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By AAMER MADHANI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a moment of growing international alarm about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, more U.S. adults view Israel’s military action in the Palestinian territory as excessive than at the beginning of the war, according to a new poll. About half of Americans say the

By ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan on Thursday, officials said. The Israeli military referred to it as a militant attack and said that the shooter arrived on a truck transporting humanitarian aid. Israel’s Magen David Adom

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After well over a century under construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower and become the tallest Christian church in Europe. The basilica’s General Director Xavier Martínez said Thursday that “the tower will be finished at the end of this

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Egypt will hold joint naval drills for the first time in 13 years, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Thursday, as ties between the two regional powers continue to warm. The exercises — dubbed Friendship Sea — will take place in the eastern Mediterranean between Sept. 22-26. They will include

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is closely monitoring Cyprus’ reported procurement of an Israeli air defense system, Turkish officials said Thursday, warning that the move could destabilize a “fragile balance” on the divided island. Turkish defense ministry officials expressed concerns over reports suggesting that an Israeli-made Barak MX integrated air

AYLESBURY, England (AP) — After a day filled with royal pomp and pageantry, President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, the final day of the U.S. leader’s state visit to Britain. The two leaders inked a major deal on tech investment that officials say will bring thousands of jobs and billions

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland is drawing on Ukraine’s expertise in battle-tested drone warfare, establishing joint military training programs and manufacturing projects, officials from Warsaw and Kyiv announced Thursday, just over a week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace and exposed NATO’s vulnerability to a new generation of uncrewed systems.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% below 2005 levels by 2035. The new target adds to Australia’s ambition of a 43% cut by the end of this decade and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

By EMMA BURROWS AP European Security Correspondent VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — British, Lithuanian and Latvian authorities have detained several people on suspicion of carrying out intelligence-related activities on behalf of Russia in the latest of a string of incidents to be linked to Moscow by Western officials. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Thursday that they

By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel’s strike on Qatar last week. The kingdom has long had close economic,