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Israel moves deeper into Rafah and fights Hamas militants regrouping in northern Gaza
Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago More »
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Sleepy far-flung towns in the Philippines will host US forces returning to counter China threats
After withdrawing from two huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, American forces are returning and building a new presence in nine sites on Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact to counter China's increasingly assertive actions More »
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says his army is locked in 'fierce' border battles amid a Russian assault
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas More »
Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country's breaking a taboo on mental health services
Violence is traumatizing Haitian children More »
Germany limits cash benefit payments for asylum-seekers. Critics say it's designed to curb migration
New payment cards are being introduced for asylum-seekers in Germany More »
Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain's pro-union Socialists win regional elections
Separatist parties are in danger of losing their decade-long hold of power in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia More »
India's mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round
Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies are casting their ballots as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark More »
Thousands protest in Georgia over the weekend against 'Russia-style' law on foreign influence
Georgia’s parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union, after police dispersed the latest protests against it over the weekend More »
More bodies found in Indonesia after flash floods killed dozens and submerged homes
Rescuers have recovered more bodies after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, bringing down torrents of cold lava and mud More »
North Macedonia's new president reignites a spat with Greece at her inauguration ceremony
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova has been sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia and has immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece More »
