Fighting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement and Islamist groups has rocked southern Lebanon’s Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp since Friday.
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Israeli delegation attends UN heritage conference in Saudi Arabia in first public visit by officials
The delegation is led by the head of Israel’s Antiquities Authority and includes diplomats, the official said.
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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 2 foreign aid workers and target Kyiv
The volunteers were on their way to assess the needs of civilians on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Road to Relief said, in reference to the eastern town that saw the war’s longest and bloodiest battle before falling to Moscow in May.
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize for ‘pain’ their letters on behalf of Danny Masterson caused
In a video posted on Instagram, Kutcher and Kunis said they were sorry for the pain they may have caused with the letters, which were made public Friday.
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A drone attack kills at least 43 in Sudan’s capital as rival troops battle, activists say
More than 55 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed.
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Aftershock rattles Morocco as rescuers seek survivors from the earthquake that killed over 2,000
Emergency crews in Morocco are working to rescue survivors from the country’s strongest earthquake in more than a century.
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Biden says stronger U.S. ties with Vietnam is about providing global stability, not containing China
Vietnam is elevating relations with the U.S. to the level of a comprehensive strategic partner, Vietnam’s highest tier of international partnership.
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Rescue underway for ailing U.S. researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish officials say
Rescuers from across Europe have rushed there to help Dickey and to extract him, including one Hungarian doctor who reached and treated him inside the cave on Sept. 3.
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Trump, DeSantis and other 2024 Republican prospects vie for attention at Iowa-Iowa State football game
Trump has made a habit of visiting Iowa on the same day as DeSantis, whom Trump treats as his main threat.
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UNE president says school’s Morocco campus not impacted by deadly earthquake
James Herbert said he was devastated to learn about Friday night’s earthquake but grateful that the Tangier campus was not affected.