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A burned vehicle remains after overnight clashes between Iraqi security force against Kurdish security forces outside Kirkuk, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 19. 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi court issues arrest warrant for Kurdish vice presidentBaghdad issues arrest warrant for Kurdish region's vice president for saying Iraqi troops 'occupying' disputed Kirkuk

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Israeli soldier who shot fatally Palestinian seeks pardonIsraeli soldier who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian attacker last year appeals to country's president for pardon

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Israel strikes Syria, responding to errant mortar fireIsraeli military says it struck Syria in response to a mortar fired from neighboring country

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Hundreds of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews protest army draftIsraeli police arrest 120 in protests being held by fringe group within Israel's ultra-Orthodox community

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Youths sit as fishermen sail into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Israel expanded the fishing zone for Gaza's fishermen from six nautical miles to nine miles for the two-month season. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

US envoy: Hamas must disarm to join Palestinian governmentTrump's Mideast envoy: If Hamas wants role in Palestinian government, it must renounce violence, negotiate with Israel

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Suspected US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida fighters in YemenYemeni tribal leaders: Suspected US drone strike kills 3 alleged al-Qaida fighters in southeastern province

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This frame grab from a video released Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 provided by Ronahi TV, a Kurdish TV channel media outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows members of a Kurdish female militia, the Women's Protection Units, marching as they celebrate victory against the Islamic State group, in Raqqa, Syria. The militia that took part in freeing the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group said it will continue the fight to liberate women living under the extremist group's brutal rule. (Ronahi TV, via AP)

Kurdish female militia vows to keep fighting IS militantsFrom liberated Syrian city of Raqqa, Kurdish female militia vows to keep fighting IS, free women from its brutal rule

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Fishermen ride a boat while sail into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Israel expanded the fishing zone for Gaza's fishermen from six nautical miles to nine miles for the two-month season. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: White House envoy arrives in EgyptThe Latest: US envoy for Mideast Greenblatt arrives in Egypt to discuss Palestinian reconciliation

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The Latest: Syria's Assad, visiting Iran general hold talksThe Latest: Syrian state media say President Assad has held talks with visiting Iranian army commander

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More conflicts loom after Islamic State defeat in RaqqaThe Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State in its self-declared capital of Raqqa, but the future is looking even more tangled, and potentially as violent

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Popular Mobilization Forces take control of a former Kurdish security forces checkpoint outside Bashiqa, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Kurdish forces pulled out of disputed areas across northern and eastern Iraq a day after handing Kirkuk to federal forces amid a tense standoff following last month's vote for independence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Turkey could close border with Iraqi Kurds 'at any moment'Turkey's president says the country could close its border with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region "at any moment" as a further reprisal for it holding a non-binding referendum on independence last month

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Iranian authorities bar reformist ex-president from meetingAn Iranian opposition news website says authorities have barred former reformist President Mohammad Khatami from attending a meeting of his allies

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After Obama, Israel's Netanyahu relishing in Trump love festDonald Trump would be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan than Benjamin Netanyahu

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Report blames pilot for fatal Dubai gyrocopter crash in 2015Investigators say a pilot killed by a 2015 Dubai gyrocopter crash during the World Air Games failed to properly strap on his helmet before takeoff, causing it to fall off during a high-speed turn, distracting him

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Turkey: Iraqi Kurds 'miscalculated' with independence voteTurkey says Iraq's retaking of the northern city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces earlier this week has rectified the Kurds' "mistake" in holding a non-binding referendum on independence last month

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This photo provided by the Maryland State Police shows Radee Labeeb Prince. On Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, authorities say a man showed up for work at a countertop company in Maryland and shot several of his co-workers and then drove to Wilmington, Del., and shot a man he knew at an auto sales and service business. Prince, the suspect in the shootings in Maryland and Delaware is in custody, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. (Maryland State Police via AP)

AP Online - SportsCubs' Maddon tossed again in NLCS; ump admits he missed call

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon argues with umpires during the eighth inning of Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Chicago. Maddon was ejected from the game. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

AP Online - SportsGymnast McKayla Maroney alleges sexual abuse by team doctor

FILE - This is a May 14, 2012, file photo showing gymnast McKayla Maroney at the 2012 Team USA Media Summit in Dallas. Two-time Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney says she was molested for years by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, abuse she said started in her early teens and continued for the rest of her competitive career. Maroney posted a lengthy statement on Twitter early Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, that described the allegations of abuse against Dr. Larry Nassar, who spent three decades working with athletes at USA Gymnastics but now is in jail in Michigan awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

AP Top NewsTrump weighs in on 'fake' dossier on his alleged Russia ties

President Donald Trump, left, sitting next to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, speaks during a meeting of the committee and members of the President's economic team in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Online Top Political Short HeadlinesSessions defends Comey firing, dodges questions on Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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