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Before talks with Trump, Saudi Arabia doubles down on terms for Israel ties
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump has been talking up the prospects of Saudi Arabia agreeing to normalize ties with Israel, but it is unlikely to happen when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House this month. The establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia after decades of enmity could shake up the political and security landscape in the Middle East, potentially strengthening US influence in the region. Trump said
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Pakistan commits to 'dialogue' despite Afghan talks ending
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- Pakistan said Sunday it was committed to "dialogue" with Afghanistan despite peace talks ending after deadly violence, with Islamabad stressing its security concerns persist. The two sides met in Istanbul in an effort to cement a truce agreed on Oct. 19 in Qatar, after dozens of people were killed in cross-border fire between the South Asian nations. In its first acknowledgement that the negotiations were over, Islamabad said the third round of talks "concluded" on Friday. "Pa
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Israel confirms receiving remains of soldier killed in Gaza in 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Sunday confirmed it had received the remains of Hadar Goldin, a soldier killed in the Gaza Strip in 2014, closing a painful chapter for the country. The 23-year-old was killed two hours after a ceasefire took effect in that year’s war between Israel and Hamas. Goldin’s family waged a public campaign for 11 years to bring home his remains. Earlier this year, they marked 4,000 days since his body was taken. Israel’s military had long determined that he had been ki
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'I miss breathing': Delhi protesters demand action on pollution
Dozens of protesters rallied in New Delhi on Sunday to demand government action on toxic air, as a thick haze containing dangerous microparticles shrouded the Indian capital. Parents in the crowd brought their children, who wore masks and waved placards, with one reading, "I miss breathing." New Delhi with its sprawling metropolitan region of 30 million residents is regularly ranked among the world's most polluted capitals. Acrid smog blankets the skyline each winter, when cooler air traps pollu
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UN says refugees stuck in vicious cycle of conflict and climate
GENEVA (AFP) -- Millions of refugees are trapped in a vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, the UN said Monday, urging the COP30 summit to provide financing for the most vulnerable. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said that within 15 years the places currently hosting nearly half the world's refugees could be facing extreme exposure to climate-related shocks. "Climate change is not only amplifying existing vulnerabilities -- it is also fueling displacement trends, creating complex and co
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BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary
LONDON (AFP) -- The director general of the BBC announced his resignation Sunday following a row over the editing of a documentary about Donald Trump as the US president attacked "corrupt journalists." Tim Davie and the broadcaster's head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned after accusations that a documentary by its flagship Panorama program had edited a speech by Trump in a misleading way. Reacting to the news, Trump said "corrupt journalists" had been exposed, adding "these are very dishonest
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Donald Trump booed as the 1st sitting US president at a regular-season NFL game since Carter in 1978
LANDOVER, Maryland (AP) -- Donald Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders' 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit Lions on Sunday. There were loud boos from some spectators in the stands when Trump was shown on the videoboard late in the first half -- standing in a suite with House Speaker Mike Johnson -- and again when the president was introduced by the stadium announcer at halftime. The jeering continued w
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King Charles honors nation's war dead
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain's King Charles III on Sunday led commemorations for the nation's war dead, along with other senior members of the royal family including his son William and his wife Catherine. The 76-year-old monarch, who is still undergoing treatment for an undisclosed cancer, laid the first wreath at a sombre ceremony at the Cenotaph memorial in central London after the traditional two-minute silence at 11 a.m. Queen Camilla and Catherine, now in remission after her own cancer diagnosi
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Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts
US President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the US Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger program used by 42 million Americans. The demand from the US Department of Agriculture came as more than two dozen states warned of “catastrophic operational disruptions” if the Trump administration does not reimburse them for those SNAP be
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Super typhoon threatens the Philippines, still reeling from recent storm that killed more than 200
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday, knocking down power, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and prompting the defense chief to warn millions to evacuate to safety from high-risk villages before it’s too late. Fung-wong, which could cover two-thirds of the Southeast Asian archipelago with its 1,600-kilometer-wide rain and wind
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Russian strikes hit an apartment building and energy sites in Ukraine, killing 4
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone slammed into an apartment building in eastern Ukraine early Saturday while many were sleeping, killing four people — three in Dnipro and one in Kharkiv — and wounding 12 others, Ukrainian authorities reported. The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, was part of a large Russian missile and drone barrage across the country that targeted power infrastructure. It also killed a worker at an energy company in Kharkiv, farther north, a local official sa
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Gaza death toll tops 69,000 as Israel and militants again exchange remains
More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as both sides completed the latest exchange of bodies under the terms of the tenuous ceasefire. The latest jump in deaths occurred as more bodies are recovered in the devastated Gaza Strip since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, and as other bodies are identified. The toll also includes Palestinians killed by strikes that Israel says target remaining militants. Israel on Saturday ret
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US government shutdown forces some overseas bases to stop paying workers
MADRID (AP) — The longest US government shutdown on record is doing more than grind activities to a halt at home; an ocean away in Europe, local workers at US military bases have started to feel the pain. Thousands of people working at overseas bases in Europe have had their salaries interrupted since the shutdown began almost six weeks ago. In some cases, governments hosting the US bases have stepped in to foot the bill, expecting the US to eventually make good. In others, including in Italy an
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Pakistan–Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul fail amid rising border tensions
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have ended without agreement, with the sides trading blame for the breakdown in negotiations aimed at easing border tensions and upholding a fragile ceasefire, officials said Saturday. Tensions have escalated in recent weeks following deadly border fighting that killed dozens of soldiers and civilians. The violence erupted after explosions in Kabul on Oct. 9, which Afghanistan's Taliban government said were drone strikes c
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Louvre vows to restore the imperial crown dropped by thieves during museum robbery
PARIS (AP) -- The diamond and emerald-studded crown of Empress Eugenie, which was found damaged outside the Louvre after apparently being dropped during the Oct. 19 robbery, will be restored as a symbol of "renaissance," the museum's director Laurence des Cars said Friday. Thieves made away with eight objects on display at the Paris museum, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense. They forced their way through a
Nov. 9, 2025