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Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

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  • Africa

Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after the 1994 genocide return home

The U.N. refugee agency said it helped repatriate 360 Rwandan refugees, mostly women and children, as part of a broader plan to return about 2,000 people home.

May 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli singer Yuval Raphael is representing Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest. She performs "New Day Will Rise" during a dress rehearsal for the second semifinal in Basel, Switzerland, on May 14.

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  • World

Yuval Raphael, a Hamas attack survivor, is representing Israel at Eurovision

The 24-year-old survived the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Nova festival, and will perform a pop ballad, "New Day Will Rise." Israel's Eurovision participation has sparked protest due to the Gaza war.

May 17, 2025
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  • Itay Stern
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers recover the bodies of passengers after a Russian drone struck a passenger bus at the village of Bilopillya in the Sumy region, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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  • Europe

Trump plans to call Putin, then Zelenskyy, on Monday to push for Ukraine ceasefire

President Trump said he plans to speak by phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, followed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and leaders of NATO countries, about ending the war in Ukraine.

May 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
People surround the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in front of the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday.

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  • Middle East

More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes

It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

May 16, 2025
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  • Carrie Kahn
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan in January in New York City.

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  • World

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is on leave amid a sexual misconduct investigation

Facing allegations of sexual misconduct, Karim Khan has temporarily stepped aside as a U.N. investigation enters its final stage, the International Criminal Court announced Friday.

May 16, 2025
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  • Majd Al-Waheidi
President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  • Politics

Here are 5 takeaways from Trump's first major foreign trip to the Middle East

President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East, his first major foreign trip of this second term, where it was all about business deals and not moral leadership.

May 16, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book <em>Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder</em> in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack that left him blind in one eye.

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Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

May 16, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Children selling a drink made from hibiscus flowers in Jebel Aulia, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Khartoum where the last battles over control of the capital city took place. The Sudanese government took the city back from rebel forces in March.

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  • Global Health

Bikes and bakeries are back: War-torn Khartoum struggles to rebuild

Government forces retook the capital city from rebel troops in April. Now comes the task of rebuilding what was once a bustling metropolis on the Nile.

May 16, 2025
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co arrives on a wheelchair at Bang Sue Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday to surrender to police on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake.

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  • Asia

Construction magnate surrenders to police over Bangkok tower collapse in earthquake

Ninety-two people were confirmed dead in the rubble of the building. The building was the only one in Thailand to collapse in the earthquake that was centered in neighboring Myanmar.

May 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic adaptations connected to cold tolerance and blood pressure.

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  • Science

The all-female free divers of Jeju Island have a 'superpower' in their genes

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.

May 15, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel
President Trump visits the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on May 15, 2025.

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  • Politics

In Abu Dhabi, Trump makes first visit to a mosque as president

While it's common for U.S. presidents to visit churches, only a few have made official visits to mosques.

May 15, 2025
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  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Aya Batrawy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting at Turkey's presidential palace in Ankara, Thursday.

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  • World

Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for talks with Russia, without Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Turkey for direct talks with Russia. But the Kremlin sent a lower-level delegation that doesn't include President Vladimir Putin.

May 15, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Charles Maynes
British author and creator of James Bond Ian Fleming (1908-1964) with two pieces of original artwork from the American hardback editions of his books, circa 1960.

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  • Arts & Life

Newly published stories show a different side of Ian Fleming and Graham Greene

The latest issue of "The Strand Magazine" contains rare stories by the iconic midcentury writers Ian Fleming and Graham Greene.

May 15, 2025
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  • Milton Guevara and
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
President Trump dances as his campaign song "God Bless the U.S.A." plays on stage at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on May 15, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Trump touts 'freedom zone' plan for Gaza as ceasefire talks stall in Qatar

President Trump is visiting Qatar and the U.A.E. after inking big weapons and tech deals in Saudi Arabia. So far, his trip hasn't seemed to push forward chances for a ceasefire in Gaza.

May 15, 2025
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  • Aya Batrawy and
  • Franco Ordoñez
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg in February.

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  • Africa

Trump to meet South African president amid deteriorating relations

The visit comes as relations between the U.S. and South Africa are at their lowest since the end of apartheid. Trump has repeatedly claimed that "terrible things are happening" in South Africa.

May 15, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
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