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UN Security Council rejects Russia-backed resolution on banning weapons in space
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States said Monday that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing ...
Iran helicopter crash: President Raisi, the supreme leader’s protege, dies at 63
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the ...
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza aid driven across new US-built pier. Challenges remain
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the ...
Sudan’s people are trapped in `inferno of brutal violence’ as famine and fighting close in, UN says
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese people “are trapped in an inferno of brutal violence” with famine, disease and fighting closing in ...
UN votes to grant new rights to Palestine and revive membership bid
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to ...
Alabama governor confirms second execution using nitrogen hypoxia
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Nitrogen hypoxia: What to know about the problematic execution method Alabama plans to execute inmate Kenneth Smith by nitrogen hypoxia. Here’s what ...
Israel says it reopened key Gaza crossing, but UN says no aid has entered
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza after days of closure, ...
Italy’s president says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding Moscow’s aggression
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Italy’s president told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by ...
Israel-Hamas war: Rafah incursion would put hundreds of thousands at risk
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The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries ...