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Sonogram images of a baby lie among the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit a week ago in an Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut, Lebanon April 16, 2026.
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A complex set of negotiations to end Israel's overlapping wars
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Lebanon ceasefire part of complex web of Mideast negotiations, from Iran to Gaza
Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa.
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Pope Leo takes aim at 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war amid tensions with Trump
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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RFK Jr. defends his health agenda and Trump's proposed budget cuts in hearing
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