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The amendment was one of hundreds filed this summer to an annual defense bill making its way through Congress. Along with her proposed change, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s office had sent a summary of ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday killed at least one person and injured several others, city police said. Police said the blast at Europe’s biggest port ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, military officials said Thursday, the fourth in three days in Kyiv’s monthslong campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector ...

The heads of six Arab soccer federations expressed their “full support” and “confidence” in Gianni Infantino on Thursday as the embattled FIFA president fights to keep his job after his failed World ...

Millions of American children are regularly missing class. Nearly a quarter of American children did not show up for school regularly last year, data shows. Chronic absenteeism continues to decline ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Burgas, a port city on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, organizers said Thursday. It’s the first time the music extravaganza is held ...

The son of actor and director Rob Reiner was indicted last month by a grand jury, with details unsealed Wednesday. Nick ...

ISLAMABAD — A team of local volunteers on Thursday recovered the body of a Pakistani climber who was among 10 mountaineers killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak nearly two weeks ago, officials said.

PARIS — France coach Zinedine Zidane reunited with Fabien Barthez after he was named the national team’s new goalkeeper coach on Thursday. Zidane was hired as coach last month on a four-year deal.

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania on Thursday began a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at its Cernavoda nuclear power plant as a severe drought continues to grip the continent. Scorching heat and ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “forcibly disappeared” six staff members of a local organization working on women’s and children’s rights, a U.S.-based advocacy group said, ...