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Palestinians evacuate after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for several schools and a hospital in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Middle East

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 70 people, including 22 children, health officials say

MAY 14, 2025

People watch a live broadcast of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander as he is released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led attack on his base on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People watch a live broadcast of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander as he is released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led attack on his base on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Middle East

Hamas releases Israeli-American hostage in goodwill gesture toward Trump administration

MAY 12, 2025

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Middle East

Trump visiting Gulf Arab states while crises flare in Gaza and Iran

MAY 12, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians
An Israeli army tank maneuvers in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Middle East

Israel plans to seize Gaza under a new plan, officials say

MAY 5, 2025

India Kashmir Hajj Pllgrimage
A Kashmiri pilgrim, left, hugs her family member as the first batch departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Asia-Pacific

India Hajj Pilgrimage — Photo Collection

MAY 5, 2025

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A Houthi security officer stands over the debris of a destroyed building reportedly hit by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo)

Middle East

Houthi rebels say a US airstrike that hit Yemen prison holding African migrants kills 68

APRIL 28, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli army airstrike on Yaffa School, in Gaza City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Middle East

Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce

APRIL 25, 2025

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Afghan refugees take rest at a transit station setup to facilitate Afghan refugees' deportations, outskirt of Chaman, a town on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo)

Middle East

US restores urgent food aid, except in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries

APRIL 9, 2025

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Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of "No Other Land," is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Middle East

AP breaks and dominates on story of Oscar-winning filmmaker’s detention in occupied West Bank

APRIL 4, 2025

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Yamama Jundia, 13, injured in an Israeli airstrike, grieves alongside others over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in the same strike, at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Middle East

Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say

APRIL 4, 2025

Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Middle East

Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah

APRIL 1, 2025

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A Yemeni walks over the debris of a destroyed building following U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo)

Middle East

New US airstrike campaign targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels more intense than last, AP review finds

MARCH 28, 2025

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