By Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.
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China expressed outrage Sunday over the U.S. military's shooting down a day earlier of a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, as the Navy began retrieving wreckage from the Atlantic Ocean and the political rhetoric ramped up in Washington.
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Ukraine's defense minister expressed confidence Sunday that Western allies would agree to the country's latest weapons request - warplanes to fight off Russian forces that invaded nearly a year ago.
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A Lithuanian political leader with influence over his country's foreign policy says the U.S. should not push for Ukraine-Russia peace talks until all Russian forces are removed from Ukraine and Kyiv is made a member of NATO.
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Sen. Cory A. Booker charged Republicans on Sunday with hypocrisy over the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the U.S. over several sensitive military sites before the Pentagon shot it down over the Atlantic Ocean.
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House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner blasted the Biden administration Sunday for shooting down a Chinese spy balloon only after it had cleared land and was over the Atlantic Ocean, allowing it to traverse the continental U.S. over several sensitive military sites.
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China expressed outrage Sunday over the U.S. military shooting down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina a day earlier, but Beijing has yet to comment on the Pentagon's discovery of another Chinese balloon spotted over Latin America.
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By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long and Aamer Madhani and Lolita C. Blador - Associated Press
The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft and threatened repercussions.
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The U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, ending a multiday saga as the spy craft tracked eastward across American airspace igniting diplomatic and political tensions in its wake.
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President Biden said on Saturday that he will "take care of" the Chinese spy balloon that continues to fly over U.S. airspace.
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Biden administration officials kept quiet for nearly a week after the suspected Chinese spy balloon first entered U.S. airspace, fearing the matter would derail Secretary of State Antony Blinken's planned trip to Beijing, according to a new report.
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The suspected Chinese spy balloon that entered U.S. airspace earlier this week was spotted over North Carolina on Saturday as it makes its eastward course toward the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sen. Jon Tester has announced that his Senate defense subcommittee will hold a hearing to demand answers from Biden administration officials on the suspected Chinese spy balloon that overflew U.S. airspace.
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By Christina A. Cassidy - Associated Press
They were blamed for long lines in Los Angeles during California's 2020 presidential primary, triggered check-in delays in Columbus, Ohio, a few months later and were at the center of former President Donald Trump's call for supporters to protest in Detroit during last November's midterms.
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By Majdi Mohammed - Associated Press
The Israeli army raided a refugee camp near the Palestinian city of Jericho on Saturday, besieging houses it said were being used as hideouts for Palestinian attackers and shooting at residents who opened fire. The fighting wounded six Palestinians, two seriously, said the Palestinian Health Ministry, and jolted a generally quiet oasis town that has seen less violence than other West Bank cities.
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By Bharatha Mallawarachi and Krishan Francis - Associated Press
Sri Lanka marked its 75th independence anniversary on Saturday as a bankrupt nation, with many citizens angry, anxious and in no mood to celebrate.
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By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp - Associated Press
What in the world is that thing?
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By Amanda Seitz - Associated Press
A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation's new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials told The Associated Press Friday. Lawmakers are now calling for the federal agency that oversees the program to prevent future attacks.
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The National Security Agency is doggedly courting laid-off Big Tech workers as the spy agency undertakes one of its largest hiring surges in the last 30 years.
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The White House on Friday said the presence of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace is a "clear violation" of U.S. sovereignty and international law, despite Beijing's claims that the craft was not engaged in espionage.
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