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Police in Ecuador say that a shooting by a criminal gang has killed at least seven people dead and four others wounded.

Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra has told The Associated Press that Israeli soldiers have conducted a raid at his home in the West Bank.

The Pride of Oklahoma marching band has been benched because of budget constraints. The band announced on social media that it couldn't travel to Philadelphia for Saturday's game between No. 13 Oklahoma and Temple.

The union that represents tens of thousands of actors and other entertainer and media professionals has elected a new president.

Authorities say Polish and allied aircraft have been deployed in a "preventive" operation in Poland's airspace because of a threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine.

Thousands of demonstrators have packed the streets of London for a march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Palestinian factions in two refugee camps in Lebanon have handed over truckloads of weapons to authorities.

The Pakistani military says security forces have raided two hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border in the past two days, triggering fierce clashes that killed 12 soldiers and 35 militants.

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of an Istanbul district and 47 other officials over corruption allegations.

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered this week's attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he took a major gamble in his campaign to pound the group into submission.