north

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The suspect, 30-year-old Hadi Alodid, lives in Duncairn Avenue in north Belfast.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The U.S. belatedly created such a zone for the Kurds in Iraq’s north in 1991.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

In Fernández’s neighborhood just north of Porterville, residents stopped drinking water from their wells a few years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

An AFP correspondent saw residents of Tyre, including from the Christian quarter, fleeing and heavy traffic heading north after the Israeli warning.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A hundred and eighty miles straight north into the wind, up the middle of the great river that historically is a highway across Alaska.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen