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UN report claims Israel ‘silencing civil society’ by outlawing Palestinian groups

Investigators commissioned by the UN’s top human rights body accused Israel on Thursday of “delegitimizing and silencing civil society” by...

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Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam; several villages flooded

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine...

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Ex-FBI agent Robert Hanssen, convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison

WASHINGTON — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most...

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At least 200 killed, hundreds trapped as passenger trains derail in India

At least 200 people were killed, more than 850 more were injured and many others are feared trapped after a grisly three-train collision late Friday...

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Lebanese military tribunal accuses Hezbollah fighters of killing UN peacekeeper

BEIRUT — A military judge has accused five members of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, only one of whom is in custody, of killing an...

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UN atomic report closes two investigations at Iranian nuclear sites

VIENNA — Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries from the International Atomic Energy Agency over highly enriched uranium particles and a site...

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Drone strikes on Moscow damages buildings; Russia says several UAVs shot down

The Russian capital was targeted by a rare drone attack Tuesday morning, causing “minor” damage to buildings and no casualties, the city’s mayor...

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World leaders congratulate Erdogan on reelection victory in historic runoff

A host of world leaders congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his newest election victory on Sunday night, following a historic...

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Turkey’s Erdogan claims victory after toughest challenge yet to his two-decade rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic runoff vote that posed the biggest challenge to his 20 years of...

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German antisemitism czar slams Waters for ‘Nazi’ suit, as Berlin police investigate

Germany’s official in charge of fighting antisemitism called Friday for Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters to be held accountable after the singer...

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Hezbollah chief calls on Lebanon’s central bank governor to resign amid legal woes

BEIRUT — The chief of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group on Friday called on the country’s central bank governor to resign amid mounting legal...

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US warns of ‘serious threat’ after Iran unveils new ballistic missile

State Department spokesman asserts that administration using variety of tools, including sanctions, to counter further advancement of ballistic...

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Fake image of Pentagon blast, suspected to be AI-created, briefly goes viral

WASHINGTON, United States — A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon briefly went viral and caused a ten-minute dip on the markets on Monday,...

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Hezbollah invites reporters to watch group simulate war with Israel in south Lebanon

Lebanese terror group Hezbollah put on a show of force Sunday, extending a rare media invitation to one of its training sites in southern Lebanon,...

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Gazan beekeeper returns to colony along border after latest fighting

JABALIYA, Gaza Strip — In a field close to the Gaza Strip’s restive frontier, apiarist Miassar Khoudair checks that her queen bee has survived...

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Russia warns West taking ‘colossal risks’ with potential supply of F-16s to Ukraine

A senior Russian official on Saturday warned that Western countries were running “colossal risks” if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets....

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Auschwitz museum begins painful work of preserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children

In a modern conservation laboratory on the grounds of the former Auschwitz camp, a man wearing blue rubber gloves uses a scalpel to scrape away rust...

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Erdogan’s leadership in balance as polls close in Turkey’s pivotal elections

Turkish polling stations closed Sunday in a knife-edge election that could end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade grip on power and put the...

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Tunisia president condemns ‘cowardly’ shooting, insists country still ‘safe’

Tunisian President Kais Saied sought to reassure the world over the safety of his country, an important tourist destination, after a police officer...

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Death toll in Tunisia synagogue attack rises to five

The number of people killed after a terror attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has now risen to...

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EU lawmakers urge bloc-wide curbs on use of Israeli Pegasus spyware

EU lawmakers on Monday voted to press member states and the European Commission to strictly regulate government use of spyware after scandals...

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Russian director, writer held on terror charges for play on women lured to Syria

TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Friday ordered pretrial detention for a theater director and a playwright facing charges of justifying...

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Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national said behind deadly 2018 parade attack

TEHRAN,  Iran — Iran executed Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab for “terrorism” on Saturday, according to the judiciary. “The death...

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Head of top US public health agency resigns, citing pandemic transition

CDC’s Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a key figure in Biden administration’s response to COVID, to step down in June; US president thanks Jewish...

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4 far-right Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy in 2021 US Capitol attack

WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday of a plot to...

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Iran’s Raisi meets with top Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials, urges Israel’s defeat

Iran’s president met senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support Thursday as Tehran and Syria signed a series of...

