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JERUSALEM – A Catholic Church official in Israel says a Christian cemetery has been desecrated, with graves damaged and crosses smashed. Wadie Abunassar said some 20 gravestones at the cemetery in Kufr Birim in northern Israel were found vandalized early Wednesday. He said some were shattered, with pieces of stone …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian ministers have unexpectedly cut short their rare visit to the Gaza Strip. It was not clear what led the West Bank ministers to leave ahead of schedule on Monday. But rival Palestinian factions blamed each other for the abrupt departure. The eight Cabinet ministers, …

LONDON – The leader of the Scottish arm of Britain’s Labour Party is stepping down after the party lost almost all of its seats to Scottish nationalists in the general election last week. Jim Murphy was one of 40 Labour lawmakers who lost their seats in Parliament to the pro-independence …