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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27.

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  • Middle East

An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader

Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced after replying with a period in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

September 02, 2024
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  • Jackie Northam
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brandishes a sword as his new Cabinet takes the oath of office, at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28.

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  • Latin America

The U.S. has seized Venezuelan President Maduro's plane

The Justice Department alleges the Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was purchased in Florida by the Venezuelan leader's associates through a shell company in violation of sanctions and export controls.

September 02, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Northam and
  • Alex Leff
Bjoern Hoecke top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, party waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Suhl, Germany, Aug. 13.

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  • Europe

5 takeaways from Germany's regional elections after far right makes historic gains

The Alternative for Germany party made huge gains in two eastern states, handing the German far right its best results since World War II.

September 02, 2024
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Firefighters extinguish a fire after a rocket hit a building of a higher education institution in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on Monday.

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  • Europe

Russia fires a barrage of drones and missiles at Kyiv as children return to school

Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said early Monday, sending residents into bomb shelters.

September 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People block a road as they protest, calling for a deal for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

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  • Middle East

General strike in Israel over hostages leads to uneven closures

A call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions, but it was ignored in some areas, reflecting political divisions.

September 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group.

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  • Middle East

As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting

Health care workers plan to reach more than 640,000 Palestinian children in a matter of days while Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in fighting.

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Aya Batrawy
Bjorn Hecke (AfD) after the publication of the first forecasts for the state election in Saxony and Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, on Sunday.

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  • Europe

A German far-right party wins its first state election

The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was set to finish at least a very close second in a second vote, projections showed.

September 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Relatives and friends attend the funeral of slain hostage Almog Sarusi, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, at a cemetery in Ra'anana, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israelis protest and workers' strike is planned after 6 more hostages die in Gaza

Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night to demand a cease-fire with Hamas after six hostages were found dead in Gaza. Israel's largest trade union also called a general strike for Monday.

September 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat, who were held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza.

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  • Middle East

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin had become widely known following his family's efforts to get him and other captives released.

September 01, 2024
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  • Carrie Kahn and
  • Don Clyde
In this photo released by Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov's Telegram channel on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, firefighters extinguish a burning car in the courtyard of an apartment building after a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the city of Belgorod and the Belgorod region of Russia.

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  • World

Russia says it downed over 150 drones in Ukrainian attack

Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.

September 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
In a scene from the German TV series <em>Miss Merkel</em>, actress Katharina Thalbach, playing the amateur detective based on the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, takes a closer look at her pug Helmut.

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  • World

In 'Miss Merkel,' Germany's former chancellor is a crime-solving amateur detective

The German crime fiction series, based on novels of the same name, depicts former Chancellor Angela Merkel as an Agatha Christie-style small-town detective who solves crimes out of sheer boredom.

August 31, 2024
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  • Esme Nicholson
A locator map shows Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert.

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  • Middle East

7 U.S. troops hurt in Iraq raid targeting Islamic State group militants that killed 15

The U.S. military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants that killed at least 15 people and saw seven U.S. troops hurt, officials said.

August 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024, the Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash

The dismissal comes four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment, killing the pilot.

August 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes arrives for a court hearing, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 22, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Brazil starts blocking social media platform X amid a dispute with Elon Musk

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.

August 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A person walks by the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, London.

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  • Europe

Donor's note trashing design of pillars he funded at London's National Gallery is found

Lord Sainsbury didn’t like the design of the wing his family funded. He paid for it though, and slipped a 1990 letter into a pillar during construction. Construction workers found it 33 years later.

August 30, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer
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