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The Security Council revives the Palestinian Authority’s UN hopes. The US says not yet
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday revived the Palestinian Authority's hopes of joining the United Nations as a full member. But the United States said relations between Israel and the Palestinians are far from ripe. That all but quashes the Palestinian...
Palestinians seek full UN membership again, but US is almost certain to block it for a second time
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Supporters of the Palestinians’ request for full membership in the United Nations asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to revive their application for admission submitted in 2011. But the United States is again almost certain to block it. The...
As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access
PARIS (AP) — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and governments have been...
Migrant boat capsizes off Malta during rescue operations, killing five
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A 25-foot boat loaded with migrants capsized off Malta on Friday as rescue operations were under way, killing five people and injuring eight, Maltese officials said. Twenty-one other survivors were taken to a migrant detention center on the Mediterranean...
