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South Korea says North Korea has fired barrage of missiles toward its eastern waters

North Korea has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure but still drew strong condemnation from its rivals
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People watch a news program broadcasting a file image of a missile launch by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 30, 2024. North Korea on Thursday fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea's military, days after its attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure but still drew strong condemnation from its rivals. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its Eastern sea

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its Eastern sea
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Volcanic eruption spews lava over 160 feet

Grindavík sits roughly 30 miles south of Iceland's capital city, Reykjavik.
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A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland, May 29, 2024.
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Wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub under control, Alberta officials say

Alberta officials say a wildfire in western Canada that forced thousands of residents from their homes in the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control
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A firefighter monitors a pump in a river bed used for wildfire sprinklers in the evacuated neighbourhood of Grayling Terrace in Fort McMurray, Alta., Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Nigeria's new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed

Nigeria has adopted a new national anthem reintroduced nearly a half-century ago after it was dropped for the current one
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FILE - Nigeria's new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, inspects honor guards after taking an oath of office at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 29, 2023. Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly 50 years ago, sparking widespread criticism about how the law was hastily passed without much public input.(AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)
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An Iceland volcano starts erupting again, spewing lava into the sky

A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava and triggering the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.
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A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava and triggering the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa
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MedGlobal volunteers help Gaza with humanitarian aid

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and co-founder of MedGlobal, details the medical missions volunteers have been involved with since 2018, working to get aid to people desperate for help in Gaza.
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VIDEO: MedGlobal volunteers help Gaza with humanitarian aid
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World Central Kitchen halts Rafah operations as aid organizations warn of 'collapse'

WCK said it is trying to relocate many of its kitchens further north.
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Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city, May 28, 2024.
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Hungary's foreign minister visits Belarus despite EU sanctions

Hungary’s top diplomat has visited Belarus for talks on expanding ties despite the European Union’s sanctions against the country
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FILE - Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto talks to the media during a press conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, on April 2, 2024. Hungary’s top diplomat has visited Belarus for talks on expanding ties despite the European Union’s sanctions against the country. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó declared Wednesday, May 29, 2024 that “our position is clear: the fewer sanctions, the more cooperation!” The EU has slapped a sweeping array of sanctions on Belarus for the repression that followed mass protests fueled by the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
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Argentina court postpones the start of a trial in a criminal case involving the death of Maradona

A criminal court in Argentina has postponed to Oct. 1 the start of a trial in a criminal negligence case brought against eight people allegedly involved in the death of soccer star Diego Maradona
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FILE - Argentina's soccer star Diego Maradona, left, and West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher are holding their World Cup Soccer Ball awards while posing with two young soccer players during the Soccer Golden Shoe Award ceremony held in Paris, France, on Nov. 13, 1986. Diego Maradona's heirs filed a lawsuit to try to stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina. (AP Photo/Michael Lipchitz, File)
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Heat-related monkey deaths are now reported in several Mexican states

Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said
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A soldier removes the body of a howler monkey that died amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf Coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
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Israel’s military says it has wrested control of a strategic corridor stretching along Gaza's border with Egypt

Israel’s military says it has wrested control of a strategic corridor stretching along Gaza's border with Egypt
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South Africans head to the polls in crucial election

Millions of South Africans are voting in the national and provisional elections.
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Millions of South Africans are voting in the national and provisional elections.
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India may have recorded its hottest temperature ever amid severe heat wave

A temperature of 126 degrees Fahrenheit was measured near New Delhi.
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India records its highest temperature ever near New Delhi 
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US monitors possible Israeli military escalation

The White House condemned the loss of innocent lives but said Israel had not crossed any red lines.
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VIDEO: US monitors possible Israeli military escalation
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Evacuations underway as Iceland volcano reawakens

Evacuations are underway in Iceland after a volcano reawakened and erupted.
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VIDEO: Evacuations underway as Iceland volcano reawakens
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The hottest temperature ever measured in India potentially recorded

