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Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefireApr 26, 2025 8:28 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City on Saturday, killing 10 people — half of them children — as Arab mediators scra...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major step in naming a successorApr 26, 2025 8:20 pm - RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader ...
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A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 14, injures around 750Apr 26, 2025 8:16 pm - MUSCAT, Oman — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propell...
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Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was closeApr 26, 2025 6:44 pm - ROME — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be rea...
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Russia says it has fully reclaimed the Kursk region. Ukraine says it is still fighting there.Apr 26, 2025 6:37 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russi...
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ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers sayApr 26, 2025 6:32 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — an...
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Mighty and meek say goodbye to Pope Francis at funeral where he is remembered as pope of the peopleApr 26, 2025 7:43 am - VATICAN CITY — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the periph...
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Judge blocks Trump executive order gutting federal unionsApr 25, 2025 7:36 pm - A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from invalidating union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the latest...
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Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiriesApr 25, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have au...
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Illinois, 18 other states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schoolsApr 25, 2025 7:29 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schoo...