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Here's how the Turkish city of Gaziantep became synonymous with baklava, the sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough, filled with nuts and soaked in syrup or honey....
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With one surprise attack after another, Ukraine keeps inventing new ways to wage war with drones. In turn, Russia is building a massive drone army of its own....
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Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house....
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Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors. ...
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President Trump's travel ban on a dozen countries includes Afghanistan. Since American troops left in August of 2021, many Afghans have already arrived in the U.S. but many more are still waiting....
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President Trump announces a sweeping travel ban on citizens from 12 countries, with restrictions on seven others -- evoking the "Muslim ban" Trump introduced during his first term....
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Trump issues travel ban on 12 countries and partial restrictions on 7 others, Senate begins work on budget bill to enact Trump agenda, the latest on U.S. talks with Iran over their nuclear program....
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The suspended lawmakers from the Māori Party performed the haka, a dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights....
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Israel said it had retrieved the body of Nattapong Pinta, who was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war. He had come to Israel to work in agriculture....
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Tanzania's government is facing growing accusations of repression after prominent human rights defenders say they were beaten and sexually assaulted while in custody....
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