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Pro-government demonstrators wave Iranian flags during their gathering at a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Iran says US wants to 'start new war' after Trump threat

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Xi and Putin oppose US-Israel war on Iran, warn Strait of Hormuz disruption poses threat to global trade

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Israeli naval forces sail a confiscated Gaza-bound flotilla boat into Israel's Ashdod port after intercepting the vessel on the Mediterranean Sea, Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Netanyahu scolds Israeli security minister for releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists

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A health worker uses a thermometer to screen a man by the roadside in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Fears surge on the ground in Congo over the spread of rare type of Ebola

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A water tanker drops water while firefighters walk below, as the Sandy Fire approaches, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Simi Valley, California.

More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homes

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People take shelter in an underground car park during an air raid alert in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Residents of Lithuania's capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO's eastern jitters

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A boat bearing symbols of one of the vessels belonging to the Gaza-bound aid flotilla (L), intercepted by the Israeli navy, is motored towards the Israeli port of Ashdod, about 40 kilometres south of Tel Aviv, on May 19, 2026.

First of hundreds of detained Gaza flotilla activists arrive in Israel

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Attendees react as they listen to a speech during a vigil, the day after a shooting, outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in San Diego.

San Diego mosque shooters met online and left writings expressing hate, FBI says

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FILE - President Donald Trump, center, applauds as Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, left, and Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov, right, hold up their signed Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026.

Board of Peace will ask the UN Security Council to press Hamas to disarm

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Photos of the three victims at the Islamic Center of San Diego are displayed after a news conference in San Diego, Calif., Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Community grieves 3 men killed while defending San Diego mosque

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NATO headquaters in Brussels, Belgium.

NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?

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US president Donald Trump

EU agrees to implement US trade pact after Trump threats

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