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A Putin critic leaves Russia after he is barred from running for parliament

By Associated Press

"Good news: I'm alive and free. Unfortunately, not in Russia for the time being," opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin said in a video on social media, showing him standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Nauru, the world's 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero

By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press

The country’s international code will change from NRU to NRO and its people will be known as dei-Naoero instead of Nauruan.

Trump claims Iran talks will start Monday, and other developments in the Middle East

By Samy Magdy, Elena Becatoros, Josh Boak, Associated Press

fter calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that new talks to wind down the war would start.

Trump frequently announces he's halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring — and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.

Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, but some stayed on in the hills surrounding the city.

Fact-checking Trump's claims about how the Iran war is going

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Even as a ceasefire was crumbling, leading the U.S. to wage new attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump touted the United States’ war as a success.

Israel says it has serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Doron Spielman, spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister's office, told The Associated Press that Israel's intelligence assessment is that Hamas remains committed to rebuilding its military rather than genuinely demilitarizing.

Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'

By Associated Press

A woman attempted to smuggle the bomb into the establishment, but a security guard refused to let her in before the bomb exploded, Russian state media reported.

2 killed when firefighting helicopters collide near Athens as Europe's wildfire emergency rages

By Elena Becatoros, Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

The four crew members were recovered after the collision, the Greek fire department said, adding that two were recovered safely, while the other two were unconscious.