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Families of hostages in Gaza hope cease-fire talks will end their nightmare
Some families of hostages held in Gaza believe the latest round of cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas could be the last best chance to set their loved ones free after more than 300 days of captivity.
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Mediators hold new Gaza cease-fire talks and hope to head off a wider war
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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry says
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As Gaza death toll passes 40,000, corpses are buried in yards, streets, tiered graves
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Iraq’s Yazidis hope a new village will prompt survivors of a 2014 Islamic State massacre to return
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Gaza In Mourning
More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which is now in its 11th month, the territory’s Health Ministry said Thursday.
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With Gaza’s death toll over 40,000, here’s the conflict by numbers
Since the Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7, the Israel-Hamas war has become one of the most destructive wars in recent memory.
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Palestinian death toll surpasses 40,000 as mediators hold cease-fire talks
The White House says talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war have resumed in Doha and are expected to run into Friday.
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Yemen rivals threaten to resume war as hunger and cholera worsen in the poor nation, UN envoy warns
U.N. officials say Yemen’s rival parties are making military preparations and threatening to return to war as hunger and cholera are increasing in the Arab world’s poorest nation.
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Independent UN experts urge Bahrain to ensure prisoners have adequate food, water in scorching heat
Independent experts with the United Nations have urged Bahrain to ensure those held at its Jaw prison have access to adequate food, water and medical care.
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Why the progressive ‘Squad’ is getting smaller after defeats this primary cycle
The so-called “Squad” — a group of progressive lawmakers in the House — is set to shrink next year after two members suffered primary defeats following an unprecedented deluge of special interest spending.
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Dubai-based port operator DP World’s half-year profits fall nearly 60%, in part over Red Sea attacks
Dubai-based port operator DP World has reported its half-year profits fell by nearly 60%, in part over the ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Israel-Hamas war that have affected shipping through the Red Sea.
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The veteran Palestinian leader Abbas says he will visit Gaza and calls on Muslim leaders to join him
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to travel to Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages. Abbas addressed the Turkish parliament in Ankara on Thursday.
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U.S. envoy visits Lebanon and warns that regional tensions could easily slip ‘out of control’
A senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden says it’s critical to take advantage of “this window for diplomatic action” to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and ongoing hostilities along the Lebanon-Israel border, fearing that escalations could spiral “out of control.”
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza overnight, Palestinians say
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five children and their parents.
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A new round of Gaza cease-fire talks is starting. Why is a deal so elusive?
International mediators are hoping to kickstart stalled cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas with a new round of talks meant to finally clinch a deal between the sides.
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US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles.
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Yemen’s Houthis seized UN rights office in Sanaa, UN official says
A senior U.N. official says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have stormed the headquarters of the U.N. Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa. U.N.
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Iran rejects European leaders’ call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks
Iran has rejected a call by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions.
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A ship in the Red Sea is attacked 3 times by suspected Yemeni rebels, including with a drone boat
A Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea has been targeted in a third attack by suspected Yemeni rebels in their campaign of assaults over the Israel-Hamas war.
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Earthquake strikes Syria, rattling nerves amid memories of last year’s deadly temblor
Local authorities say an earthquake shook central Syria causing no major damages but rattling the nerves of residents who remembered last year’s devastating temblor that struck northern Syria and Turkey.
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U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they killed 18 pro-government gunmen in rare attack in eastern Syria
U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have carried out a rare attack in eastern Syria, striking at three posts manned by pro-government gunmen and claiming that they have killed 18.
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US beefs up security and orders a missile submarine to the Middle East
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area.
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Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say
Libyan officials say clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in the country’s capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation.
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UN refugee agency urges Cyprus government to process asylum seekers pushed into a UN buffer zone
The United Nations refugee agency says government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up dozens of migrants and pushed them back inside a U.N.
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UN rights office decries ‘alarmingly high’ number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week
The U.N. human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week. The U.N.
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Palestinians flee parts of south Gaza as Israel launches a new assault
Palestinians are fleeing large areas around Khan Younis in southern Gaza where the Israeli military has begun a new assault after ordering another mass evacuation.
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Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza’s Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks
Israeli troops have launched a new assault into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The military says they’re targeting Hamas fighters who they claim still operate there despite repeated offensives.
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4 suspected Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen, authorities say
Authorities say four suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait linking the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea.
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US and other frustrated mediators call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks, saying, ‘no excuses’
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar are jointly demanding that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza.
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Two suspected Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen in Bab el-Mandeb Strait, authorities say
Authorities say two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea.
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Israel-Hamas war latest: The Israeli military orders another mass evacuation in southern Gaza
The Israeli military has ordered another mass evacuation in large areas around Khan Younis in southern Gaza, saying its forces will soon operate there in response to Palestinian rocket fire.
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Iran warns airlines to avoid its airspace for 3 hours on Thursday over military drills, Egypt says
Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry says it’s ordered Egyptian airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours on Thursday after a notice from Tehran to do so because of military exercises.
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Who is Yahya Sinwar, the new leader of Hamas?
The new leader of the militant group Hamas has a brutal reputation and a deep understanding of Israel.
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Flooding in Yemen has left 30 people dead and hundreds displaced, official says
A Yemeni official says that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains.
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Hamas has a new leader. How will that affect the war in Gaza and cease-fire efforts?
Yahya Sinwar’s appointment as the top leader of Hamas formalizes a role he assumed in the early hours of Oct. 7, when the surprise attack into Israel that he helped mastermind ushered in the bloodiest chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Bob Woodward’s next book, ‘War,’ will focus on conflict abroad and politics at home
Bob Woodward’s next book, continuing a long tradition of election year releases, will focus on the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and their place in American presidential politics.
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Pro-government fighters attack areas of US-backed fighters in east Syria. 2 killed
Fighters backed by Iran and the Syrian government have attacked areas controlled by U.S.-backed fighters in eastern Syria.
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Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
Turkey has filed a formal request with the International Court of Justice to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel.
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Israeli athletes receive threats in Paris as tensions simmer over Gaza
Israel’s Olympic team said athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris. It comes amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza.
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