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The Latest: Rubio visits Israel following the country’s attack in Qatar
September 15, 2025 - 5:57 AM

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on a two-day trip to Israel as its military intensified attacks on northern Gaza, flattening multiple high-rise buildings and killing at least 13 Palestinians.
Qatar hosts summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha, seeking to restrain such attacks
September 15, 2025 - 5:53 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar hosted a summit of leaders of Arab and Islamic nations Monday in the hopes of presenting a united response to Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha last week. But the group has few ways to restrain Israel as its war in the Gaza Strip grinds on.
Little daylight between US and Israel evident as Rubio and Netanyahu meet
September 15, 2025 - 5:51 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United States showed a unified front on Monday in the face of growing international anger over Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas leaders on Qatar and its intensifying bombardment of Gaza City.
UK drops charges against 2 men accused of spying for China
September 15, 2025 - 5:44 AM

LONDON (AP) — Two men who were accused of spying for China in Britain, including a former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament, will no longer face prosecution, authorities said Monday.
Kim Seong-Min, defector whose radio broadcasts relayed foreign news to North Korea, dies at 63
September 15, 2025 - 5:40 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Seong-Min, a prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public about the truth of their authoritarian government, has died. He was 63.
UK summons Russian ambassador over violation of NATO airspace
September 15, 2025 - 5:33 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government said Monday it has summoned the Russian ambassador in London following Moscow's “unprecedented violation” of NATO airspace.
British politicians condemn Elon Musk's comments at anti-migrant rally
September 15, 2025 - 5:23 AM

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “dangerous” comments by Elon Musk after the X and Tesla owner told an anti-immigration rally that violence is coming to Britain and they must fight or die. But the U.K.
Vuelta organizers defend decision to keep Israeli team in race after protests in Madrid finale
September 15, 2025 - 5:21 AM

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Vuelta organizers on Monday defended their decision to keep an Israel-based team in the cycling race despite pro-Palestinian protests that ultimately provoked chaotic scenes in a disrupted finale in Madrid this weekend.
Ex-British soldier goes on trial for 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland
September 15, 2025 - 5:18 AM

LONDON (AP) — The only person ever charged in the infamous 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland where British soldiers opened fire on unarmed demonstrators went on trial Monday in a Belfast court with a prosecutor calling the shooting unjustified and its impact “long lasting and profound.”
Huge piles of rusty WWII ammunition are poisoning the Baltic Sea. Germany is trying to recover them
September 15, 2025 - 5:13 AM

BOLTENHAGEN, Germany (AP) — Slowly, Dirk Schoenen dives down to a huge pile of ammunition from World War II at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. He removes some of the top pieces and carefully puts them into a basket, as a team of engineers, divers and seamen watch his every move on monitors streaming live video from a camera attached to his head.
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The Latest: Rubio visits Israel following the country’s attack in Qatar

Qatar hosts summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha, seeking to restrain such attacks

Little daylight between US and Israel evident as Rubio and Netanyahu meet

UK drops charges against 2 men accused of spying for China

Kim Seong-Min, defector whose radio broadcasts relayed foreign news to North Korea, dies at 63

UK summons Russian ambassador over violation of NATO airspace

British politicians condemn Elon Musk's comments at anti-migrant rally

Vuelta organizers defend decision to keep Israeli team in race after protests in Madrid finale

Ex-British soldier goes on trial for 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

Huge piles of rusty WWII ammunition are poisoning the Baltic Sea. Germany is trying to recover them

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