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Israel’s strikes are shifting the power balance in the Middle East, with US support

Muhamad Yehia WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed allies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and threatening Iran itself. The efforts raise the possibility of an end to two decades of Iranian ascendancy in the region, to which the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq inadvertently gave …

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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of life

Muhamad Yehia STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for their breakthrough work predicting and even designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life. The prize was awarded to David Baker, who works at the University of Washington in Seattle, and …

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Mozambique votes for president and the ruling party could extend its 49 years in power

Muhamad Yehia MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique is voting for a new president on Wednesday in an election that is expected to extend the ruling party’s 49 years in power since the southern African nation gained independence from Portugal in 1975. Daniel Chapo, 47, is the candidate for the ruling Front for the Liberation …

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As Israel plots to strike Iran, its choices range from symbolic to severe

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has promised to retaliate for Iran’s massive missile attack last week. How it does so involves great risk, and could have major repercussions for the archenemies, the Middle East and the world. Israel’s options range from symbolic strikes on military targets to crippling attacks on Iran’s …

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Pro-Palestinian protesters pitch encampment outside Jewish Democrat’s Ohio home

Muhamad Yehia COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday’s anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, pitching an encampment outside Ohio Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman ’s Cincinnati residence. Landsman said Monday that the protesters arrived outside his home early Sunday. By …

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What polling shows about Black voters’ views of Harris and Trump

Muhamad Yehia WASHINGTON (AP) — Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris, but they’re less sure that she would change the country for the better, according to a recent poll from the   AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which was conducted in mid-September, found about …

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Mideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — A year after Hamas’ fateful attack on southern Israel, the Middle East is embroiled in a war that shows no signs of ending and seems to be getting worse. Israel’s retaliatory offensive was initially centered on the Gaza Strip. But the focus has shifted in …

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A year of war, with no end in sight

                                                              Yehia  Muhama It has been a year since the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel led by Hamas, in which officials …

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Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

Muhamad Yehia TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — With his major opponents imprisoned or left off the ballot, Tunisian President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning reelection on Sunday, five years after riding anti-establishment backlash to a first term. The North African country’s Oct. 6 presidential election is its third since protests led to the 2011 ouster …

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Israel’s multilayered air-defense system passes another test in fending off Iranian missile strike

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s multilayered air-defense system appears to have passed another test after fending off Iran’s latest missile barrage. In Tuesday’s night’s strike, Iran fired over 180 missiles toward Israel. The attack set off air raid sirens across the country and sent residents scrambling for shelter, but caused …

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