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Death toll in Egypt from boat accident climbs to 14

A rescue team recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl from the site where a fishing boat capsized in northern Egypt, taking the death toll from the accident to 14, local media reported Wednesday.  The boat, which was carrying 20 people, including women and children, capsized Monday...

Secretive Israeli nuclear facility undergoes major project

A secretive Israeli nuclear facility at the center of the nation's undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show. A dig about the size of a soccer field and likely...

Lawmaker: Three people killed in clashes in southeast Iran

Three people were killed over two days in clashes in the southeastern Iranian town of Saravan near the border with Pakistan, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported. An angry mob stormed the district governor’s office Tuesday, a day after shootings of fuel smugglers at the border...