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Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak

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MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Following the footsteps of prophets beneath a burning sun, Muslims from around the world congregated Saturday ...

Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Vice President Kamala Harris, not President Joe Biden, who will join world leaders in Switzerland on Saturday and ...

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections

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PARIS (AP) — Antiracism groups will join French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on ...

Israel’s war on Gaza live: 1 million ‘exhausted’ people ‘trapped’ in south | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Dr Thaer Ahmad, who had volunteered at the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in January, said even then that malnutrition in Gaza ...

A usually joyous Muslim holiday reminds families in Gaza of war’s punishing toll

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Last summer, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha the way ...

Civilian mariner remains missing 2 days after Houthi militants struck cargo ship in Red Sea

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Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marcus L. Stanley/U.S. Navy/AP The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea in a 2014 file photo. The USS ...

Putin says nearly 700,000 Russian soldiers are deployed in war zone

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says nearly 700,000 soldiers are currently fighting in his war on Ukraine. “There are almost 700,000 of us ...

South African President Ramaphosa confirmed for second term

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has been confirmed for a second term in office by the country’s newly elected parliament. Ramaphosa received ...

Pope Francis is first pope to address G7 summit, meets with Biden, world leaders

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Biden meets with Pope Francis at G7 summit Biden meets with Pope Francis at G7 summit 02:26 Pope Francis, the first pope ...

A landmark moment in South Africa for a humbled ANC

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South Africa once again has a national unity government, 30 years after a similar deal helped stabilise the transition to full democracy ...