Save the Children said four people have died and that Herat Regional Hospital has received 153 injured.
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The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift
Republican primary voters across New Hampshire who pelted Republican presidential candidates with foreign policy questions this past week are hungry for better answers.
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6 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv continues drone counterstrikes
Meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry announced Sunday that Ukraine had launched 27 drones in an overnight attack on western Russia.
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Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza, medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms
Relief groups called for the protection of the over 2 million civilians in Gaza urging an emergency corridor be established for the transfer of humanitarian aid.
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Blinken will return to Israel after stops in Arab nations aimed at avoiding a broader conflict
U.S. State Department announced the Secretary of State’s plan to travel Monday to Israel – his second visit in five days – as America’s top diplomat arrived in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egypt’s president.
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Dozens gather in downtown Portland to condemn Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza
About 100 people stood with signs that read ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’ and ‘Wage Peace’ during the protest organized by the Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights.
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Fierce fighting persists in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv reports nonstop assaults by Russia on a key city
Also on Saturday, two women – ages 60 and 42 – were killed in two Russian shelling attacks in the city of Beryslav in Ukraine’s partly occupied Kherson region.
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Crowds cheer as ‘ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil
Some parts of the Western United States got a spectacular show, while viewers on the East Coast were prepared to see less of the event – close to a quarter eclipse.
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New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule
New Zealanders voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern, who resigned in January.
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Louvre Museum, Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert
The evacuations come amid heightened vigilance around France following Friday’s school attack and global tensions linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.