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Getty ImagesEven if the government shutdown ends this week, flight disruptions are expected to linger. And, Google has launched a lawsuit targeting text message scammers. -
Anas Baba/NPRThe United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
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The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is en route to the Caribbean Sea as U.S. forces expand operations near Venezuela, where recent strikes have killed at least 76 people.
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The House returns to vote on a bipartisan bill that could end the government shutdown. And, at the COP30, data show the world is still far from meeting its climate goals. -
Pakistan's defense minister said Pakistan is "in a state of war" and called Tuesday's attack a "message from Kabul." Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban of sheltering militants who attack Pakistan. -
An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military, with thousands serving in front-line roles, as Russia's war on Ukraine nears its fourth year — with no peace in sight. -
Israel has extended the detention of a Florida teen accused of throwing stones in the West Bank. He's been held nearly nine months without a trial and faces up to 20 years if convicted.
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Atletico Madrid is about to come under American ownership. The Spanish giant has announced that Apollo Sports Capital will become the soccer club's majority shareholder early next year. -
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false. -
A car exploded near the 17th century Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring others and triggering a fire that damaged vehicles parked nearby, New Delhi police said. -
President Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S.-led global coalition to fight the Islamic State group. -
Several Senate Democrats break ranks to join Republicans in a deal to reopen the government. And, world leaders gather in Brazil for a major climate conference, but the U.S. is not expected to attend.
