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China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
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China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture

BEIJING (AP) — For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and…
Israel bans cameras at Arab polling stations in next vote
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Israel bans cameras at Arab polling stations in next vote

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s elections committee has ruled against a plan by the prime minister’s party to have cameras at…
Libyan navy: 5 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes
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Libyan navy: 5 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says it has retrieved at least five bodies from a boat carrying dozens of…
Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon
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Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli drones bombed a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early Monday, the…
Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child
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Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child

BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes targeted Syria’s last major rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of Idlib on Monday, killing at…
Macron tries to arrange a Trump meeting with Iranian leader
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Macron tries to arrange a Trump meeting with Iranian leader

BIARRITZ, France (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there’s a “really good chance” he could meet with Iran’s…
The Latest: Israeli PM calls for global action against Iran
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The Latest: Israeli PM calls for global action against Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on the tensions between Iran and the West (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Israel’s…
Sudanese face daunting challenges on path to democracy
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Sudanese face daunting challenges on path to democracy

CAIRO (AP) — For the first time in three decades, Sudan has charted a path out of military rule following…
Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let’s talk
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Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let’s talk

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first…
Israeli PM cuts Gaza fuel transfers amid flurry of threats
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Israeli PM cuts Gaza fuel transfers amid flurry of threats

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military on Monday to cut fuel transfers to Gaza in…
Israeli teen dies of wounds in West Bank attack, 2 wounded
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Israeli teen dies of wounds in West Bank attack, 2 wounded

JERUSALEM (AP) — An explosion Friday near a West Bank settlement that Israel said was a Palestinian attack killed a…
Yemeni government forces rout separatists from southern city
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Yemeni government forces rout separatists from southern city

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government have taken full control of a key southern city…
Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof
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Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President…
Iran-backed militias blame US for attacks on bases in Iraq
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Iran-backed militias blame US for attacks on bases in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi paramilitary forces backed by Iran accused Israeli drones of carrying out a series of attacks on…
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
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Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president sent a bill to parliament Wednesday that would cut four zeroes from the value…
As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
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As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians

BEIRUT (AP) — Mustafa, a 21-year-old Syrian in Turkey, was at the shoe factory in Istanbul where he worked making…
Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely
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Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims appeared unlikely to proceed as planned Thursday after…
Brazilian city weary of crime
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Brazilian city weary of crime

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It happens, on average, more than five times a day in Rio de Janeiro: Police…
Lead scrubbed from Paris streets as Notre Dame work resumes
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Lead scrubbed from Paris streets as Notre Dame work resumes

PARIS (AP) — Specialists shoring up fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral returned Monday to the Paris site for the first time…
Wildfire on Canary Islands forces 8,000 people to evacuate
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Wildfire on Canary Islands forces 8,000 people to evacuate

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands was throwing flames 50 meters (160 feet) into the…
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