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Israel's Netanyahu rejects any Palestinian sovereignty in post-war Gaza, rebuffing Biden
By JULIA FRANKEL AND, SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Sat,01/20/24-5:04AM , 135 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he “will not compromise on full Israeli control” over Gaza and that “this is contrary to a Palestinian state,” rejecting U.S.
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Emergency services work at a building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. Syrian and Iranian state media outlets say an Israeli strike on t Damascus killed four Iranian advisers. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

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An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, officials say
By ALBERT AJI AND BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press
Sat,01/20/24-2:41AM , 238 Reads
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.
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Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Sat,01/20/24-2:38AM , 61 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran said Saturday it had conducted a successful satellite launch into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles.
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial drone shows the dormitory with charred windows after a fire at the Yingcai School in Dushu Town, Fangcheng County, Nanyang city in central China's Henan province on Jan. 20, 2024. A fire broke out in dorms at the boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province, and more than a dozen students died in the blaze, Chinese state media reported Saturday. (Wu Gang/Xinhua via AP)

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13 students reported killed in an elementary school dorm fire in China's Henan province
By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press
Fri,01/19/24-9:40PM , 350 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — A fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province, and 13 students died in the blaze, Chinese state media reported Saturday.
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