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Dozens of aid groups, as well as Arab and European countries, are urging Israel to reverse a ban on humanitarian organizations in Gaza.

The Israelis suspended the registration of 37 aid groups, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

Investigators in Switzerland say they have a likely cause for a deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort Thursday night.

They say sparkling candles held in champagne bottles were too close to the ceiling of a crowded bar.

Forty people were killed in the ensuing fire.

Another 119 people were injured.

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More than half a million people worldwide were sickened by chikungunya disease last year.

That's according to the World Health Organization.

As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, most of the cases were in Central and South America.

President Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged threats on Friday as widening economic protests grow across Iran.

In a social media post, Trump warned Iran that if it kills peaceful protesters, the U.S.

will come to their rescue.

An Iranian official responded, saying U.S.

intervention would lead to chaos in the entire region and the destruction of U.S.

interests.

Ukraine's president named a new chief of staff on Friday.

39-year-old General Karel Budanov has headed the country's military intelligence since 2020.

He replaces Andrei Yermak, who is being investigated as a potential suspect in alleged corruption in the country's energy sector.

Budanov is one of the country's most recognizable and popular wartime figures.