Today: September 23, 2024
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Russia sentences US citizen to 12 years in penal colony for drug trafficking

Russia sentences US citizen to 12 years in penal colony for drug trafficking

Russia sentences US citizen to 12 years in penal colony for drug trafficking
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176 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized, FBI investigating

176 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized, FBI investigating

176 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized, FBI investigating
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Saudi Arabia's Gaza aid threatened by Rafah closure, aid official says

Saudi Arabia's main humanitarian agency said on Thursday the Israeli closure of Rafah and other crossings into Gaza was hampering its aid efforts to send

Saudi Arabia's Gaza aid threatened by Rafah closure, aid official says
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US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court

Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison

US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court
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Israeli government official says delegation sent to negotiate hostage deal with Hamas

An Israeli government official said on Thursday that a delegation has been sent to negotiate a hostage release deal with Hamas.

Israeli government official says delegation sent to negotiate hostage deal with Hamas
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Gaza church opens doors to injured and sick as hospitals fill

St. Philip's church once offered a haven of devotion to Gaza's small Christian community.

Gaza church opens doors to injured and sick as hospitals fill
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Russia jails US citizen Robert Woodland for 12-1/2 years in drug trafficking case

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs,

Russia jails US citizen Robert Woodland for 12-1/2 years in drug trafficking case
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Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years

An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison

Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years
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Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas

Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas

Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas
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Mexico issues 'red alert' as Category 3 Hurricane Beryl hurtles toward coast

Mexico's top tourist destinations were on red alert as Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday evening after

Mexico issues 'red alert' as Category 3 Hurricane Beryl hurtles toward coast
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Russia captures part of a key hilltop town in Ukraine, opening door to further advances

Russia captures part of a key hilltop town in Ukraine, opening door to further advances

Russia captures part of a key hilltop town in Ukraine, opening door to further advances
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Biden expected to speak with Netanyahu on Thursday

Biden expected to speak with Netanyahu on Thursday

Biden expected to speak with Netanyahu on Thursday
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Bank of Israel firmly on hold next week, possibly until 2025: Reuters poll

The Bank of Israel will hold the line on short-term interest rates for a fourth straight meeting next week and perhaps until 2025 because of the war in Gaza,

Bank of Israel firmly on hold next week, possibly until 2025: Reuters poll
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Ukraine’s army retreats from positions as Russia gets closer to seizing strategically important town

A spokesperson for Ukraine’s military said its army has retreated from a neighborhood in the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region which has been reduced to rubble under a months-long Russian assault

Ukraine’s army retreats from positions as Russia gets closer to seizing strategically important town
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Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

Israel’s Cabinet is set to convene to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza

Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived
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The Kremlin says India's Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9, hold talks with Putin

The Kremlin says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Kremlin says India's Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9, hold talks with Putin
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Ukrainian forces pull back from part of strategic eastern town

Ukraine's military said on Thursday its troops had pulled back from part of Chasiv Yar in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after Russia said its forces had

Ukrainian forces pull back from part of strategic eastern town
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Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

Israel’s Cabinet is set to convene to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza

Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived
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More than 136,000 displaced by spread of war in southeast Sudan, UN says

More than 136,000 people have fled Sudan's southeastern Sennar state since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began a series of attacks on towns, the United Nations said on

More than 136,000 displaced by spread of war in southeast Sudan, UN says
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Hezbollah launches big attack on Israel, sonic booms rattle Beirut

Lebanon's Hezbollah launched a big rocket and drone attack at Israel on Thursday and threatened to hit new targets in retaliation for the

Hezbollah launches big attack on Israel, sonic booms rattle Beirut
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Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat

Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence

Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat
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Israel approves largest West Bank land seizure in three decades, rights group says

Israel approves largest West Bank land seizure in three decades, rights group says

Israel approves largest West Bank land seizure in three decades, rights group says
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Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border

With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline

Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border
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India, China foreign ministers agree to work on border issues

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues

India, China foreign ministers agree to work on border issues
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Army disarray hobbles Congo's fight with Rwanda-backed rebels, officers say

Soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo's 223rd Battalion were sent to the lush hillsides near Lake Kivu to repel a rebel advance threatening Goma, the largest

Army disarray hobbles Congo's fight with Rwanda-backed rebels, officers say

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