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A baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey receives treatment inside an incubator at a children's hospital in the town of Afrin, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother gave birth to her while buried underneath the rubble of a five-story apartment building leveled by this week's devastating earthquake, relatives and a doctor said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Newborn, toddler saved from rubble in quake-hit Syrian town
Residents digging through a collapsed building in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble from this … more
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UK police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
A former London police officer has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period. Metropolitan Police officer … more
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Hundreds of volunteers, rescue workers and NGO members rushed to Istanbul Airport to join aid efforts in southern Turkey. (Feb. 7)
Live Updates | Turkey, Syria earthquake kills thousands
The medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders says a staff member has been found dead under the rubble of his house in Syria’s Idlib province following the powerful earthquake that struck … more
Jorge Carballo, one of the top administrators at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, is shown at the defense table during his Hollywood Hills nursing home manslaughter case at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A dozen elderly patients at the nursing home died from sweltering conditions after Hurricane Irma in 2017. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Hurricane deaths at nursing home: accident or manslaughter?
The trial of a Florida nursing home administrator accused of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after a 2017 hurricane is underway. Prosecutors during Monday's opening statements accused … more
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People carry a man injured in an earthquake into the al-Rahma Hospital in the town of Darkush, Idlib province, northern Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Deadly earthquake exacerbates suffering of displaced Syrians
The deadly 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey near the Syrian border has hit hard in areas that house millions of war-displaced Syrians. In Syria’s Idlib province, the last remaining rebel-held … more
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Officials: Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian gunmen in raid
Israeli security officials say Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp. The raid, which the military said was meant to arrest suspects allegedly involved … more
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A vendor sells refrigerator magnets showing a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on main pedestrian street in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, about 200,000 Russians have left their homeland for Serbia, with many seeking a new life in a fraternal Slavic country free from Kremlin oppression. The Balkan country is a close ally of Moscow, with historic, religious and cultural ties, and Russia backs Serbia’s claim over its former province of Kosovo.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
In pro-Putin Serbia, liberal-minded Russians seek a home
About 200,000 Russians have left their homeland for Serbia since the start of the war in Ukraine. Many are seeking a new life in a fraternal Slavic country free from Kremlin oppression. The Balkan … more
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A car is seen under the wreckage of a collapsed building, in Azmarin town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Live updates | Ukraine's Zelenskyy offers Turkey help
The president of war-torn Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has sent a message of support to Turkey to offer assistance in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake there. The death toll is rising from … more
Spring Point Ledge Light is surrounded by arctic sea smoke while emissions from the Wyman Power plant, background, are blown horizontal by the fierce wind, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in South Portland, Maine. The morning temperature was about -10 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Northeast temperatures soar a day after bone-numbing cold
Temperatures in many areas of the Northeast U.S. are climbing into the mid-40s Fahrenheit, a day after the region suffered through temperatures that plummeted into the negative teens. In some places … more
Pope hits back at critics who used Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis accused some of his critics Sunday of taking advantage of Pope Benedict XVI’s death to score ideological points in the latest salvo in the partisan divide of the Catholic Church. … more
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Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders denounce anti-gay laws
Pope Francis, the head of the Anglican Communion and the top Presbyterian minister have spoken out on LGBTQ rights. They together denounced the criminalization of homosexuality on Sunday and said gay … more
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Pope planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille
Pope Francis is planning to visit India next year and is studying a possible trip to Mongolia later this year. Francis outlined his upcoming travel schedule during his flight back to Rome from South … more
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Marcos Marzo hugs two of his friends who came to say goodbye upon receiving the news that he had obtained a permit to travel to the United States, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023. Now in the U.S., his dream is to do a master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and work as an engineer, which he says is his passion. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy
Overwhelmed by thousands of Cubans crowding its southern border after making the dangerous trip through Central America and an increase in makeshift boats crossing the Florida Straits, the United … more
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Demonstrators hold placards and a poster with a picture of Tiba Ali, a YouTube star who was recently killed by her father, in Diwaniya, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan on Friday announced that Tiba Ali was killed by her father on Jan. 31, who then turned himself into the police. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqis protest gender violence after YouTube star killed
Dozens of Iraqi residents and activists are protesting in the city of Diwaniyah days after a 22-year-old YouTube star was killed allegedly by her father. Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan … more
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An injured man evacuates with family members from a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket at the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Ukraine: 5 injured in rocket attacks on 2nd-largest city
Officials say five people have been injured in Russian rocket attacks in the central area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said Sunday four … more
In this photo provided by South Korea's Mokpo coast guard, members of the South Korean coast guard search for people from a capsized boat in waters off the country's southwestern coast, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. South Korean coast guard vessels and aircraft were searching on Sunday in waters off the country's southwestern coast for nine fishermen who disappeared after their boat capsized. (South Korea's Mokpo coast guard via AP)
9 missing after fishing boat capsizes in South Korea
South Korean coast guard vessels and aircraft are searching  for nine fishermen who disappeared after their boat capsized off the country's southwestern coast. The coast guard from the southwestern … more
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivers a statement at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on June 29, 2022. Bennett, a former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia's war with Ukraine, said during an interview posted online Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
Former Israeli PM: Putin promised not to kill Zelenskyy
A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart. … more
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Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope makes final bid for peace, forgiveness in South Sudan
Pope Francis is making a final appeal for peace in South Sudan. He is celebrating Mass before tens of thousands of people to close out an unusual mission by Christian religious leaders to nudge … more
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FILE - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Nov. 10, 2001, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. An official said Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan military ruler who backed US war in Afghanistan after 9/11, has died. (AP Photo/Beth Keiser, File)
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies
An offical says Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died. He was 79 years old. They made the … more
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Drawing nears for $700M Powerball prize, 10th biggest in US
Another huge lottery jackpot will be on the line for players willing to put up $2 against daunting odds of actually winning the top prize. The estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs … more
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