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13 Lion’s Den fighters turn themselves in to PA security forces

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Thirteen alleged members of the Lion’s Den terror group have handed themselves over to Palestinian Authority security forces...

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Belarus sentences activist after forcing his plane down over fake Hamas bomb threat

A Belarusian activist who was arrested in 2021 after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus has been sentenced to...

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Russia claims it foiled drone attack aimed at killing Putin in Kremlin

MOSCOW — Russia said Wednesday it had shot down two drones aimed at Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Kremlin in what it called a “terrorist”...

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Drone said to strike fuel depot in Russia-annexed Crimea, sparking huge fire

A huge fire broke out on Saturday at a fuel depot in Sevastopol, the main port in Moscow-annexed Crimea, with authorities saying it was the result of...

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Turks living abroad begin voting as ailing Erdogan is forced off campaign trail

Some 3.4 million Turkish citizens living abroad began voting Thursday in national elections that will decide whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

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Iran upholds German dual national’s death sentence; Berlin says it’s ‘unacceptable’

Iran’s judiciary confirmed on Wednesday a death sentence for a German-Iranian national over a deadly mosque bombing in 2008, a decision Berlin...

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Germany sets up panel to review 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli atheletes

BERLIN — The German government said Friday it has set up an international commission of experts to review the events surrounding the 1972 attack on...

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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay

This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them...

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Iran announces supplying army with over 200 ‘strategic’ drones

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s defense ministry has delivered to the army more than 200 new drones equipped with missile capabilities and electronic...

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US rejects Iran’s claim it forced American submarine to surface in Gulf

Iran said on Thursday it had “forced” a US submarine to surface as it was crossing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, a claim the...

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Iran threatens to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa, as Israel marks Holocaust memorial day

Iran’s president threatened on Tuesday to flatten Tel Aviv and Haifa, as Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, and a day after Prime Minister...

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Argentina to host U20 World Cup after Indonesia loses rights amid Israel protests

Argentina has replaced Indonesia as the host of the Under-20 World Cup next month just over two weeks after Indonesia was stripped of the hosting...

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Trial opens for Austrians accused of helping Mossad protect Syrian general

VIENNA, Austria  — Five former Austrian officials went on trial in Vienna on Friday accused of granting asylum to a suspected Syrian war criminal...

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Addressing Gazans, Iran leader vows unhesitating support for Palestinian resistance

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Iran’s president on Friday delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza Strip —...

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Chanting ‘Death to Israel,’ tens of thousands march in Tehran for ‘Jerusalem Day’

Tens of Thousands of Iranians, some chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel,” marched in the capital of Tehran on Friday to mark...

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Latin patriarch says new government has made life worse for Holy Land Christians

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right...

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50 years after famed IDF raid, Lebanon still an Israeli-Palestinian battleground

BEIRUT  — It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated a posh Beirut neighborhood...

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Palestinian terror group Lion’s Den claims it executed an Israeli spy in Nablus

The Palestinian terror group Lions’ Den announced Sunday the extrajudicial killing of a “traitor” in the West Bank who had allegedly...

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In Easter speech, Pope expresses ‘deep concern’ over Israeli-Palestinian violence

VATICAN CITY  — Pope Francis underlined his “deep concern” over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, as he led Easter Mass...

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Israeli strikes on Syria intensify as tensions with Iran rise

BEIRUT — Suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria in recent weeks have killed two Iranian military advisers, temporarily put the country’s two...

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43 years later, suspect in deadly Paris synagogue bombing goes on trial in absentia

PARIS, France — A Lebanese-Canadian academic who is the lone suspect in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue went on trial in absentia Monday,...

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Seymour Stein, Jewish record mogul who signed Madonna, dies at 80

Seymour Stein, one of the most influential music executives of the 20th century, who throughout his career frequently referred to his Jewish...

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Hamas sentences 2 Gazans to death, 4 to hard labor over ‘collaboration’ with Israel

A military court in the Gaza Strip on Monday convicted six people of “collaboration” with Israel, sentencing two of them to death. The court said...

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Army says aircraft downed by IDF in north this week likely an Iranian drone

Iran appears to have been behind the launch of a drone that was brought down over Israeli airspace this week, a military source said Monday. The...

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