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Rubio tours US-led center in Israel overseeing the ceasefire in Gaza
KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday toured a…
Judge halts death penalty case in New Mexico due to federal shutdown
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge in New Mexico has halted a federal death…
Mafia returns to center stage in NBA betting scandal that included rigged poker games
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the…
Brazilian authorities say they addressed housing shortage for climate talks, defend oil drilling
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said Friday they have made progress in solving the…
14 migrants dead after dinghy sinks in the Aegean off Turkey’s coast
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A rubber dinghy carrying 18 migrants sank in the Aegean Sea…
Japan’s new leader vows to further boost defense spending as regional tensions rise
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on…
Afghanistan and Pakistan head to Turkey for second round of crisis talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan and Pakistan are heading to Turkey for a second round of…
Attorney says electrocardiogram at Tennessee execution was active after inmate was pronounced dead
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An electrocardiogram monitoring the heart of a Tennessee inmate executed by…
Sports betting is a booming business. The FBI’s NBA probe is putting it in the spotlight
NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than…
Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign
LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Friday sentenced five men for their roles in…
How Hispanics’ views of Trump have changed since January, according to a new AP-NORC poll
President Donald Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year,…
Photos of protesters pushing back on Trump’s plan to surge federal troops to San Francisco
Demonstrators in the San Francisco area protested the arrival of U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Nigeria’s president replaces top security officials as he struggles to restore stability
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president on Friday replaced top security officials as the West…
4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says
CHICAGO (AP) — Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois were…
As Israel returns bodies, Palestinians face a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — In photos, Wahiba Shabat immediately recognized her son’s body.…
Interpol-led crackdown on environmental crime leads to 225 arrests in Latin America
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A two-month multinational police operation spanning nine Latin American countries resulted…
Colombian man to serve minimum 42 years in UK prison for grisly double murder
LONDON (AP) — A 35-year-old Colombian man was sentenced Friday to a life sentence with…
Roadside bombing kills 3 police officers in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb struck a police vehicle Friday in a…
How a German freight lift became an unexpected social media star in the Louvre heist
BERLIN (AP) — Forget France: The Louvre Museum jewelry heist was a classic case of…
How a 2018 Supreme Court decision paved the way for meteoric growth in legal sports betting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports-betting industry,…
Croatia reintroduces military conscription as Europe worries about Russia-Ukraine war
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s parliament on Friday voted to reintroduce compulsory military service in…
China creates Day of Taiwan’s Restoration as part of sovereignty claims over island
BANGKOK (AP) — China said Friday it is creating a new holiday called the Commemoration…
Turkish court dismisses case challenging main opposition party’s congress
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday dismissed a case challenging the legitimacy…
International Criminal Court judges reject jurisdiction challenge in Duterte case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges on Thursday rejected a challenge to…