Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict | AP News

Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict | AP News

CAIRO (AP) — Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan, venting fury at their leaders for failing to stop the carnage.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt, King Abdullah II

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Lower house of Russian parliament votes to revoke ratification of global nuclear test ban | AP News

Lower house of Russian parliament votes to revoke ratification of global nuclear test ban | AP News

MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday gave its final approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty, a move Moscow described as putting it on par with the United States.The State Duma lawmakers voted unanimously to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test

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Fijian prime minister ‘more comfortable dealing with traditional friends’ like Australia than China | AP News

Fijian prime minister ‘more comfortable dealing with traditional friends’ like Australia than China | AP News

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s prime minister said Wednesday on a visit to Australia’s capital that his government was “more comfortable dealing with traditional friends” such as Australia as China pursues closer security ties in the Asia-Pacific region.Sitiveni Rabuka and Australia’s Anthony Albanese met during the Fijian’s first state visit to Australia since he most

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Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court | AP News

Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court | AP News

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war was being remembered as a kind child, while multiple authorities investigate the attack that has become a symbol of larger struggles with hate crime in the

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Suspect in Holloway disappearance to appear in federal court for extortion case; plea deal possible | AP News

Suspect in Holloway disappearance to appear in federal court for extortion case; plea deal possible | AP News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for the mother of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba, said a possible plea deal with a suspect in an extortion case is contingent upon his disclosing details about her death.Joran van der Sloot, long considered the chief suspect in Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear

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