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Japanese soldier arrested after fatal gun-range shooting

Japanese police arrested an 18-year-old soldier on Wednesday after he shot and killed two instructors and injured a third at a military firing range in central Japan, t

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Trump urges prosecutors to drop case, offers preview of defense

Former U.S. President Donald Trump urged prosecutors to drop the charges against him and insisted on his innocence in his first public remarks following his arraignment

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India, Pakistan deploy rescuers and plan evacuations ahead of severe cyclone

India and Pakistan braced for the first severe cyclone this year expected to hit their coastal regions later this week, as authorities on Monday halted fishing activiti

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U.S. suspends asylum appointments in Texas border city after extortion reports

U.S. asylum appointments at a dangerous Texas-Mexico border crossing can no longer be scheduled via an online app following reports that migrants face extortion in Mexi

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Fighting resumes in Sudan's capital after 24-hour truce expires

Sustained clashes and artillery fire were reported in parts of Sudan's capital Khartoum early on Sunday soon after the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that had brought a bri

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Kuwait elects opposition-led parliament featuring one woman

Opposition lawmakers won a majority in Kuwait's parliament in the Gulf state's seventh general election in just over a decade, with only one woman voted into office, ac

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Sudanese army, rival force agree to extend ceasefire by 5 days

The Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Monday agreed to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement they signed on May 20 after negotiations in the S

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3 killed in clash on Iran-Afghanistan border

Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed during armed clashes near a border police station between Iran and Afghanistan, according to Iran's offici

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Russia intercepts two U.S. military jets over Baltic Sea

Russia said Tuesday it scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet to "prevent violations of the state border" by two U.S. Air Force strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea."Rus

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Arab League holds summit with surprise attendee Zelenskyy and return of Assad

At the recent Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was warmly welcomed back after being cut off from most of the Arab community

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Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hopeful on debt ceiling deal

Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy edged closer to a deal to avoid a looming U.S. debt default Tuesday, as the threat of an

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Rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel

At least 270 rockets were fired from Gaza towards southern and central Israel on Wednesday. The vast majority of them fell in depopulated zone or were intercepted by th

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Biden, McCarthy divided over debt ceiling but talks continue

U.S. President Joe Biden and top lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to further talks aimed at breaking a deadlock over raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit, with just th

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Syria rejoins Arab League after 12-year absence

Arab foreign ministers decided in an Arab League (AL) extraordinary meeting held in Cairo on Sunday to restore Syria's membership in the league after 12 years of suspen

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Moscow says U.S. behind Kremlin drone attack

Ukraine had acted on U.S. orders with the drone attack on the Kremlin that aimed to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin in the early hours of Wednesday, Kremlin spoke

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Raisi arrives in Syria for first visit by Iranian president since Syrian war began

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state media SANA news agency reported, on the first visit by a head of state from Iran since Syr

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UN will stay in Afghanistan but funding is drying up, chief says

The United Nations will stay in Afghanistan to deliver aid to millions of desperate Afghans despite the Taliban's restrictions on its female staff, but funding is dryin