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Israeli protests of legal overhaul show no signs of slowing
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli demonstrations against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary continued on Saturday, despite Prime…
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Missouri officer fatally shoots man who allegedly pulled gun
A man was shot to death by a police officer in suburban St. Louis early Monday after allegedly pulling a…
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Pollution lawsuit could curb use of aerial fire retardant
BILLINGS, Mont. — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat…
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Doctors: Security forces kill protester near Sudan’s capital
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese security forces shot and killed a protester during an anti-government protest near Khartoum on Tuesday, a…
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Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas
MATAMOROS, Mexico — About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border…
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Israeli protesters clash with police, confront PM’s wife
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Wednesday fired stun grenades and water cannons at demonstrators who blocked a Tel Aviv…
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Netanyahu denounces protesters after salon siege of his wife
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on Thursday denounced protesters as “anarchists” after they massed outside…
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Nobel laureate Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in Belarus
TALLINN, Estonia — A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the…
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Protests hit multiple Iran cities for first time in weeks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters in Iran marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most…
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Iran sentences detained US-based opposition figure to death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A senior member of a U.S.-based Iranian opposition group held by Iran and accused…
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