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Rocco Morabito, pictured after his arrest in 2017, escaped from the Uruguayan prison where he was awaiting extradition to Italy.
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The Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, has voted to restore Russia's voting rights. They were suspended after Russia seized Crimea five years ago.
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President Trump, seen on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday, threatened Iran in a series of tweets on Tuesday.
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FedEx is suing the U.S. Commerce Department to block it from enforcing export regulations against the giant shipping company.
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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a business leaders event in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. The two leaders are expected to discuss trade at this week's Group of 20 summit in Japan.
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Members of the delegation from Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo react after the Italian cities were named to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
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A tourist died unexpectedly after getting sick two months ago at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank town of Ramallah protest the Trump administration's new peace plan on June 15.
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U.S. Mideast Plan Rejected By Palestinian Leaders, Panned By Former U.S. Envoys[hhmc]
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks with a group of Revolutionary Guards and their families in Tehran on April 9. Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have escalated recently following Iran's shootdown of a U.S. drone and U.S. cyberattacks against an Iranian intelligence group. On Monday, President Trump announced financial sanctions against Khamenei and other top officials.
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Laundry dries on a chain link fence in an area for foreign families of suspected ISIS fighters at al-Hol camp in Hassakeh province, Syria.
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President Trump signed an executive order authorizing economic sanctions against Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday, after Iran shot down a U.S. drone last week.
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Former president Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Ga.
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