Venezuelans ‘loot to eat’ amid economic tailspin

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In this Jan. 23, 2018 photo, a youth moves quickly to collect grains of corn on the street that fell from a truck that was looted outside the port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. At the country’s biggest port, people swarmed a corn-carrying truck and began filling up sacks with the grain while the driver was held at gunpoint. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Homelessness soars on West Coast as cities struggle to cope

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In this Sept. 19, 2017 photo, people line up for free food being given out in an area of downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row. Official counts taken earlier in 2017 in California, Oregon and Washington show nearly 169,000 homeless people in the three states, according to an Associated Press tally of every jurisdiction in those states that report homeless numbers to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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IDF strikes 3 Syrian artillery cannons in response to projectile fire

Illustrative photo of a UN observer at a lookout point as smoke rising at a Syrian village near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights during fights between the rebels and the Syrian army, June 25, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Illustrative photo of a UN observer at a lookout point as smoke rising at a Syrian village near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights during fights between the rebels and the Syrian army, June 25, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Army says Israel holds Assad regime responsible for any spillover activity from across northern border

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After Har Adar attack, IDF cracks down on terrorist’s hometown

IDF soldiers conduct raids in the West Bank on September 28, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldiers conduct raids in the West Bank on September 28, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

In Bayt Surik, IDF impounds dozens of cars, orders end to illegal building, rescinds assailant’s family’s work permits

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In blow to Israel, Interpol admits Palestine as full member

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the 86th Interpol General Assembly at the Beijing National Convention Center in Beijing on September 26, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Lintao Zhang)

China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the 86th Interpol General Assembly at the Beijing National Convention Center in Beijing on September 26, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Lintao Zhang)

75 of 133 voting member states back Ramallah’s membership bid in secret ballot, despite vociferous Israeli and US objections

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