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Associated Press An Israeli soldier carries his mate during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on Tuesday.
President Assad states Syria able to face Israel
BEIRUT — In his first response to Israel’s weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short of threatening retaliation for the strik...
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42 die in extremist attacks
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of incr...
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Associated Press Security forces personnel inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Husseiniyah suburb of northeastern Baghdad on Monday. Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said, in the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital.
Car bomb attacks in Baghdad leave 10 dead
BAGHDAD — Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital. The two parked cars exploded simultaneously in a street i...
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Jewish meeting highlights Hungary’s anti-Semitism
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Right-wing extremists shout Nazi salutes and attack a man they believe is Jewish. Black-booted militants frighten aging Holocaust survivors. Writings of authors linked to a pro-...
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More Haitians use Puerto Rico as migrant route
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Haitians have been fleeing their troubled country for years, trying to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean islands by sea or by trekking across the island of Hispaniola to scr...
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Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
BEIRUT — From Israel’s perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran’s shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent thr...
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Strikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria
WASHINGTON — Israel’s willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence complicated the Obama administration’s internal debate over arming President Bashar Assad’s foes and ...
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Italy mourns, remembers former leader
ROME — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy’s most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country’s constitution after World War II...
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Associated Press The Iron Dome defense system fires to intercept incoming missiles from Gaza on Nov. 15 in the port town of Ashdod, Israel. Israel's military has deployed Iron Dome defense system to the north of the country following Israeli airstrikes in neighboring Syria targeting weapons believed to be destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah militants.
Airstrikes prompt anger in Syria
BEIRUT — Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours — an unprecedente...
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Malaysia’s long-ruling coalition hangs on to power
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s long-governing coalition won national elections with a weakened majority to extend its unbroken, 56-year rule, fending off the strongest opposition it has ever f...
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