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More countries confirm invites to Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza. $1 billion buys a permanent seat

At least six more more countries say the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump's new "Board of Peace" overseeing next steps for Gaza.

Somali businesses struggle during the Minneapolis ICE crackdown

Ukrainian drone strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands in Russia-occupied southern Ukraine

Why Bernice King sees MLK Day as a 'saving grace' in today's political climate

Thousands of fans celebrate life of legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir in San Francisco

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New Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for 'new era of martyrdom'

Republicans and Democrats are trying to contain Trump's Greenland aggression. Will it be enough?

Guatemalan police free hostages in prison as attacks kill 3 officers

Small part of Sunshine State becomes Snowy State as Florida gets snow second year in a row

Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolving a southern separatist group

Video shows fires in Palestinian village in West Bank during Israeli settler attack

South Africa declares a national disaster over flooding and severe weather

Uganda's president says strong election victory over his youthful challenger a taste of his strength

8 skiers killed in avalanches in Austria

Opposition loses all seats in Benin election weeks after a thwarted coup, provisional results show

Factory explosion in China's Inner Mongolia region kills 2 and hospitalizes 66

In their words: European governments criticize Trump's tariff threats over Greenland

Death toll rises to 6 in a fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's city of Karachi

Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

Syrian government announces a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces

Indonesian rescuers find a body near wreckage of a plane that crashed with 11 aboard

Elephant seals return to Año Nuevo State Park. Visitors watch battling bulls and 75-pound pups

Israeli troops kill Palestinians for crossing a vague ceasefire line that's sometimes unmarked

Portugal's presidential election may deliver another gain for populists in Europe

Taiwan detains journalist for allegedly bribing military officers to provide information to China

Inmates in 3 Guatemalan prisons hold dozens of guards hostage

Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia's first woman governor

European Union and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign landmark free trade agreement

Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza

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