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Kushner meets with Netanyahu on Gaza a day after talking with Hamas

By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

The meeting on Monday took place days after Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the new U.S.-backed road map on the Gaza ceasefire.

Ukraine's state energy company says its facilities seriously damaged after 13 Russian strikes in a week

By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

Ukraine is developing its own ballistic missile and collaborating with Europe on anti-ballistic defenses.

Ukraine takes aim at Russia's economy and morale by attacking online retailer Wildberries

By Associated Press

The strikes have shaken the empire founded by Tatyana Kim, the country's richest female entrepreneur, whose fortune was an estimated $8.1 billion before the strikes began.

The 60-day deadline for a peace deal with Iran is expiring. Here's where things stand

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Talks appear to be mostly indirect through mediators and have focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Firefighters battle massive wildfires in Belgium and Greece as 2 die on an island near Athens

By Sylvie Corbet, Ahmad Seir Nassiri, Associated Press

A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 12 square miles in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country’s worst wildfires in recent history.

Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

By Konstantin Toropin, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Trump said in a social media post that the exercises slated to begin this week are costly and “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea, which he said “has been unthreatening and respectful” while Trump…

Colombian president asks Trump to suspend tariffs to help earthquake recovery

By Associated Press

De la Espriella took office earlier this month just days before the 7.4 magnitude quake struck.

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain's Ceuta

By Akram Oubachir, Associated Press

The latest attempt comes two weeks after tens of thousands of would-be migrants, driven by poverty and misinformation, rushed toward Ceuta in one of the deadliest migration crises to hit the region.

Kushner has rare meeting with Hamas' leader on Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next

By Samy Magdy, Julia Frankel, Cara Anna, Associated Press

The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war.