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Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills at least 60, officials say, as Hezbollah announces new leader

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Workers clean a street under a giant portrait of the late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, as smoke rises from a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza leave at least 87 dead or missing, Palestinian officials say

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Smoke from Israeli bombardment rises from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza kills 15, says Hamas-run Health Ministry

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

This image made from a video, shows the yard of a school after being hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo)

An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school kills at least 80 people, Palestinian health officials say

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Mass graves in Iraq illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

In Iraq, digging up the past is necessary for closure

By Tanya Goudsouzian

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires flares over the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Monday, March 4, 2024. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

At least 17 killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza

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Doctors stage a rally against the government's medical policy in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 3, 2024. South Korean officials said Tuesday they are seeking to get the leaders of thousands of striking junior doctors to face police investigations as part of legal repercussions for their walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Jiwon Song - Associated Press

A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. South Korea’s government made a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Jiwon Song - Associated Press

Live updates | Humanitarian conditions in Gaza worsen as Israel widens its offensive

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Live updates | Humanitarian conditions in Gaza worsen as Israel widens its offensive

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Palestinians look for survivors of an Israeli bombardment in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Israeli troops divide north and south Gaza, as reported death toll exceeds 10,000

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FILE - Staff work at the Magen David Adom's (MDA) Marcus National Blood Services Center, in Ramla, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. The blood bank and processing center is a subterranean and shielded facility that became operational a few days before Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israeli areas near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Live updates | Palestinians report deadly Israeli airstrikes including in southern Gaza

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Palestinians carry a child killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip during his funeral at a UN-run school in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud)

Live updates | Israel pounds Gaza Strip, dismissing calls for cease-fire

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a midnight Mass on Russian Orthodox Christmas in the village of Turginovo, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Turginovo, Russia on Jan. 7, 2016. As Putin has formed a closer alliance with the Orthodox Church, the country has embraced what officials call “traditional values,” and Russia has sought to put more restrictions on abortion. Russia’s health minister has condemned women for prioritizing careers over childbearing. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Ichilov hospital, Yocheved Lifshitz, one of the two women released from Hamas captivity late Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, meets people at the hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Jenny Yerushalmy/Ichilov hospital via AP)

U.N. warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings rise

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, a health worker disinfects arriving Vietnamese COVID-19 patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. After over a month with no local infections, Vietnam has recorded 176 confirmed coronavirus cases from several outbreaks that have spread to 19 provinces during the past 10 days, the Health Ministry said Friday, May 7, 2021. (Bui Cuong Quyet/VNA via AP, File)

After lull, cases spread in Vietnam’s cities, provinces

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Iraq blames public for new virus record, urges vaccinations

By Associated Press - Associated Press

An Iraqi medical worker holds a vial of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine before starting the vaccination of health personnel, at a clinic in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP/Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq launches vaccine program after arrival of China doses

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, an Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered to elderly people at a medical center in Ashdod, southern Israel. After racing to a quick start, Israel is blaming online misinformation for a sudden slowdown in its campaign to vaccinate its adult population. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

As vaccinations lag, Israel combats online misinformation

By Isaac Scharf and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

A worker assembles special coffins for the victims of COVID-19 at a factory in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The number of coronavirus-related cases and deaths in the world's fourth most populous country has been rising since early December, prompting several regional governments on the islands of Java and Bali to reimpose restrictions on public activity. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

The Latest: S Korea curbing travel, gatherings for holiday

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