From KFC to rockets, how the massive Gaza tunnel network kept evolving

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Tunnels have run under Gaza for decades. But when Hamas took over, the underground network expanded into what Israel calls its biggest military threat. We decoded the long history of the Gaza tunnels to find out what makes it so hard to destroy.

Prosecutors say new evidence shows Sen. Bob Menendez received gifts in exchange for working with Qatari royal family member

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Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

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Israel is said to be flooding Hamas tunnels — a tactic Egypt already used in 2013, but with sewage

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In this photo from September 18, 2015, Palestinians stand around the entrance of a smuggling tunnel that ran between Egypt and southern Gaza.
In this photo from September 18, 2015, Palestinians stand around the entrance of a smuggling tunnel that ran between Egypt and southern Gaza.

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A top Democrat's indictment could be a game-changer for 2 troublesome allies seeking US fighter jets

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Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Sen. Ben Cardin on Capitol Hill in April 2018.

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Russia is buying back weapons it sold to other countries as its arsenal runs low

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Moscow has sought deals to buy back helicopter engines it previously sold to other countries.

A tumor with teeth was found in the pelvis of an ancient Egyptian woman, along with a ring to protect her from pain

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A picture shows ancient tissue with two teeth sticking out of it, next to a ruler placed for scale.
An ancient tumor was uncovered in an Egyptian burial site.

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Russia is trying to buy back weapons it sold other countries because it needs them in Ukraine: report

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A Ka-52 attack helicopter during testing in Russia's Rostov region in January 2022.

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Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.

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The skull of a mummified baboon preserved and held by the British Museum
Specimen EA 6738, held by the British Museum: Skull of a mummified baboon recovered from Thebes, Egypt and connected isotopically to Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia.

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Egypt is trying to make Cairo look like Dubai. It's taken 10 years and cost $58 billion.

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A man looks at graves demolished to make way for a new highway in Cairo, in 2020.
A man looks at graves demolished to make way for a new highway in Cairo, in 2020.

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An ancient Egyptian book of spells to guide the dead in the afterlife was found buried with mummies

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A picture shows the inside of a sarcophagus, in which is placed an ancient Egyptian mummy in good state of conservation , under an ornate cartonnage and a mask representing the deceased's face.
An photo of a mummy found at the Tuna al-Gebel site, presented at a press conference on October 15.

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

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