenge blockade by Israel
ISTANBUL -- A flotilla of ships bound for the Gaza Strip is preparing to sail from Turkey in the coming days, organizers say, on a mission aimed at breaching I…
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Israel criticizes US unit sanction plan
JERUSALEM -- Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Isra…
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Iran leader avoids comments on attack
JERUSALEM -- Iran's supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, …
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Lawmaker in Britain won’t seek reelection
LONDON -- A British lawmaker who allegedly used campaign funds to pay off people who were holding him hostage said Sunday that he wouldn't seek reelection afte…
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2 Japanese navy choppers crash
TOKYO -- Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during nighttime training in a possible collisio…
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Israeli strikes in Gaza city leave 22 dead
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the…
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m Tunde Onakoya, a 29-year-old Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, played the royal game for 60 straight hours in an attempt to break the the…
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House quickly says yes to aid for allies’ wars
WASHINGTON -- The House swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Repub…
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US planning troop withdrawal in Niger
DAKAR, Senegal -- The United States will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger, U.S. officials said Saturday, in what experts say is a blow to Washington a…
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Ukraine targets Russian energy in strikes
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Saturday, in attacks that appeared to target…
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6 kids among Gaza strike’s 9 dead
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authoriti…
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Explosion at Iran-allied militia base in Iraq leaves 1 dead, 8 hurt
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they were investigating an explosion that struck a base belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coaliti…
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An Israeli airstrike in Gaza's south kills at least 9 Palestinians in Rafah, including 6 children
An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as …
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House unites to set up aid bills for final vote
WASHINGTON -- With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian…
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NATO chief makes pitch to aid Ukraine
BRUSSELS -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday pressed member countries to give more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Z…
