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• China criticizes US for ship's passage through Taiwan Strait, weeks before new leader takes office

  China's military is criticizing the U.S. as hyping its warship's passage through the Taiwan Strait

• Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country

  A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that is surprising many as gang violence consumes the country

• Palestinians flee chaos and panic in Rafah after Israel's seizure of border crossing

  Gaza’s overcrowded southernmost city, Rafah, has been thrown into panic and chaos by Israel’s seizure of the nearby border crossing with Egypt and as the possibility of a full-scale invasion looms

• Armenia's prime minister in Russia for talks amid strain in ties

  Armenia’s prime minister has visited Moscow and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions between the estranged allies

• Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam

  In sometimes violent confrontations, police have broken up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam Wednesday in a second straight day of unrest over the war in Gaza