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West Bank town becomes 'big prison' as Israel fences it in

A five-meter-high metal fence slices across the eastern edge of Sinjil, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It's a particularly stark example of barriers that have sprung up across the territory, becoming an overwhelmin...

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Russia hits Kyiv with largest drone attack after Trump-Putin call

Russia pummeled Kyiv with the largest drone attack of the war, injuring at least 23 people and damaging buildings across the capital only hours after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russia's Vladimir Putin, officials said.

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Trump: Letters telling countries their tariff rate going out Friday

President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals.

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Crimean Tatars fear homeland will be ceded to Russia in peace deal

Leniie Umerova, a member of the Crimean Tatar community indigenous to the Black Sea peninsula that was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, was imprisoned for nearly two years after crossing into Russia. Now in Kyiv, the 27-year-old f...

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Ukrainian F-16 pilot's death shows perils of air defense, commander says

A Ukrainian senior commander said at the funeral for Maksym Ustymenko that the experienced F-16 fighter pilot's death shows the high-risk tactics Kyiv will increasingly adopt if it is unable to obtain critical new air defenses.

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Mahmoud Khalil adjusts to life after release amid deportation fight

It's been less than two weeks since U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil released on bail. Reuters spoke with Khalil at his Manhattan apartment earlier this week amid his ongoing fight ...

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Viral quake doomsday rumors spook tourists to Japan

Viral rumors of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with some airlines cancelling flights from Hong Kong due to plunging passenger numbers.

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Indonesia suspends search for 30 missing after ferry sinks near Bali

Indonesian rescuers on Thursday (July 3) temporarily halted a search for 30 people still missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the island of Bali with the loss of six lives, the national search and rescue agency said.

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Afghan refugees stuck in Pakistan as Germany halts entry program

Kimia fled Afghanistan in 2024 after being accepted on to a German humanitarian admission program aimed at Afghans considered at risk under the Taliban. A year later, Kimia is stuck in limbo.

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Iran nuclear program degraded by up to two years: Pentagon

The Pentagon said that U.S. strikes 10 days ago had degraded Iran's nuclear program by up to two years, suggesting the U.S. military operation likely achieved its goals despite a far more cautious initial assessment that leaked to the pu...

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Protesters rally at Downing Street against Palestine Action ban

British lawmakers voted to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, after its activists broke into a military base and damaged two planes in protest at what it says is Britain's support for Israel.

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Trump says he will put 20% tariff on Vietnam, cooling tensions

The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20% tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could raise levies on most imports.

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More than 350 unburned bodies found at Mexico crematorium

Mexican police have discovered more than 350 corpses piled up, embalmed and abandoned at a private crematorium in Ciudad Juarez, local prosecutors reported on Tuesday (July 1).

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'We hope he's honest this time,' Gazan says of Trump's proposed truce

Word from U.S. President Donald Trump that Israel has agreed to the conditions needed to finalize a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza raised hopes on Wednesday in the enclave, where health officials said at least 20 people had been killed in Isra...

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U.S. slows missile shipments to Ukraine over low stockpiles

U.S. shipments of air defense missiles are slowing amid concerns that U.S. stockpiles are too low, two people familiar with the decision said.

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How will the Dalai Lama's successor be chosen?

The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of deep interest not only for followers of his religion, but also China, India, and the United States, for strategic reasons.

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Catalonia wildfire kills at least two as heatwave grips Europe

Two people died in a wildfire in Spain's Catalonia region, which was largely contained, though more wind and thunderstorms were expected.

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Trump sees India trade deal, skeptical on progress with Japan

The United States could reach a trade deal with India that would help American companies compete in the South Asian country and leave it facing far lower tariffs, President Donald Trump said, while casting doubt on a possible deal with J...

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Ukrainian aid projects wither after Trump cuts funding

Ukrainians who rely on foreign aid for their medical care are worried after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration paused foreign aid in January and froze operations at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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USAID canceled rape survivor kits for Congo as conflict erupted

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration canceled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication, the United ...

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Mountains of rubble in Aleppo threaten public health and recovery

After 14 years of civil war in Syria, and a devastating earthquake, mountains of rubble clog the streets of Aleppo, hindering reconstruction and threatening public health.

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Dubai aims to beat the traffic with 2026 Joby air taxi liftoff

Joby Aviation conducted the first test flight of its fully-electric air taxi in Dubai this week, a major milestone in the city's efforts to integrate airborne transport into existing mobility networks as early as next year.

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Tesla sales rise in Norway and Spain, boosted by Model Y

Tesla's sales rose in Norway and Spain during June, an early sign that some are buying its revamped Model Y vehicle even as the EV maker struggles with the fallout from CEO Elon Musk's politics and competition from European and Chinese b...

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Cuba trans community sees glimmer of hope in proposed legislation

Cuban lawmakers are expected to approve a bill that would remove bureaucratic hurdles that trans-identified individuals face when seeking to legally change their names.

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Suspect in murders of four Idaho college students to plead guilty

Former criminology graduate student Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to killing four Idaho college students in 2022, a move that would spare him the death penalty under a deal with prosecutors, ABC News reported on Monday (June...

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Thai court suspends PM from duty pending case seeking her dismissal

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, adding to mounting pressure on a government fighting for survival on multiple fronts.

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Turkey detains cartoonists over satirical drawing

Turkish authorities on Monday (June 30) detained three people over a satirical drawing published by weekly magazine Leman allegedly depicting Prophets Moses and Muhammad.

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A review of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial as jury begins deliberating

The prosecution and defense have finished their closing arguments in the sex-trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs and jury deliberations are underway. Here's an overview of more than six-weeks of evidence.

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Bob Vylan's 'death to' Israeli military chant draws backlash

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Glastonbury organizers said on Sunday they were appalled by on-stage chanting against the Israeli military during a performance at the festival by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan.

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How Reuters investigated the massacres of Syria's Alawites

A Reuters investigation pieced together how three days of massacres against Syrian Alawites unfolded, identifying a chain of command leading from the attackers directly to men who serve alongside Syria’s new leaders in Damascus.

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