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Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

MIRERENI, Mayotte (AP) — Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the French territory in nearly a century.

A rocket fired from Yemen strikes an area of Tel Aviv overnight, lightly injuring 16 people

The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv in the early hours of Saturday, leaving 16 people slightly injured.

Indonesians mark 2 decades since the tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves and her father to the sea.

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line

Ukraine has brought the war into the heart of Russia with drone attacks that Russian authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan, some 600 miles from the front line.

Pentagon doubled the number of US troops in Syria 'months' ahead of Assad’s fall

The U.S. for months has had more than 2,000 troops inside Syria, more than double the 900 troops the Defense Department previously said are on the ground there, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson revealed Thursday. The increased force presence has “been going on for a while,” with press secretary Maj.

Biden missing in action as Turkey inches closer to full-blown war against US-allied Kurds in Syria

Amid the end of the nearly 14 years of civil war in Syria, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to rekindle a new war in northern Syria against America’s main ally, the Syrian Kurds.

Biden to travel to Italy for meetings with pope, Meloni in January

President Biden will travel to Italy in January for meetings with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. The trip, from Jan. 9 to 12, will likely be his last foreign trip as president before President-elect Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20.

Russia's Syria exit could help Ukraine-Israel relationship as analyst warns it 'offers little' to Jerusalem

With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive weapons and technology.

Canada's Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet as resignation calls mount and new election threat looms

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chances of staying on in power have become more tenuous after the opposition party that backed his government for years announced it will vote no confidence in the government when Parliament resumes.

Sri Lanka's navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawler

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said Friday.

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For thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn't feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they're leaving

LONDON (AP) — Leaving Israel is easier, Shira Z. Carmel thinks, by saying it's just for now. But she knows better. For the Israeli-born singer and an increasing number of relatively well-off Israelis, the Oct.

5 takeaways from Putin's annual press conference

Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for more than three hours during an annual news conference in Moscow on Thursday, discussing key topics including the war in Ukraine, his interest in dialogue with President-elect Trump and an openness to asking about detained journalist Austin Tice in Syria.

Putin ‘promises’ to ask Assad for help in finding Austin Tice following letter from mother

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ask former Syrian President Assad for help in obtaining information on American journalist Austin Tice after he was taken prisoner 12 years ago.

What will Syria's future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries' recent pasts

CAIRO (AP) — Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew. The Middle Eastern and North African nations that attempted to transition to democracy in recent years can attest to that. Now it's Syria's turn to try to get it right.

2 dead, many injured after man drives into German Christmas market in suspected terror attack: report

A festive Christmas market in Madgeburg, Germany erupted into chaos after a car was driven into a group of people.

Pentagon says the number of US troops in Syria is much higher than previously reported

The Pentagon said Thursday that there are about 2,000 U.S. Troops in Syria, a number that is more than double the 900 troops reported previously by the DoD for months.

Projectile from Yemen strikes near Tel Aviv, injuring more than a dozen: officials

A projectile launched into Israel from Yemen overnight struck Tel Aviv, leading to 16 people suffering mild injuries, according to Israeli officials.

Blast kills 2 Mexican soldiers and wounds 5 others in suspected booby trap by drug cartel

While approaching, they spotted three dismembered bodies near the encampment, which appeared to be abandoned. But as they drew closer, a buried device exploded and struck the soldiers.

US diplomats in Damascus for first time in more than 10 years following fall of Assad regime

U.S. officials are in Syria with goals to advance Aqaba principles and seek information on American citizens who disappeared under the Assad regime.

Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 7 people, including 4 kids

Palestinian health officials say an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven Palestinians, including four children.

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Support for quick end to Russia-Ukraine war grows in US: Gallup

Americans' desire to speed up the end of the Russia-Ukraine war has ticked up, a new Gallup survey found.

Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad's ouster

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule.

A Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6

A senior local official in Russia says a Ukrainian attack on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using U.S.-supplied missiles has killed six people, including a child.

Russia detains suspect accused of killing high-ranking general in Moscow

A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the Tuesday killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow, according to Russian officials.

Malaysia resuming search for MH370 wreckage

Malaysian officials approved a third probe into the Indian Ocean with the goal of recovering wreckage from flight MH370, which disappeared more than a decade ago.

Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

MIRERENI, Mayotte (AP) — Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the French territory in nearly a century.

A rocket fired from Yemen strikes an area of Tel Aviv overnight, lightly injuring 16 people

The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv in the early hours of Saturday, leaving 16 people slightly injured.

Indonesians mark 2 decades since the tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves and her father to the sea.

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line

Ukraine has brought the war into the heart of Russia with drone attacks that Russian authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan, some 600 miles from the front line.

Pentagon doubled the number of US troops in Syria 'months' ahead of Assad’s fall

The U.S. for months has had more than 2,000 troops inside Syria, more than double the 900 troops the Defense Department previously said are on the ground there, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson revealed Thursday. The increased force presence has “been going on for a while,” with press secretary Maj.