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World News - Reports: Israel attacks military base in central Iran - April 19 (UPI) -- Explosions were reported early Friday near a military base in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, according to state-run news, as Israel appears have attacked the Middle Eastern country.

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World News -- North Korea condemns U.N. envoy's 'aid-begging trip' to Asia

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World News -- Trans-rights advocates decry Scottish clinic's decision to stop puberty blockers for children -- Scotland's only gender clinic has paused hormone treatment for patients younger than 18 following a landmark review of the treatment.

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World News -- Kenya's defense chief dies in helicopter crash

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U.S. News -- U.S. vetoes Palestinian bid for U.N. membership

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World News -- U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran drone program in response to Israel attack -- President Joe Biden Thursday announced new Iran sanctions for the drone and missile attack on Israel.

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World News -- London Met Police infiltrate company that helped phishing cybercriminals -- London's Metropolitan Police said on Thursday they have infiltrated a global online fraud service called LabHost, used by more than 2,000 cybercriminals to create fake websites to trick unwitting users out of money and v

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Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Gaza

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Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass

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Christians observe Good Friday in Jerusalem

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World News -- Qatar is conducting a 'comprehensive evaluation' of its Gaza mediation role -- Qatar's Prime Minister said Wednesday he is reassessing his country's mediation role to end the Gaza war and release the hostages because some are politically exploiting the efforts and defaming Qatar's role.

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World News -- Germany arrests 2 over spying on U.S. bases for Russia -- Two men with dual German-Russian citizenship were arrested this week in a suspected plot to sabotage two U.S. military bases in the country in connection with its support of Ukraine, prosecutors said.

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World News -- 8 World Food Program trucks cross into Gaza on new route -- The first U.N. World Food Program trucks since the opening of Israel's Ashdod port to international humanitarian aid shipments crossed into the Gaza strip, the Israeli military said.

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World News -- World Bank announces plan to provide electricity access to 300M Africans -- The World Bank has announced a partnership with its African counterpart that aims to provide at least 300 million people in the continent with electricity by the end of the decade.

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U.S. News -- NASA welcomes Switzerland, Sweden as countries sign Artemis Accords -- The United States welcomed Switzerland and Sweden as the latest countries to sign NASA's Artemis Accords, also known as the Outer Space Treaty, to strengthen international collaboration in space and on the moon.

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U.S. News -- United States to reimpose sanctions on Venezuelan oil over unfair elections -- The United States on Wednesday announced that it will be reimposing sanctions on Venezuelan oil after the government had conceded that the South American country had not gotten close enough to free and fair elections.

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World News -- State Department invites 22 countries for some hip-hop diplomacy -- The State Department is doing some hip-hop diplomacy through April 26 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chapel Hill, N.C., exploring how the music genre has promoted peace and positive social change.

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World News -- Authorities arrest nine in Canada gold heist at Toronto airport -- Authorities in Canada say nine arrests have been made in the investigation of last year's heist of gold worth over $20 million from Toronto's Pearson International Airport, which had reverberating effects.

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World News -- Minor damages reported after 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Japan -- A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan at 11:14 p.m. Wednesday local time, off the west coast of Shikoku Island.

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World News -- EU questions TikTok over app that offers rewards for watching videos -- The European Commission on Thursday gave TikTok 24 hours to give it a risk assessment on its new app that give users "rewards" to like or watch videos.

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World News -- Netanyahu says Israel will make its own decision on Iran attack response -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel will make its own decision about a response to the Iranian missile and drone attack. Israel's allies have urged restraint.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs school chaplain bills, says Satanists not welcome

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China denounces U.S. shipbuilding probe as politically motivated 'mistake'

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Bryan Kohberger defense alibi in Idaho student murders: He was nowhere near it

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All 12 jurors seated for Donald Trump's hush-money trial

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Extreme temperatures in Sahel impossible without man-made warming, study finds

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