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Egypt denies forced disappearance reports of former lawmakerEgypt says reports that a former lawmaker has been forcibly disappeared are "unfounded"
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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, American Lara Alqasem sits in a courtroom prior to a hearing at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel. Lawyers for Alqasem who was denied entry to Israel because of alleged support for a boycott campaign say the Supreme Court has accepted her appeal and will allow her study at Hebrew University, where she had been registered for classes. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
Israel's Supreme Court overturns deportation of US studentLawyers for a U.S. student who was denied entry to Israel because of alleged support for a boycott campaign say the Supreme Court has accepted her appeal and will allow her study in the country
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Poll finds Trump's pro-Israel stance does not sway US JewsA new survey indicates an overwhelming majority of American Jews plan to vote for Democratic candidates in the upcoming midterm elections
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Over 20,000 newly displaced people in northern YemenAn international relief agency says that new waves of displacement have hit northern Yemen where fighting between forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition and their rivals of Houthi rebels, surged
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Egyptian mediators step up truce efforts with Israel, HamasA team of Egyptian mediators is shuttling between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers in a stepped-up effort to forge a cease-fire between the two enemies
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A Turkish forensic officer arrives at the Saudi consulate to conduct a new search over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, early Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak on Wednesday said it had obtained audio recordings of the alleged killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Man linked to Saudi prince at consulate when writer vanishedTurkish paper shows man from Saudi crown prince's entourage walking into consulate before Khashoggi vanished there
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State media: Former Sudanese president al-Dahab dies, 83Sudan's state news agency is reporting that former field marshal and president of Sudan, Abdelrahman Swar al-Dahab, who seized power in a military coup but passed leadership over to civilians in 1986 after a year in power, has died at the age of 83
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US student's legal team says Israeli Supreme Court overturns deportation order, allows her to study in IsraelUS student's legal team says Israeli Supreme Court overturns deportation order, allows her to study in Israel
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FILE - In this May 14, 2018 file photo, visitors have a photo taken at the entrance to the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. The U.S. said Thursday Oct. 18, 2018 that it is placing its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians under the authority of its embassy to Israel. The State Department said Thursday that merging the Jerusalem Consulate with the newly opened Jerusalem Embassy will achieve "significant efficiencies." But the move also has symbolic significance, by in effect downgrading the standing of the consulate. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
US downgrades Jerusalem diplomatic mission to PalestiniansThe United States has downgraded the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by placing it under the authority of the U.S. Embassy to Israel
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A Turkish police officer walks inside the property of the residence of the Saudi consul General Mohammed al-Otaibi as Turkish police conducted a search after the disappearance and alleged slaying of writer Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. A pro-government Turkish newspaper on Wednesday published a gruesome recounting of the alleged slaying of Saudi writer Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, just as America's top diplomat arrived in the country for talks over the Washington Post columnist's disappearance. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
The Latest: Rights groups seek UN probe into missing writerLeading human rights and journalists' organizations are urging U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to launch a U.N. investigation into the disappearance and "possible extrajudicial execution" of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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Tunisia flash floods kill at least 5, cause major damageTunisian authorities said at least five people were killed in flash floods in the country due to heavy rains Wednesday and Thursday
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TV: Afghan guards open fire during security meeting in Kandahar, killing police chief; NATO says American troops woundedTV: Afghan guards open fire during security meeting in Kandahar, killing police chief; NATO says American troops wounded
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A Turkish police officer walks inside the property of the residence of the Saudi consul General Mohammed al-Otaibi as Turkish police conducted a search after the disappearance and alleged slaying of writer Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. A pro-government Turkish newspaper on Wednesday published a gruesome recounting of the alleged slaying of Saudi writer Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, just as America's top diplomat arrived in the country for talks over the Washington Post columnist's disappearance. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
The Latest: Washington Post publishes new Khashoggi columnThe Washington Post has published a new column by Jamal Khashoggi in which he warns that governments in the Middle East "have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate."
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UN Syria envoy to try to move on constitution before leavingU.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura says he'll make a final effort to advance toward a new constitution for Syria before stepping down at the end of November
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Iran calls latest US sanctions an 'insult' to world orderIran says the latest round of U.S. sanctions is an "insult" to the international order that stems from "blind hostility."
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AP Online - International NewsStudent gunman kills 19, wounds 50 at school in CrimeaRETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT TO SHOOTING NOT EXPLOSION - In this image made from video, showing the scene as emergency services load an injured person onto a truck, in Kerch, Crimea, Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018. An 18-year-old student strode into his vocational school in Crimea, a hoodie covering his blond hair, then pulled out a shotgun and opened fire on Wednesday, killing 19 students and wounding more than 50 others before killing himself.(Kerch FM News via AP) KERCH.FM LOGO CANNOT BE OBSCURED
AP Online National NewsDriver opens fire on North Carolina trooper, killing himThis undated photo provided by the North Carolina Highway Patrol shows Trooper Kevin Conner. Authorities say Conner was shot and killed by a driver during a traffic stop early Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Columbus County, N.C. (North Carolina Department of Public Safety via AP)
AP Online National NewsSheriff: Missing Wisconsin girl's parents were shot to death"Do Not Cross" yellow tape marks a property, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, during an ongoing investigation of a couple found dead in their house in Barron, Wis. A Wisconsin teenager who has been missing since her parents were found dead in their home isn't a runaway and investigators believe she's in danger, a sheriff said Tuesday. (T'xer Zhon Kha/Herald-Times Reporter via AP)
AP Online Top Political Short HeadlinesKhashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence mediaFILE - In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. A pro-government Turkish newspaper on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 published a gruesome recounting of the alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, just as America's top diplomat arrived in the country for talks over the Washington Post columnist's disappearance. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
AP Online - International NewsChina says interning Muslims brings them into 'modern' worldFILE - In this March 12, 2017, file photo, Shohrat Zakir, chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, speaks on the sideline of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China. The senior Chinese official is describing the mass internment of ethnic minority Muslims in the country’s far west as a system of training centers that saves Muslims from religious extremism by teaching them to speak Mandarin and accept modern science. It was a rare instance of the ruling Communist Party publicly detailing its vision of what the extrajudicial detention of an estimated 1 million ethnic minority Uighur and Kazakh Muslims is setting out to achieve. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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