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US Navy warship shoots down a drone launched by Houthis …

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Chief Fire Controlman (Aegis) Kenneth Krull, assigned to the USS Carney (DDG 64), mans the combat systems coordinator console in the combat information center during a general quarters drill on Oct. 14, 2023, in the Eastern Mediterranean. The warship sailing near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait shot down a drone launched from Yemen on Wednesday, Nov. 29, the U.S. military said, in the latest in a string of threats from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The USS Carney downed the drone, a Iranian-made KAS-04, which was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen and was heading toward the ship. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau/U.S. Navy via AP)

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Israeli military says 10 Israelis, four Thai nationals, …

Palestinians cook bread by their destroyed homes in Kuza' a Gaza Strip during the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Panama’s high court declares mining contract unconstitutional. …

Panamanians celebrate after the Supreme Court declared a 20-year contract with a Canadian copper mine unconstitutional, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Panama's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the concession that has been the focus of widespread environmental protests was unconstitutional, after which the president of the Central American country said the process to close the mine would begin. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Top diplomats arrive in North Macedonia for security meeting …

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, attends a meeting with foreign ministers and officials of OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) member countries in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Live updates | Hamas frees 10 Israeli women and children, …

CAPTION CORRECTION CORRECTS LOCATION: People holding an Israeli flag watch the arrival of a helicopter transporting Israeli hostages released by Hamas at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. Hamas and Israel released more hostages and prisoners under terms of a fragile cease-fire that held for a fifth day Tuesday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

French police arrest a yoga guru accused of exploiting …

This photo shows the red notice of Romania's Gregorian Bipolar on Interpol website, Tuesday, Nov.28, 2023. French authorities arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization Tuesday on suspicion of indoctrinating female followers for sexual exploitation. The Romanian guru identified as Gregorian B., whom French media identified as Gregorian Bivolaru at the heart of the Atman Yoga Federation was detained during a massive morning police operation across the Paris region, according to a French judicial official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. (Interpol via AP)

China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US …

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting with South Korea and Japan, in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool)

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Venezuela’s planned vote over territory dispute leaves …

Venezuela has claimed a large swath of Guyana known as the Essequibo region since the 19th century as its own, rejecting the borders decided by international arbitrators in 1899. (AP Graphic)

Israel likens Hamas to the Islamic State group. But …

FILE _ Photographs of people who were abducted during the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel are fixed to a wall in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the war, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the Palestinian militant group to the Islamic State group. They point to Hamas’ brutal slaughter of hundreds of civilians and compare their Gaza war to the U.S.-led campaign to defeat IS in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Ukraine insists it sees no sign of NATO war fatigue …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba give a press conference amid the Nato Foreign Ministers meeting on Ukraine at Nato Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Gay couple in Nepal becomes the 1st to officially …

FILE- Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung, who got married six years ago, pose for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The gay couple on Wednesday, Nov. 29, became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

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Mali’s government will probe Tuareg rebel leaders …

FILE - Malian troops join with former members of the Tuareg rebellion for a joint patrol in Gao, Mali, Feb. 23, 2017. Mali's military government has announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 an investigation into ethnic rebel leaders who signed a peace agreement in 2015 to halt their quest for an independent state, a development experts say shows the crucial deal has collapsed.(AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

A Hong Kong court hears final arguments in the subversion …

A pro-democracy activist known as "Grandma Wong" protests outside the West Kowloon courts in a cordoned off area set up by police as closing arguments open in Hong Kong's largest national security trial of 47 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)