Palestinian health officials say the death toll over a day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip has risen to six. Officials said on Wednesday …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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9/20/23
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Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. Many survivors are still sheltering inside the wrecked city of Derna, …
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By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD
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9/20/23
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/20/23
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A clergy sex abuse scandal involving Chile’s most notorious pedophile, the priest Fernando Karadima, shook the South American country in 2010 in a way never seen in Latin America. The case prompted …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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9/20/23
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Saudi Arabia has praised the “positive results” of talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they visited the kingdom for peace talks. However, Riyadh on Wednesday released few details on their …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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9/19/23
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It’s Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Tuesday at the U.N. and what …
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9/19/23
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A Mexican railway operator has announced it is suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process. The …
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9/19/23
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Tunisian president's remarks on Storm Daniel have been denounced as antisemitic and prompt an uproar
Tunisian President Kais Saied’s remarks that have been denounced as antisemitic have prompted an uproar on social media across the world. Saied's remarks came following floods that devastated …
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9/19/23
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Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort
Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors. They said Tuesday that Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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9/19/23
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Colombian leader summons intense oratory for a bleak warning: that humanity is making itself extinct
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has delivered an ominous prophecy with grandiose language. He paints a grim picture of what lies ahead if nations fail to swiftly redesign life on this planet. …
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By DAVID BILLER
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9/19/23
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Argentina is celebrating a decision by a United Nations conference to include a former clandestine detention and torture center as a World Heritage site. A UNESCO conference in Saudi Arabia agreed to …
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By DANIEL POLITI
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9/19/23
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Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway. The new fighting on …
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By JIM HEINTZ
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9/19/23
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The U.N.’s refugee agency says more than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition. …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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9/19/23
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A joint report from three U.N. agencies says the mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across …
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By RAHIM FAIEZ
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9/19/23
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The European Union is urging Serbia and Kosovo to respect an agreement meant to end tensions between them and set their relations on a more normal path. The call Tuesday came after talks between …
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By LORNE COOK and LLAZAR SEMINI
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9/19/23
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Hundreds of London police officers are facing dismissal as the department steps up efforts to get rid of police officers accused of corruption and other misconduct. A series of scandals eroded public …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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9/19/23
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Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh independence advocate whose killing two months ago is at the center of a widening breach between India and Canada, was called a human rights activist by Sikh …
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By KRUTIKA PATHI and DAVID COHEN
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9/19/23
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Azerbaijan has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions. A statement from the Azerbaijan defense ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers …
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By AVET DEMOURIAN
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9/19/23
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is urging defense leaders Tuesday to “dig deep” and provide more air defense systems for Ukraine, to help the country block increasing barrages of Russian missiles. …
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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9/19/23
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The prime minister of Libyan’s eastern administration says authorities have divided the flood-stricken city of Derna into four sections to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks. Tuesday's …
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9/19/23
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