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Houthi supporters attend a rally during the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen's war in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, 26 March, 2022. (AP Photo/Abdulsalam Sharhan)

Gulf states plan Yemen talks without Houthi rebels present

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Smoke is seen from a collapsed building after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The Israeli airstrike was the latest in a series of assaults on targets in the Gaza Strip after a long dispute between Israel and Hamas erupted into an exchange of rocket attacks from Gaza and Israeli retaliation. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Weary Gaza marks Muslim feast as violence spreads in Israel

By Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israelis run to shelters as air attack sirens goes off during a Jerusalem Day march, in Jerusalem, Monday, May 10, 2021. Explosions have been heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded. The sirens came Monday, shortly after the Hamas militant group in Gaza had set a deadline for Israel to remove its security forces from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas fires rockets deep into Israel, escalating tensions

By Ilan Ben Zion and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Monday, May 10, 2021. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

More than 300 Palestinians hurt in Jerusalem holy site clash

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Minnesota family cares for daughters with rare fatal disease

By EDIE SCHMIERBACH - Associated Press

Israeli border police officers deploy during clashes with Palestinian protesters next to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, May 7. 2021. Palestinians protested over Israel's threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, who have been embroiled in a long legal battle with Israeli settlers trying to acquire property in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Beefed-up Israel police clash with Palestinians in Jerusalem

By Josef Federman and Fares Akram - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2021, file photo, medical workers tend to coronavirus patients in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Kenyatta National Hospital, in Nairobi, Kenya. Amid concerns over India, Kenya, which is coming down from a recent peak in cases, halted flights with the country for two weeks, while Nigeria suspended flights with India, Brazil and Turkey, fearing new virus strains could come in as it tries to bring down cases, particularly in Lagos, home to some 20 million people. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Palestinians, Israeli settlers scuffle in east Jerusalem

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Bosnian coal miners pray after breaking fast in the underground at a mine in Zenica, Bosnia, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Inside mine shafts, one can't see sunset, but miners consult their watches and smartphones for the right time to sit down, unwrap their food and break their daily fast together. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

AP PHOTOS: Muslim miners in Bosnia break fast underground

By KEMAL SOFTIC - Associated Press

A group of Muslims display their vaccination cards and a sign reading “Ramadan Mubarak: We got vaccinated. We hope you do too,” on Sunday, April 11, 2021, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Rida Hamida, second from left, is the executive director of Latino &amp; Muslim Unity. (Courtesy of Latino &amp; Muslim Unity via AP)

A halal taco truck helps vaccinate Orange County Muslims

By ALEJANDRA MOLINA - Associated Press

Leicester's Wesley Fofana runs during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, Pool)

Fofana thanks EPL for allowing him to break fast mid-game

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People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, pray the evening prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a mosque in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the worst fears are now coming true in the crowded, blockaded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and Israeli border closures. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Palestinians hold Hamas movement green flags attend a protest in solidarity with Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Friday, April. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Jerusalem tension triggers Gaza-Israel fire exchange

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli police clash with Palestinian crowd in Jerusalem

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Syrian refugee Ayesha al-Abed, 21, right, prepares food as her Husband Raed Mattar, 24, left, plays with their daughter Rayan, 18 months old, before they break their fast on the first day of fasting month of Ramadan, at an informal refugee camp, in the town of Bhannine in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. For many Syrian refugee families in Lebanon, Ramadan comes as a hard life of displacement has gotten even harder after a pandemic year that deepened economic woes in their host country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Delights of Ramadan disappear for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

By SARAH EL DEEB and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

Muslims navigate COVID rules as they celebrate Ramadan

By HOLLY MEYER and The Tennessean - Associated Press

People sit at setup tables outside a pub in Soho, in London, on the day some of England's third coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the British government, Monday, April 12, 2021. People across England flocked to shed shaggy locks and browse for clothes, books and other &quot;non-essential&quot; items as shops, gyms, hairdressers, restaurant patios and beer gardens reopened Monday after months of lockdown. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The Latest: Governor bans vaccine passports for Montana

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A waiter serves customers enjoying their dinner specially constructed domes to ensure social distancing as a way to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, at a restaurant in Istanbul, Monday, April 12, 2021. Turkey has been posting record-high single-day COVID-19 cases for the past 10 days.Keen to minimise repercussions on its ailing economy and under intense pressure by services industry, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan eased COVID-19 measures in early March. With the spike, he was forced to announce renewed restrictions, such as weekend lockdowns and the closure of cafes and restaurants during Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, starting on April 13.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey imposes partial Ramadan lockdown amid record cases

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an evening prayer called &quot;tarawih&quot; marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Monday, April 12, 2021. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim)

Muslims mark Ramadan amid virus surge and new restrictions

By AMR NABIL and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this, Friday, April 9, 2021, file photo, volunteers clean the outer areas of the historic Mohabat Khan Mosque ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims are facing their second Ramadan in the shadow of the pandemic. Many Muslim majority countries have been hit by an intense new coronavirus wave. While some countries imposed new Ramadan restrictions, concern is high that the month’s rituals could stoke a further surge. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)

Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan

By MARIAM FAM and KATHY GANNON and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press