The Rafah crossing borders Egypt. Hamas said it agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal, and Israel said it would send mediators to Egypt to negotiate.
The 2024 edition of Europe’s biggest musical party promises bombastic performances, but tension over Israel’s participation may cast a pall on the show.
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Vladimir Putin’s sympathizers share an aversion to the West’s perceived liberal establishment, and see a positive vision in the Russian president’s rejection of it.
Hamas said it would approve a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal shortly after Israel’s military ordered about 100,000 civilians in parts of Rafah to evacuate “immediately.”
Hamas’s agreement to a cease-fire proposal revived hopes of an extended pause to the fighting in Gaza, even as Israel ordered a large-scale evacuation of Rafah.
A U.S. soldier, identified as Gordon Black, was detained by Russian authorities in Vladivostok, near the borders with China and North Korea, officials said.
Russia rattled its nuclear saber and scolded the ambassadors of Britain and France to show anger at comments by Western leaders about military support for Ukraine.
Over 1 million Palestinians displaced by war have sought refuge in Rafah. Now, about 100,000 civilians are being told to evacuate to an area with little infrastructure.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is visiting France, and the friendlier countries of Hungary and Serbia. Trade tensions and Russia’s war in Ukraine are on the agenda.
Many political ads on Facebook in India hide their true buyers, according to civil society groups and recent studies, threatening the integrity of the process.
In Putin’s bid to recast Russia as a global superpower, he champions a society built on pro-war activism, puritanical values and scaled-back social rights.
“Russia, Remastered” reveals how Vladimir Putin is harnessing the war in Ukraine to transform his own country and fulfill his vision of a restored superpower.
Rear Adm. Robert Gilbeau, known as ‘Crazy Bob,’ had a mental breakdown in Afghanistan. His staff accused him of faking PTSD to dodge an epic corruption scandal.
Hamas claimed responsibility for a mortar attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as its officials departed cease-fire negotiations in Cairo and Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel were ordered to close.
The government is banning Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel over its Gaza war coverage. Israel’s Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy.”
The outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met.
Palestinian residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp said at least three people were summarily executed or used as human shields, claims Israel’s military denies.
The bodies, which were not publicly identified, were in the same area where Carter Rhoad and Australians Jake and Callum Robinson were reported missing.
A win by Claudia Sheinbaum, protégée of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, could cement the grip of a party that already controls the presidency, both chambers of Congress and two-thirds of Mexico’s governorships.