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Versailles Palace evacuated again for security alert amid high vigilance in France against attacks

PARIS (AP) - The Palace of Versailles, one of France's most visited tourist attractions, is being evacuated for a security scare. It's the second time in four days the palace has had to close, with Fr...

Oct 17, 2023

Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street

BRUSSELS (AP) - Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the ...

Oct 17, 2023

India's Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage, says it is up to Parliament

NEW DELHI (AP) - India's top court refused to legalize same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying Tuesday that it was up to Parliament to create such a law. Chief Justice DY Chan...

Oct 17, 2023

As Biden heads to Israel and Jordan, aid is held up for a Gaza on the verge of total collapse

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The U.S. hoped to break a deadlock over delivering aid to increasingly desperate civilians in besieged Gaza following a brutal attack by Hamas militants, as President Joe Bide...

Oct 16, 2023

Biden will travel to Israel Wednesday amid concern that Israel-Hamas conflict could expand

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday to show support for the U.S. ally as concerns increase that the raging Israel-Hamas war could expand into a larger region...

Oct 16, 2023

UN Security Council rejects Russia's resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council rejected a Russian resolution Monday night that condemned violence and terrorism against civilians but made no mention of Hamas, whose surprise attack t...

Oct 16, 2023

Soccer match between Belgium and Sweden suspended after deadly shooting in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) - A soccer match between host Belgium and Sweden was suspended at halftime Monday after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff. Fans remained inside the ...

Oct 16, 2023

Belgian authorities raise terror alert after 2 Swedes are fatally shot in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital late Monday after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo lin...

Oct 16, 2023

Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president...

Oct 16, 2023

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration's separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations...

Oct 16, 2023