PARIS – France’s foreign minister believes there’s a good chance that world powers will reach a deal with Iran curbing its nuclear activities, but is insisting on sufficient access to military facilities for international inspections. U.S. and Iranian diplomats tried in recent days to narrow differences before a June 30 …
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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said in an interview that his country has been “not successful” in minimizing civilian casualties inside the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu, speaking to CBS News, said “any civilian death is a tragedy” and that “we shouldn’t have any because we’re doing everything we can to …
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Eleven people have been killed and at least 75 others are injured after an elevator at a mine in South Africa broke and plunged down hundreds of feet, the mine operator said Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at a platinum mine in Rustenburg, which is around 60 miles …
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Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal will make his highly anticipated return to the sport next month. On Friday, the 22-time Grand Slam champion revealed his intentions to compete in Australia at the Brisbane International tournament. “After a year of not competing, it is time to come back,” Nadal said in …
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A far-right lawmaker in Poland ignited outrage among all major political forces Tuesday after blasting a lighted menorah with a fire extinguisher. Grzegorz Braun, one of Poland’s most controversial lawmakers in parliament, can be seen extinguishing the candles on a menorah in the parliament building as a new pro-EU government …
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The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that its soldiers have mistakenly killed three hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza City. “During combat in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed,” the IDF said …
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Police in Ecuador reportedly have launched a massive manhunt after an inmate that prosecutors are describing as “the most-wanted prisoner” vanished from a complex in Guayaquil. Jose Adolfo Macias, who goes by the alias “Fito” and is the leader of the Los Choneros criminal organization, was serving a 34-year sentence …
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A senior defense official said the Biden administration is anticipating retaliation after the U.S. and U.K. carried out joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The official said late Thursday, following the strikes, that the …
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan provincial official says a suicide bomber has targeted a police checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, killing at least four people. The province’s police chief, Nabijan Mullakhail, says that the bomber struck on Thursday afternoon at the entrance of the provincial capital of Lashkar …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s president has defended the controversial construction of a grandiose new presidential palace, saying his old office was infested with cockroaches. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of squandering state resources when he was prime minister by building the 1,150-room palace, which critics say was illegally built …
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