A temperature of 126 degrees Fahrenheit was measured near New Delhi.
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A worker transfers baskets of shaved ice to a food processing unit on a hot summer afternoon, at a market in New Delhi on May 29, 2024, amid ongoing heatwave.
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Blinken pledges $135 million in US aid to Moldova to counter Russian influence

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged $135 million in aid to Moldova for energy security and to counter Russian disinformation
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Moldova's President Maia Sandu, right, arrive to give a joint press conference at the Moldovan Presidency in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, Pool)
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Brazil withdraws its ambassador to Israel after criticizing war in Gaza

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has withdrawn his ambassador to Israel after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza
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FILE - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a bilateral meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 4, 2023. Lula withdrew his ambassador to Israel on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, announced in Brazil’s official gazette. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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A German court will try a far-right politician next month over a second alleged use of a Nazi slogan

A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time
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FILE - German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke, right, attends his trial in the state court in Halle, Germany, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time, a court said Wednesday.stormtroopers. (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool via AP, File)
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Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico's election

Mexico has held the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s nationwide elections
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A flower vendor sleeps in front of his shop before opening at the Jamaica market in Mexico City, early Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Mexico's general election is set for June 2. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Israel says it's taken control of key area of Gaza's border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels

Israel’s military says it's seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt
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This combination of satellite images released by Maxar Technologies shows the before and after views, on May 26, 2024, top, and May 29, 2024, bottom, shows the recent increase in aid deliveries and supplies being brought to the Kerem Shalom border crossing area. (Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies via AP)
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Brazil President Lula has withdrawn his country's ambassador to Israel after frequently criticizing the war in Gaza

Brazil President Lula has withdrawn his country's ambassador to Israel after frequently criticizing the war in Gaza
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Another US military MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show

Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen as the country's Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war
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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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Germany scraps a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for military servicepeople

Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19
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FILE - A soldier of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr stands inside a new vaccination centre at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany, before its opening on Monday, March 8, 2021. Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Members of the German military, the Bundeswehr, are required to get vaccinations against a number of diseases — including measles, mumps and flu. COVID-19 was added to the list in November 2021, meaning that anyone who refused to get vaccinated against it could face disciplinary measures. (Tobias Schwarz / Pool via AP, File)
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An Iceland volcano starts erupting again, spewing lava into the sky

A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava and triggering the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa
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Lava flows from a volcano in Grindavik, Iceland, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the coastal town of Grindavik and led to the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
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South Africa election: When results are expected and why the president will be chosen later

South Africans have voted in a national election that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years
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A woman casts her ballot at a polling station, during general elections in Eshowe, South Africa, Wednesday May 29, 2024. South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put them in unknown territory in the short history of their democracy, the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party being the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula has started erupting for the fifth time since December

A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula has started erupting for the fifth time since December
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A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula has started erupting for the fourth time since December

A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula has started erupting for the fourth time since December
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A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings
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Mervyn Kersh D-Day veteran who fought in the Normandy Campaign, with his cat Joey at his home in London, Monday, April 8, 2024. A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Dutch police say they're homing in on robbers behind multimillion-dollar jewel heist

Dutch police say that an international investigation is homing in on a gang of robbers believed to be responsible for a brazen multimillion-dollar jewelry heist at an art show in the Netherlands
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Egypt and China deepen cooperation during el-Sissi's visit to Beijing

Egypt and China have signed agreements deepening their cooperation during President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, rear left, attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday May 29, 2024. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)
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South Africans head to the polls in high-stakes election

Millions will vote in the hotly contested national and provincial elections.
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Women cast their votes at a polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Fire destroys part of Legoland theme park in western Denmark, melting replicas of famed buildings

A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit, has destroyed part of Miniland, a section of the Legoland theme park in western Denmark with replicas of famous buildings made of Lego bricks
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Singapore Airlines jet endured huge swings in gravitational force during turbulence, report says

