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Gaza officials: 20 Palestinians wounded at Israeli border

Gaza's Health Ministry says 20 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli fire along the border fence. A few thousand ...

Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn: Labour government would quickly recognize Palestine

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said Friday that a government under his leadership would recognize a Palestinian ...

Trump picks Navy veteran as top counterterrorism official

President Donald Trump is nominating a Navy special operations veteran to be the nation's top counterterrorism official.

Rights group warns blocking aid in Yemen endangers millions

Yemen's warring parties are obstructing the flow of crucial aid from the Red Sea port of Hodeida endangering millions in what ...

WWII veteran finally being awarded Purple Heart

A World War II veteran who spent more than a year as a prisoner of war is finally being awarded the Purple Heart. Max Bergen ...

South Sudan peace deal attempt fails as Kiir rejects Machar

The latest attempt at ending South Sudan's five-year civil war failed Friday as President Salva Kiir rejected working again ...

Fatal fight sets off anti-India protests, clashes in Kashmir

At least four rebels, a counterinsurgency police official and a civilian were killed during a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir ...

Park Kyung-seo, Pak Yong Il

Rival Koreas agree to August reunions of war-split families

North and South Korea agreed Friday to hold temporary reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War as they boost ...

Polish local police chief fired over colleague's death

Poland's Interior Ministry says a regional police chief and one of his deputies have been fired after they attended a party ...

Russia says evidence of Syria chemical attacks was faked

Russia said Friday that the U.S. and its allies have relied on fabricated evidence to accuse the Syrian government of ...

Aman Abdurrahman

Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death

Radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death by an Indonesian court Friday for ordering Islamic State ...

Turkey detains 14 suspected IS militants in raids

Turkey's state-run news agency says police have rounded up 14 suspected Islamic State militants in simultaneous raids in the ...

Park Kyung-seo

2 Koreas discuss holding new reunions of war-split families

North and South Korean officials met Friday for talks on resuming reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War as ...

Salva Kiir, Riek Machar

South Sudan's armed opposition rejects 'imposition' of peace

South Sudan's armed opposition on Thursday rejected any "imposition" of a peace deal and asked for more time after the first ...

Angela Merkel, Abdullah II

Merkel pledges $100 million loan for troubled Jordan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday promised a $100 million loan to troubled Jordan, where mass protests over ...

Dutch arrest 2 suspected of preparing extremist attack

Dutch authorities have arrested two men suspected of preparing an extremist attack. The prosecutor's office said in a ...

Riek Machar

South Sudan's warring leaders meet for 1st time since 2016

South Sudan's warring leaders met face-to-face for the first time in almost two years Wednesday amid efforts to end a ...

Yemeni forces claim progress in battle for Hodeida's airport

Yemeni fighters backed by the United Arab Emirates said they seized the southern runway of the international airport near ...

Israel strikes Hamas after heavy rocket attacks from Gaza

Israeli warplanes struck Hamas positions in Gaza after Palestinian militants there fired dozens of rockets and mortars at ...

Rocket attack in southeast Turkey kills 2 soldiers

A rocket attack by Kurdish rebels on a military vehicle in southeast Turkey has killed two soldiers and wounded one other, ...