THIS IS AP NEWSMINUTE

PALLETS OF AID CONTINUED TO BE AIRDROPPED INTO GAZA CITY ON THURSDAY.

ISRAEL IMPOSED A FULL BLOCKADE IN MARCH, THEN ALLOWED LIMITED AID TO RESUME TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LATER.

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IRAN LAUNCHED ITS FIRST MILITARY EXERCISE SINCE THE END OF ITS 12-DAY WAR WITH ISRAEL.

A VIDEO SHARED BY THE IRANIAN MILITARY SHOWED NAVY VESSELS LAUNCHING MISSILES AT TARGETS IN THE SEA IN THE GULF OF OMAN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN.

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THAILAND'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER ARRIVED AT A COURT IN BANGKOK ON THURSDAY TO GIVE TESTIMONY AFTER SHE WAS SUSPENDED FROM HER ROLE.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S SUSPENSION OF PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA HAS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER FAMILY’S POLITICAL COMEBACK.

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AND A YOUNG GORILLA RESCUED FROM A PLANE’S CARGO HOLD IS ADAPTING WELL IN ISTANBUL AND EFFORTS TO RETURN HIM TO HIS NATURAL HABITAT ARE UNDERWAY.

THE GORILLA, NOW AROUND A YEAR OLD, WAS DISCOVERED IN A BOX ON A TURKISH AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM NIGERIA TO THAILAND IN DECEMBER.