DALLAS — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they…
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Senate passes $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after rare all-night session
WASHINGTON — The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and amid growing political divisions in…
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UN experts: Terrorist threat is high in Africa conflict zones and Afghanistan, and rose in Europe
The terrorist threat from al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and their affiliates remains high in conflict zones in Africa and in Afghanistan – and threat levels have risen in some…
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Biden is trying to balance Gaza protests and free speech rights as demonstrators disrupt his events
MANASSAS, Va. — It was President Joe Biden’s first big campaign rally of the year, a chance to spotlight the issue of protecting abortion rights. Instead, at least a dozen…
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UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned Israel on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s rejection of a two-state solution will indefinitely prolong a conflict that is threatening…
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UNITED NATIONS — Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed and an estimated two mothers losing their lives every hour since Hamas’…
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Nearly two years after invasion, West still seeking a way to steer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — It’s been nearly two years since the United States and its allies froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign holdings in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of…
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Bernie Sanders forces US senators into a test vote on military aid as the Israel-Hamas war grinds on
WASHINGTON — In a notable test Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders is forcing colleagues to vote on record whether to investigate human rights abuses in the Israel-Hamas war, a step toward…
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People’s rights are threatened everywhere, from wars to silence about abuses, rights group says
UNITED NATIONS — People’s rights are being suppressed and threatened everywhere in the world, from wars to selective government outrage about some abuses and silence about others because of “political…
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Blinken meets Jordan’s king and foreign minister on Mideast push to keep Gaza war from spreading
AMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Jordan’s king and foreign minister and visited a World Food Program warehouse in Amman as he pressed ahead…
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Blinken opens latest urgent Mideast tour in Turkey as fears grow that Gaza war may engulf region
ISTANBUL — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off his latest urgent Middle East diplomatic mission in Turkey on Saturday, as fears mount that Israel’s war against Hamas in…
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NEW YORK — Access to a busy terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was restricted Monday as pro-Palestinian protesters converged on the airport for the second time…