A preliminary investigation says the Singapore Airlines plane that ran into turbulence last week went through huge changes in gravitational force, leaving one passenger dead and many others injured
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The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft of Singapore Airlines, is parked after the SQ321 London-Singapore flight, that encountered severe turbulence, at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, near Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Singapore Airlines flight descended 6,000 feet (around 1,800 meters) in about three minutes, the carrier said Tuesday. A British man died and authorities said dozens of passengers were injured, some severely. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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France's Macron urges a green light for Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia

France’s president has joined the head of NATO in pushing for a policy shift that could change the complexion of the Ukraine war: allowing Kyiv to strike military bases inside Russia with sophisticated long-range weapons provided by its Western partners
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FILE - The Storm Shadow cruise missile is on display during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, on June 19, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron has called for Western countries to let Ukraine strike military bases inside Russia with the sophisticated long-range weapons they are providing to Kyiv. It is the most recent sign of a potentially significant policy shift that could help change the complexion of the war. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
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Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger

About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024
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This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
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Haiti's new prime minister vows to seek unity after he is selected by transitional council

Haiti’s new prime minister has vowed to seek unity in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country
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FILE - Haiti's then Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks with journalists after a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Oct. 6, 2011. Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)
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UN rights group says Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses

A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions
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FILE - A sign hangs on the facade of the headquarters of Johnny & Associates talent agency founded by Johnny Kitagawa in Tokyo, on July 10, 2019. A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions. Among the issues raised in the report was alleged sexual abuse at the Japanese entertainment company formerly known as Johnny and Associates. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Poland's leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says its forces would fortify the border with Belarus after a soldier was seriously wounded with a knife by a migrant
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A group of migrant women stand behind a metal barrier trying to cross into Poland, in Bialowieza Forest, eastern Poland, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says its forces would fortify the border with Belarus after a soldier was seriously wounded with a knife by a migrant. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Mining giant BHP pledges to invest in South Africa economy as it seeks support for Anglo bid

Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa's economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of it...
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FILE - Mining giant BHP Billiton logo sits on the outside of their head office in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Australian mining giant BHP Group on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, pledged to invest in the South African economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of its biggest employers. (AP Photo/Scott Barbour, File)
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The Latest | Israel expands Rafah offensive, saying it now controls Gaza's entire border with Egypt

Israel’s military says it has seized control of the entire length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, without elaborating
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People speak during a Security Council meeting about the war in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Palestinian prime minister visits Madrid after Spain, Norway and Ireland recognize Palestinian state

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials from several Middle Eastern countries in Madrid a day after Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized a Palestinian state
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Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, 2nd left and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, 3rd left, preside over a meeting with Middle Eastern foreign ministers at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Spain is hosting a meeting of the Foreign Ministerial Committee of Arabic and Islamic countries for Gaza a day after Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Killing of 5-year-old girl in Gaza sparks international condemnation as war continues

Israel denies responsibility for Hind Rajab's death.
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A mural of Hind Rajab, the 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza, along with several family members and paramedics, by artist Emmalene Blake in Dublin, May 15, 2024.
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Police search European Parliament over possible Russian interference, prosecutors say

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says police have searched the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference
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FILE - European flags fly outside the European Parliament on Feb. 7, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Some 400 million EU citizens go to the polls this weekend to elect the members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
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Searches have been carried out at the European Parliament over possible Russian interference, Belgium prosecutors say

Searches have been carried out at the European Parliament over possible Russian interference, Belgium prosecutors say
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Iran says Saudi Arabia has expelled 6 state media journalists ahead of the hajj after detaining them

Iran says that Saudi Arabia expelled six members of a crew from its state television broadcaster after they had been detained for nearly a week in the kingdom ahead of the hajj
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This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)
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US appoints a new representative to Taiwan as the island faces China's intimidation

The U.S. has appointed a new representative to Taiwan as China boosts its threats against the self-ruled island following the election of a new president who wants the territory to maintain its de-facto independence
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Suspected militants burn girls' school in northwest Pakistan

Police say a group of armed men burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books
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