Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, the highest level meeting between the two allies since Israel’s most right-wing government ever …
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1/19/23
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The value of the Lebanese pound has hit an all-time low, now trading at 50,000 to the U.S. dollar, as the country’s deeply-divided Parliament failed to elect a president for an 11th time. All but …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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1/19/23
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Israel’s attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must fire a key Cabinet ally following a court ruling disqualifying the minister from serving in government. Attorney General …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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1/19/23
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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Barcelona to strengthen relations between the European neighbors by signing a friendship treaty. The …
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By JOSEPH WILSON
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1/19/23
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South Korea and Iran have summoned each other’s ambassadors in a diplomatic spat triggered by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s comments describing Iran as the “enemy” of the United Arab …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/19/23
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Palestinian media say Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank, as Israeli-Palestinian violence continued to surge. The official news agency Wafa …
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1/18/23
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A helicopter crash that killed Ukraine's interior minister and about a dozen other people is the latest devastating development in the nearly yearlong war that began with Russia’s invasion. …
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1/18/23
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Police in eastern Congo have fired tear gas at demonstrators who were protesting the arrival of foreign troops. Officials say the protest on Wednesday in Goma wasn't authorized to take place. …
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By JUSTIN KABUMBA
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1/18/23
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Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a key member of the country’s new government cannot serve as a Cabinet minister. The decision Wednesday deepens a rift over the power of the courts in Israel …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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1/18/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s action in Ukraine was intended to stop a “war” that has raged in eastern Ukraine since 2014. Putin said Moscow had long sought to negotiate a …
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By The Associated Press
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1/18/23
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