Israel is urging the top United Nations court to reject the latest request by South Africa for interim orders to prevent starvation in Gaza. The request is part of a case accusing Israel of breaching …
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By MIKE CORDER
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3/18/24
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Israeli forces have launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital. The army says Hamas militants had regrouped inside Shifa Hospital, without providing evidence, and that gunmen fired …
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG
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3/18/24
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A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022. The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped …
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By The Associated Press
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3/18/24
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Millions of Germans have been protesting against the rise of the far-right in huge rallies all over the country for weeks in a row, attending events with slogans such as “Never Again is Now.” …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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3/18/24
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with one of the handful of armed groups with which he hoped to negotiate peace accords. He said Sunday that the group violated the truce by …
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3/17/24
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A man has fallen to his death from a hot-air balloon as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city. The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early …
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3/17/24
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South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the North conducted the missile launch Monday morning but gave …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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3/17/24
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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3/17/24
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From the hush of isolated Siberian villages to the clamor of big cities to war battered towns in occupied parts of Ukraine, Russians voted in a presidential election overwhelmingly dominated by …
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By The Associated Press
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3/17/24
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British musician Steve Harley has died at age 73. His band Cockney Rebel had a huge hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me).” Harley’s family said Sunday that he had “passed …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/17/24
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The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with …
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By JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK
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3/17/24
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Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man. It’s a striking moment in a country …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/17/24
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from the United States against his leadership amid the devasting war with Hamas, saying the …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG and RAVI NESSMAN
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3/17/24
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Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik. So far they have held the molten rock back from the evacuated community. Scientists say the eruption …
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By MARCO DI MARCO
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3/17/24
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend his near-quarter-century rule for six more years in a vote that follows a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. The three-day presidential …
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3/17/24
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Israel is holding hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza who allegedly took part in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked its war with Hamas. The country is grappling with how to bring the attackers to justice …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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3/17/24
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Bengaluru in southern India is witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the last few years, it has received little rainfall in part due to human-caused climate change. Water levels are …
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By SIBI ARASU
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3/16/24
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A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky. Iceland’s Meteorological Office said the eruption Saturday evening opened a …
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3/16/24
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Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in southern Syria wounding a soldier. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the strikes Friday represented the …
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3/16/24
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CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials.
The …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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3/16/24
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