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TEL AVIV,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday that Israel risked further global isolation if it attacks the Palestinian city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons yesterday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 more in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Astronomers have identified two ancient streams of stars – named after the Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva – that appear to be among the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks, offering new insight into how our galaxy came together long ago.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, in one of the worst such attacks on Russia in years.

(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council today turned down a U.S.-led

(Reuters) – Russia regards itself to be at war due to the West’s intervention on Ukraine’s side, the Kremlin said, shifting the language it uses to describe the conflict in an apparent move to prepare Russians for a longer and harder struggle.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – China interrupted an attempt by several non-governmental groups today to pay homage to a late Chinese human rights activist in a tense incident at a U.N.

CAIRO/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israel’s spy chief was due to travel to Qatar yesterday for ceasefire negotiations while the U.S.

(Reuters) – A federal judge in Mississippi yesterday wrapped up sentencing of six white former law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to the “Goon Squad” torture and sexual abuse of two Black men, leaving the defendants each facing from 10 to 40 years in prison.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s financial crime agency arrested Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi yesterday in connection with graft allegations relating to the city’s liquor policy, his party said, a setback for the opposition ahead of elections.

(Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly yesterday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence that encourages countries to safeguard human rights, protect personal data, and monitor AI for risks.

(Reuters) – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said on Thursday it has filed a collective complaint to a European rights body to demand that France urgently ensures access to drinking water in its Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe.

(Reuters) – A Russian serial killer known as the “Volga Maniac” was jailed for life yesterday for murdering 31 elderly women, the TASS state news agency reported.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – The government of Trinidad and Tobago has begun talks with the U.S.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi today of crippling it before the upcoming general election by freezing its accounts in an income tax case.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Republican senators yesterday that Israel will continue its efforts to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, senators told reporters after he addressed a party lunch.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors have charged Jair Renan Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for alleged crimes including money laundering and falsifying documents for a bank loan, newspaper O Globo reported yesterday.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – A promising area off Colombia’s coast where Brazil state-run Petrobras PETR4.SA

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Leo Varadkar said yesterday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister in a surprise move, saying the country’s coalition government would stand a better chance of reelection under another leader.

WASHINGTON, 0 (Reuters) – U.S. government-chartered helicopter flights began carrying American citizens from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince yesterday amid rising violence, the State Department said, with a first flight transporting more than 15 people to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.