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ISLAMABAD — Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000, said a Taliban spokesman Sunday, in one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the …

Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel comes at a time when the country faces historic domestic political division, rising attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians, and high-stakes negotiations between Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States. After its members killed 200 Israelis and kidnapped dozens more, Hamas claimed it was taking …

Hamas said it had taken “dozens” of Israeli soldiers hostage and moved them to the Gaza Strip as footage emerged appearing to show gunmen in military fatigues leading a group of mostly barefoot women down a street in Israel. The announcement and video verified by NBC News came hours after …

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Israel has built a massive fence along the Gaza border meant to prevent infiltrations. It goes deep underground and is equipped with cameras, high-tech sensors and sensitive listening technology. The infiltration marked a major accomplishment — and escalation — by Hamas. At least one Israeli was killed by rocket fire, …

A man identified as the suspect in the Monday killing of Philadelphia journalist and community advocate Josh Kruger knew the victim, police said Friday. Robert Edmond Davis, 19, was identified as the “offender” in Kruger’s slaying and a warrant was issued for his arrest, Lt. Hamilton Marshmond said at a …

Here at NBC Select, we launched our first-ever Best of Bed & Bath Awards last month. We spent hundreds of hours trying dozens of bed and bath products and chose our favorites in categories like bath mats, robes, pillows and blackout curtains. When it came down to our final award …

One of America’s best-known folksingers was around 13 the first time somebody called her “a dumb Mexican.” Joan Baez says in a new film that a teacher told her that she “was the highest breed of Spanish.” But “Joanie” Baez, as she was then called, was not having it. “I told …

A man charged in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was calm during his arrest last week, criticizing a police officer’s driving and asking why officers hadn’t brought the media, body camera video released Thursday by Las Vegas police shows. Duane Keith Davis, 60, was arrested in Las Vegas on …

PORT-LOUIS — The Supreme Court of Mauritius has struck out a colonial-era law criminalizing same-sex relations, bucking a trend elsewhere in Africa where a string of countries have passed or proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation. In a ruling on two cases brought by members of the gay community in the Indian Ocean …