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Four of the missing are believed to be tourists, possibly Americans. Local officials said the cause might have been a gas leak.

Canada's prime minister is pursuing deeper trade, defense and cultural ties with China, India and the European Union, but none are likely to replace ties to the United States.

Israel condemned the database of firms tied to activity in the occupied West Bank as a "political tool" to advance "a smear campaign."

"It Was Either That Or Die," by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

With her guitarist-partner, Fred Chichin, she formed Les Rita Mitsouko as a band that embraced a more multicultural France.

A host of African leaders including the presidents of Ghana, Liberia, Kenya and Namibia demanded the reform, while the U.N. Secretary General said the lack of a permanent African seat was "indefensible."

The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel's security establishment, Israeli officials said.

María del Carmen Abascal, whose case has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis, appeared in a video from her hospital bed after police officers removed her from her apartment.

The president has often reached for statues of the national bird on diplomatic occasions in his second term. (Ronald Reagan favored them, too.)

The grand mufti urged Saudi-led forces to remain in "constant readiness," suggesting that the kingdom might expand its campaign against the Houthis in Yemen.