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Document: Man accused of attacking officer asked to be shotAuthorities say an Islamic State follower charged with terrorism had asked a sheriff's sergeant in metro Phoenix to shoot him after he threw rocks at the officer and walked toward him with a knife
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers a statement in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Top rivals join forces in challenge to Israel's NetanyahuIsrael's primary centrist challengers to Prime Minister Netanyahu announce they are joining forces ahead of April vote
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Women and children ride in the back of a truck that is part of a convoy evacuating hundreds out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants in Baghouz, eastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The evacuation signals the end of a week long standoff and opens the way to U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recapture the territory. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
More than 150 IS militants handed over to Iraq from SyriaIraqi security official: US-backed Syrian militia fighting IS in Syria hands over more than 150 Iraqi militants to Iraq
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A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Humvee stands by as a truck that is part of a convoy evacuating hundreds out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, passes in Baghouz, eastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The evacuation signals the end of a week long standoff and opens the way to U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recapture the territory. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
The Latest: Officials try to verify French IS member's deathTwo officials say they are trying to verify reports that Fabian Clain, a Frenchman who is one of Europe's most-wanted members of Islamic State group, has died in an airstrike in Syria
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A commander with a US-backed Syrian force says twin bombings in market in eastern Syria have killed at least 14 peopleA commander with a US-backed Syrian force says twin bombings in market in eastern Syria have killed at least 14 people
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Sudan government arrests opposition leaders ahead of protestSudanese opposition party says more than 10 of their leaders have been arrested ahead of the latest day of protests urging President Omar al-Bashir to resign
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Iraqi security official: U.S.-backed Syrian militia hands over more than 150 Iraqi Islamic State group members to IraqIraqi security official: U.S.-backed Syrian militia hands over more than 150 Iraqi Islamic State group members to Iraq
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Iran announces another navy drill in key Strait of HormuzIran's navy to hold annual drill in strategic Strait of Hormuz as pressure mounts in wake of US sanctions
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Women and children ride in the back of a truck that is part of a convoy evacuating hundreds out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, in Baghouz, eastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The evacuation signals the end of a week long standoff and opens the way to U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recapture the territory. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Civilians, including many children, leave IS-held enclaveTrucks carrying civilians leave last enclave held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria
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Netanyahu strikes election deal with far-right partiesIsrael's Netanyahu strikes deal with 2 fringe religious-nationalist parties in bid to unify his bloc ahead of elections
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Palestinian leader will refuse Israeli tax transfersPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will not accept a monthly tax transfer from Israel if it carries out its decision to deduct amounts the Palestinians pay to the families of prisoners and people killed in fighting with Israel
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FILE - In this June 29, 2015 file photo, a policeman stands guard at the site of a car bombing that killed Egypt's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, in Cairo. On Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 Egypt executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Barakat, security officials said. The nine were found guilty of taking part in the bombing that killed Barakat, the first assassination of a senior official in Egypt in a quarter century. (AP Photo/Eman Helal, File)
Egypt executes 9 over 2015 assassination of top prosecutorEgyptian security officials say nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members have been executed after being convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of the country's top prosecutor
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The Latest: Case filed in Sweden against Syrian officialsA European human rights group says nine Syrians have filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against senior officials in Syrian President Bashar Assad's government
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Teachers wave a flag commemorating the Feb. 20 Moroccan Arab Spring movement, during a a demonstration in Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Moroccan police fired water cannons at protesting teachers who were marching toward a royal palace and beat people with truncheons amid demonstrations around the capital Wednesday. Several demonstrations were held Wednesday, marking exactly eight years after the birth of a Moroccan Arab Spring protest movement that awakened a spirit of activism in this North African kingdom. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Morocco: Arab Spring anniversary brings reflection, beatingsDemonstrations in Morocco have marked the birth eight years ago of an Arab Spring protest movement that awakened a spirit of activism in this North African kingdom
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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt listens during a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Hunt says London needs a change “of legal significance” to the wording of arrangements meant to ensure the U.K.-Ireland border stays open after Brexit, but isn’t specifying how that might be achieved. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Britain urges Germany to ease curbs on arms sales to SaudiBritain's top diplomat is demanding that Germany relax its ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because they are affecting UK sales of weapons to the oil-rich kingdom
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