Settling Gaza is not Israel’s official policy. But prominent politicians took part in a pro-settlement rally Monday, and some see possibility in what recently appeared to be a far-fetched proposition.

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The four-page letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on the department to investigate potential crimes committed by Israeli soldiers and civilians and is a rare instance of public disagreement inside the department.

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Donald Trump and Kamila Harris will campaign in Texas. Georgia grapples with heated political climate and potential for violence. LA County's DA recommends the Menendez brothers be resentenced.

Britain's handling of its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade is seen by many as a litmus test for the Commonwealth's adaptation to a modern-day world.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin neither confirms nor denies the presence of North Korean troops in Ukraine. Putin’s comments came during a press conference at a Russian-hosted summit for the world’s top developing economies.

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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with elections analyst Tamara Sartania in Georgia’s capital, Tblisi, to talk about what’s at stake in the upcoming election and struggle for power.

An upcoming Taiwanese television show, 'Zero Day,' is generating buzz for depicting what a Chinese invasion of the democratic island would be like for everyday citizens.

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This week and next, world leaders are gathering in Colombia for the 16th United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to check up on their collective progress in slowing biodiversity loss.

Can they successfully turn those plans into action against what the United Nations is calling "humanity's senseless and suicidal war with nature?"

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So far, South Korea has helped Ukraine by providing arms to the U.S. and other countries. But South Korea's government said that could change with North Korean troops deploying for Russia.

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Israel’s military has laid siege to northern parts of Gaza. U.S. says North Korea has sent troops to Russia for training. Many voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania focus on the issue of abortion.

The deployment raises the potential for the North Koreans to join Russian forces in Ukraine and suggests expanded military ties between the two nations as Moscow seeks weapons and troops.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says North Korea has sent troops to Russia. The U.S. is now trying to determine whether the North Koreans will be heading on to Ukraine to take part in the war there.

Even as the war in Gaza is still on-going, there are calls from inside Israel's right-wing government for a permanent occupation of the Palestinian territory and to allow Jewish settlements there. While the Prime Minister says this is not the government's policy, some say the military's latest moves make it possible. Our correspondent tells us more from the Israel-Gaza border.

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A harrowing and unprecedented trial in France is exposing how pornography, chatrooms and men’s disdain for or hazy understanding of consent is fueling rape culture.

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Turkey’s air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria in apparent retaliation for an attack at a state-run defense company that killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others.

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Their wages have always been low. With rising inflation and falling prices paid by Western companies for clothing, they're protesting for better pay — and hoping the new government will spur change.

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Their wages have always been low. With rising inflation and falling prices paid by Western companies for clothing, they're protesting for better pay — and hoping the new government will spur change.

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Donald Trump continues to be inflammatory as the campaign nears an end. Control of the House could be determined by California. Italy plans to keep processing migrants from North Africa in Albania.

Canada's deputy prime minister said she believes Justin Trudeau has the support of a majority of Liberals in Parliament as some prepare to confront him Wednesday in the hopes of convincing him to step down.

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In his posthumous memoir, Patriot, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote - "If they do finally whack me, the book will be my memorial."

Though his voice has fallen silent, his wife Yulia Navalnaya is sharing his message. She now leads the movement her husband started, fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power.

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