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ISIS images purport to show destroyed Syrian temple

Written by Sarah El Deeb BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group released propaganda images Tuesday that purport to show militants laying explosives in and then blowing up the 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin in Syria's ancient caravan city of Palmyra.

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Airman on Paris-bound train could get Air Force medal; another hero emerges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone's military unit is nominating him for the prestigious Airman's Medal in honor of his actions to subdue a heavily armed gunman on the Amsterdam-to-Paris train last Friday, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told reporters. And Stone — whose nickname

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Britain says Iran too powerful to leave in isolation

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Britain's foreign minister said Monday that Iran is a major regional player that can be an ally in fighting terrorism — but that London must "tread carefully" in its relationship with Tehran. Tehran and world powers struck a deal last month on Iran'

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ISIS systematically destroying heritage sites

Written by Karin Laub and Albert Aji DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq are engaged in the "most brutal, systematic" destruction of ancient sites since World War II, the head of the U.N. cultural agency said Friday — a stark warning that came hours

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ISIS beheads aging Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra

Written by Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The 81-year-old antiquities scholar had dedicated his life to exploring and overseeing Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, one of the Middle East's most spectacular archaeological sites. He even named his daughter after Zenobia, the queen that

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Human rights group slams Egypt’s new anti-terrorism law

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's sweeping new counterterrorism law erodes basic rights and defines terrorism so broadly that it could encompass civil disobedience, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The New York-based group says in a report that the law, passed by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi last weekend, gives prosecutors greater power

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Obama asks judge to lower terrorist bond payment so as not to burden the Palestinian Authority

Written by Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has intervened in a lawsuit over Palestinian attacks that have killed Americans, advising a judge that requiring a hefty bond payment in the case could financially destabilize the Palestinian government.