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US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean
The U.S. military has attacked another boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people.
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Saudi Arabia confirms Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi tells the AP that Iranians paying the price for war and repression
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Denmark's leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump's announcement of a Greenland deal
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Ed Sheeran says situation in Gaza is 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' as he opens concert
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Immigration
Mamdani, James suing to stop Trump from denying green cards to public benefits recipients
The new policy also applies to parents of citizen children who get public benefits.
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LI Salvadorans with TPS can stay in U.S., for now
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TPS deadline for Salvadorans: What it means for those on LI
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Town approves plan to have police keep tabs on ICE
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Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow
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Families of suspected illegal miners who died in Nigerian detention accuse officials of mistreatment
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Macron and Carney to hold talks on strengthening Canada-France economic and defense ties
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Pakistani forces kill 5 militants and free 23 hostages in operation in the southwest
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Merz faces key test as 2 German states hold elections with eyes on the far-right AfD
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North Korea fires a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea in its latest weapons display
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Trump used to slam China. Here's why he's now rolling out the red carpet for Xi
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A state funeral in Hong Kong honors Tung Chee-hwa, the city's first post-colonial leader
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MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban
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Longtime AP Florida politics reporter Brendan Farrington dies at 60
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Lowriding culture celebrated in San Francisco as it receives broader recognition
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Al-Qaida-linked JNIM claims a deadly Mali army camp attack and releases video of captured soldiers
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Michigan city defends itself against accusations of favoring Muslim holidays over other faiths
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Israel's president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate
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Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in the epicenter of the outbreak
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Dutch riot police break up far-right protest in The Hague after violence erupts

Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says
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UNGA lingo: A guide to UN General Assembly meeting acronyms, buzzwords and more
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This swing state Republican keeps distancing himself from Trump. It may not save him in the midterms
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Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
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New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums
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Munich's Oktoberfest roars to life as the mayor taps the first keg
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US lifts sanctions targeting Eritrea's ruling party and the military

Saudi Arabia says Houthis tried to attack its capital, and other Mideast developments
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