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Entrepreneurs fight pile-up of garbage in the West Bank
- Eleanor Beardsley
- May 3, 2026
Israeli restrictions on movement in the West Bank are impeding garbage trucks from reaching landfills, leaving Palestinians living amid mounds of tras...
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'I just want to see her again' says son of imprisoned Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi
- Lorcan Lovett
- May 3, 2026
On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke t...
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Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal 'anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next
- Willem Marx
- May 3, 2026
Germany's defense minister is playing down the impact of the Pentagon's decision to pull 5,000 troops from the country, but the move has rattled NATO...
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Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner in critical condition
- Anastasia Tsioulcas
- May 2, 2026
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was hospitalized after collapsing in prison. Her family says her condition...
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New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive legacy
- Kate Bartlett
- May 2, 2026
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters exa...
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After Assad's fall, Syria's Kurds are left in limbo, feeling abandoned by the U.S.
- Jane Arraf
- May 2, 2026
Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. a...
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Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be ready to fly as Air Force One this summer
- The Associated Press
- May 2, 2026
The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it read...
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U.S. to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany in next 6-12 months
- The Associated Press
- May 2, 2026
The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump's threat as he clashes wi...
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Record-breaking DHS shutdown ends. And, May Day protests to draw crowds nationwide
- Brittney Melton
- May 1, 2026
Congress has ended the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. And, May Day demonstrations across the U.S. are expected to dr...
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'Decimate' means much more today than it did in ancient Rome
- Scott Neuman
- May 1, 2026
Today, most people know the word as a synonym for "destroy." But fewer realize its origins — or that it's come to mean something strikingly different...
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Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move
- Michael Sullivan
- May 1, 2026
State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years af...
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Man charged with attempted murder after stabbings of Jewish men in London
- The Associated Press
- May 1, 2026
A 45-year-old man was charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked...