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US military moves forces and equipment out of northeast Syria base 02/23/2026 09:25am • QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — U.S. forces are withdrawing from a key base in northeastern Syria, officials said Monday, in what appears to be part of a larger drawdown of U.S. forces in Syria. Iraqi and Syrian security officials said that the U.S. military had begun moving its forces and equipment from t 25 Mexican National Guard troops killed in Jalisco after cartel leader’s capture, official says 02/23/2026 09:23am • GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — 25 Mexican National Guard troops killed in Jalisco after cartel leader’s capture, official says. Israeli settlers torch and deface a West Bank mosque during Ramadan 02/23/2026 09:22am • TELL, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs. Worshippers arriving for the day's first prayers found the dama UEFA provisionally suspends Gianluca Prestianni after accusation he racially abused Vinícius Júnior 02/23/2026 09:18am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA provisionally suspends Gianluca Prestianni after accusation he racially abused Vinícius Júnior. DC road closures Tuesday for Trump's State of the Union address 02/23/2026 09:17am • Watch a livestream of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address starting on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Expect road closures and parking restrictions on D.C. streets Tuesday as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. Roads will temporarily close around t State Department orders nonessential US diplomats and families to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar 02/23/2026 09:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department orders nonessential US diplomats and families to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar. South Sudan villagers killed after being lured from homes with promise of aid, witnesses say 02/23/2026 09:12am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than a dozen civilians were killed after being lured from their homes by fighters allied to South Sudan ’s government under the pretense of being registered for humanitarian food aid, according to two people who survived the attack. The killings took place on Saturday Hughes scores in overtime as US beats Canada for first men's hockey gold at the Olympics since 1980 02/23/2026 09:08am • MILAN (AP) — The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed. Jack Hughes scored less than 2 minutes into overtime and the U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, earning the nation’s thi NFL receiver Rondale Moore found dead in his Indiana hometown 02/23/2026 09:07am • NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Rondale Moore, an NFL receiver who had season-ending training camp knee injuries in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start with the Arizona Cardinals, was found dead Saturday, authorities said. He was 25. Police said Moore Twin Milan and Cortina Olympic cauldrons are extinguished, signaling the end of Winter Games 02/23/2026 09:06am • VERONA, Italy (AP) — The Milan Cortina Olympics ended Sunday as the twin flames in co-host cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were extinguished during a closing ceremony inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the Met Gala guests (and the rest of us) learn the next dress code: 'Fashion is Art' 02/23/2026 09:05am • NEW YORK (AP) — You certainly don’t have to tell Beyoncé this: Fashion, when deployed properly, is nothing less than art. Now, the fashion-forward superstar will have another chance to make the point. When she co-chairs the Met Gala in May, all eyeballs will be glued to the steps of the Metropo British government mulls sponsorship ban on unlicensed gambling companies 02/23/2026 09:00am • LONDON (AP) — Gambling companies who do not have a license in the United Kingdom might be banned from sponsoring teams in soccer's Premier League and other sports in Britain, the government said Monday. The British government has set out plans to discuss a potential ban in the coming months, sayin Syria's TV dramas are testing Ramadan series' boundaries after Assad's fall 02/23/2026 08:43am • ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Ramadan in the Arab world is a time of fasting and prayer, but it brings another beloved tradition: the much-anticipated TV drama series shot each year to be aired during the holy month. After iftar, the evening meal that breaks their daytime fast, families gather to watch the Attacks on a security post and ambulances in northwest Pakistan leave 3 dead 02/23/2026 08:27am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A paramilitary post in northwestern Pakistan came under attack on Monday when a drone loaded with explosives wounded several officers, according to police and local officials. The attackers later ambushed two ambulances being used to transport the wounded, killing three o He is known as the French Banksy. Now artist JR plans to turn a Paris bridge into a massive cave 02/23/2026 07:49am • PARIS (AP) — He is known as the French Banksy — or simply JR. Now the artist popular across France for large-scale projects, from photographs to graffiti and street art, wants Parisians to do something unusual on the city's arguably most famous bridge: stop. In June, he plans to transform the bu