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Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a "brutal terrorist act," but did not say who was responsible. The blast on Saturday evening at the Balzi Rossi, an upscale Italian ...
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Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war
CAIRO (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war. ...
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Trump says Mideast allies have reached outlines of deal to end Iran war, says US to stop new strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflic...
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Idaho fast food restaurant shooting leaves 3 dead and 7 injured, city spokesman says
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Three people were killed and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon, a Twin Falls city spokesman said. Police who responded to t...
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Canadian activist among those detained on anti-whaling ship in Iceland
MONTREAL - An animal-rights activist from Saskatchewan is among those detained off the coast of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, on a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson. The Icelandic Coast Guard boarded the protest ves...
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Plane carrying European tourists crashes in Peru, killing 13 people on Nazca Lines viewing flight
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines crashed into a field Saturday outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people, local authorities said. Nazca's municipal government said the pl...
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Iceland seizes Paul Watson Foundation's anti-whaling ship and detains its crew
LONDON (AP) - Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and detained its crew, officials in the Arctic island nation said Saturday. The Icelandic Coast Guard said the crew o...
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All 10 climbers swept away in avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed dead
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed to have died, and search teams are trying to recover their bodies, Purja's expedition company said Saturday. ...
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Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
CEUTA, Spain (AP) - Spain on Saturday installed a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants breached the frontier earlier in the week. ...
Aug 01, 2026
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Death toll in Spain-Morocco border crisis in Ceuta reaches 67
CEUTA, Spain (AP) - The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67, the Spanish government said Saturday. Spain announced it was installing a containment barrier along the breakwater fence into the sea after...
Aug 01, 2026
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Infantino abandons plans to sell World Cup profits to private equity following massive pushback
GENEVA (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Infantino's decision came after his senior adviser wh...
Aug 01, 2026
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Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying evidence prosecutors had recently received refuted the idea that vandals...
Jul 31, 2026
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Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California. The jet went down Friday near the Miramar air base in San Diego. "The pilot...
Jul 31, 2026
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Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for negligence in deadly Easter bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced a former police chief and a former top Defense Ministry official to death after finding them guilty of criminal negligence that allowed Islamic State-inspired bomb attacks on Easter Sunda...
Jul 31, 2026
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Algerian bus plunges into a ravine near Algiers, killing at least 25 and injuring 44
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - At least 25 people were killed and 44 injured on Friday in a bus accident in Algeria, according to a provisional report from the Algerian Civil Protection. The bus, which was carrying passengers from Sétif to the A...
Jul 31, 2026
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Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta
CEUTA, Spain (AP) - Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain's tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in Europe a...
Jul 31, 2026
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At least 18 die after breach of border between Morocco and Spanish exclave of Ceuta
MADRID (AP) - At least eighteen migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, where Spain deployed its military after thousands of people breached the border with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory. Span...
Jul 31, 2026
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Pakistan rescuers find 4 bodies of the 10 climbers missing on Broad Peak after an avalanche
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies Friday and were continuing to search for the other six, officials said. Efforts were underway to retrieve the bodi...
Jul 31, 2026
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Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34
TOKYO (AP) - Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or slept in cars as they faced shortages of water, electricity and fuel and punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat-rela...
Jul 31, 2026
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Milei empowers Argentina to bar or deport foreigners over hateful remarks about the country
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - After a bruising World Cup defeat gave way to what many Argentines saw as a sweeping wave of hatred against their country, Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday signed an emergency decree empowering the government ...
Jul 30, 2026
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Seattle police chief resigns under pressure from mayor over response to festival shooting
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle's police chief resigned Thursday amid criticism that the city was slow to release key information about a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend. Mayor Katie Wilson's announcement followed hours of speculat...
Jul 30, 2026
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Mandela Barnes drops out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Mandela Barnes dropped out of Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor on Thursday amid news that the state party had reviewed past allegations of inappropriate behavior, further shaking up the race less than two weeks before the ...
Jul 30, 2026
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Colin Gray, who gave his son the gun used in Georgia school shooting, is sentenced to 15 years
A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray's sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to l...
Jul 30, 2026
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Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 32 miners and traps 10 others
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed at least 32 miners Thursday and trapped 10 others underground in what officials believed to be life-threatening conditions as rescuers raced to reach them. ...
Jul 30, 2026
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Trump floats pulling Blanche's nomination for attorney general to avoid conceding to GOP demands
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination for the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans demanding limits to a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the p...
Jul 30, 2026
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No charges for Arizona parents in case of toddler who was alive after being declared dead
No charges will be filed against the parents of an Arizona toddler who was declared dead after being found in a family pool but was breathing hours later at a hospital morgue. Gilbert police had recommended negligence charges. But Maricop...
Jul 30, 2026
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Spain deploys military to Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco's border and at least 9 die
CEUTA, Spain (AP) - Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border with Morocco in Ceuta after thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory, with at least nine dying in the attempt. The announcement comes ...
Jul 30, 2026
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How views on Trump's handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump's approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The results are a stark repudiat...
Jul 30, 2026
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