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2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt's Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free....

Hamas elects first woman to political bureau

Hamas announced the appointment of a Palestinian woman as a member in its political bureau for the first time since its creation. Jamila Al-Shanti, 64, is the first woman to become a member of its bureau. Speaking to Anadolu Agency she said that she came to this position not by...