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Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes

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US asks Philippines to extradite Filipino church leader accused of sex crimes and fraud

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Ukraine strikes more oil facilities deep inside Russia, Zelenskyy says

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2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with Hezbollah

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Israeli prosecutors charge settler with killing Palestinian activist in rare indictment

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US military says there was no white phosphorus leak at its air base in South Korea

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China announces countermeasures against Washington, including controls on drone exports to the US

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Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

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Netanyahu says no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed

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Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges

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Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks with 5 killed in each country

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South Korean students detained for allegedly breaking into US military base

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