- — House passes divisive antisemitism bill as GOP denounces campus protests
- Critics call the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which has some Democratic support, an effort to silence criticism of Israel and an affront to the First Amendment.
- — U.N. warns of ‘unprecedented’ number of unexploded bombs dropped onto Gaza
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- — Denouncing campus protests, House GOP pushes divisive antisemitism bill
- Critics call the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which has some Democratic support, an effort to silence criticism of Israel and an affront to the First Amendment.
- — Report: China’s propaganda units harvest data from overseas tech firms
- Beijing’s propaganda engine is pulling data from Chinese tech firms, including popular shopping and gaming apps with hundreds of millions of U.S. users, researchers say.
- — Blinken leaves Israel, suggests steps to protect Gazans
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- — Middle East conflict live updates: Blinken meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem; U.S. presses Israel on Gaza aid
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday morning in Jerusalem during his seventh trip to the Middle East since October.
- — Analysis: The delusions behind Biden’s plan for Middle East peace
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- — France shows its anger on May Day ahead of Paris Olympics
- Traditional labor rights marches melded with pro-Palestinian protests and anti-Olympics demonstrations. Paris 2024 organizers fear disruptions to the Games.
- — In southern Israel, Blinken visits aid crossing, kibbutz attacked on Oct. 7
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- — Should you kill hammerhead flatworms?
- The toxic and invasive pests, which originate from Southeast Asia, have long been spotted across the United States and around the world.
- — U.K. police issue charges in mysterious vandalism of iconic sycamore
- Northumbria police have charged two men with felling the beloved, ancient Sycamore Gap Tree in northern England, close to Hadrian’s wall.
- — Aid convoys attacked by Israeli settlers, Jordan says
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- — Blinken in Israel seeks cease-fire and hostage deal to stave off Rafah move
- Hanging over the visit is whether the Biden administration can persuade Israel to support a Palestinian state to eventually stabilize the Middle East.
- — One photo, one night in Rafah
- A Palestinian journalist photographed a rare moment in Gaza: joyous children watching a movie. This is the story behind the photo.
- — How car bans and heat pump rules drive voters to the far right
- Studies show that as energy prices rise, so do right-wing movements against green policies.
- — How climate policies can drive voters to the far right
- Studies show that as energy prices rise, so do right-wing movements against green policies.
- — In Israel, Blinken again urges Hamas to accept cease-fire proposal
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- — IDF says two Israeli soldiers were mistakenly killed in Gaza friendly fire
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- — Middle East conflict live updates: Blinken meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem; U.S. presses Israel on Gaza aid
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday morning in Jerusalem, his seventh trip to the Middle East since October.
- — Is Bougainville the next battleground between China and the U.S.?
- The Pacific region is hoping a huge, abandoned copper-and-gold mine will be its ticket for independence from Papua New Guinea. But which superpower will back it?
- — Police breach occupied building at Columbia as campus unrest escalates
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- — Israeli high court to hear petition on whereabouts of Gazan detainee
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- — Middle East conflict live updates: Blinken to meet Netanyahu as U.S. presses Israel on aid distribution
- Netanyahu said Israel will invade Rafah “with or without” a cease-fire deal, as mediators expressed optimism that Israel and Hamas were inching toward an agreement.
- — With Blinken in Israel, U.S. to push for faster aid distribution
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- — U.N. agency chief warns Rafah attack on the ‘immediate horizon’
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- — The delusions behind Biden’s plan for Middle East peace
- There’s a yawning gap between President Biden’s grand vision for the Middle East and the realities on the ground.
- — Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah regardless of cease-fire deal
- Over a million civilians have sought refuge in Rafah; Israel says it is a Hamas stronghold. Blinken’s trip will focus on improving conditions for Gaza civilians.
- — With Gaza aid flows rising, U.S. to push Israel to speed distribution
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli leaders.
- — U.S. campus protests spread to the Middle East and Europe
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- — U.S. diplomat explains why she quit Biden administration over Gaza war
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- — U.S. campus protests spread to the Middle East and Europe
- From Kuwait to Lebanon, Egypt to Ramallah, students have occupied central locations on campuses and protested in solidarity with U.S. college students.
- — The U.S. military is making progress on building a temporary pier to deliver food to Gaza,...
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- — Israel lacks ‘execution’ to protect civilians in Rafah, Pentagon says
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- — U.S. diplomat explains why she quit Biden administration over Gaza war
- Hala Rharrit, a career U.S. diplomat who resigned last week, took aim at President Biden’s Gaza policy: “I will not be the reason someone hates America more.”
- — Kenya orders evacuation of all riverside dwellings amid deadly floods
- The announcement came a day after a torrent of water swept away scores of people near the town of Mai Mahiu, about 30 miles northwest of the capital, Nairobi.
- — 12-sided Roman relic baffles archaeologists, spawns countless theories
- Amateur archaeologists found a Roman-era dodecahedron in Norton Disney, England. Dozens have been found in Europe since the 1700s, but experts can’t agree on what they are.
- — World Central Kitchen resumes aid work in Gaza
- Almost a month after seven World Central Kitchen aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, the group is resuming humanitarian operations there.
- — Top U.N. court won’t intervene for now in German arms exports to Israel
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- — Man wielding sword kills teen, wounds four others in London
- The suspect was confronted by police and then Tasered in northeast London.
- — In photos: Flash floods kill over 100 people in Kenya
- Floods have killed 169 people in Kenya with 91 still missing, Kenya’s Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday, the day after a torrent of water swept away scores of people near the town of Mai Mahiu incident.
- — Middle East conflict live updates: Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah regardless of cease-fire deal; Blinken in region
- Over a million civilians have sought refuge in Rafah; Israel says it is a Hamas stronghold. Blinken’s trip will focus on improving conditions for Gaza civilians.
- — Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without’ a cease-fire deal
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- — King Charles is back at work after cancer diagnosis. He looks good.
- Charles is the monarch, but he has entered another realm and is now a cancer patient as well. This has unnerved the nation, who welcome photos of him out and about in public.
- — Arab students protest in solidarity with U.S. pro-Palestinian campus protests
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- — A quieter border eases pressure on Biden, with a hand from Mexico
- Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border remain high so far this year, but the springtime surge that Biden officials expected has not materialized
- — Parenting in Gaza today is so much more than keeping your children alive
- Parents in Gaza feel helpless and desperate, they say, worn out by the challenge of tending to visible wounds and those their children are trying to hide.
- — Construction of maritime pier for Gaza aid is ‘underway,’ U.S. says
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- — Brave Little Hunter is free: Baby orca escapes lagoon for open seas
- The 2-year-old calf had been trapped alone in a Canadian lagoon, prompting a weeks-long rescue effort. Now she must find her pod.
- — U.S. lawmakers warn of backlash if ICC issues Israeli arrest warrants
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- — Middle East conflict live updates: New optimism on cease-fire talks as Blinken visits region
- The U.S. secretary of state’s tour of the Middle East includes stops in Jordan and Israel, with a focus on improving humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
- — Blinken continues Middle East tour with stops in Jordan and Israel
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- — Parties see hope for a Gaza cease-fire: ‘Maybe this time it will work’
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- — In a ‘meat grinder’ of a war, Russian and Ukrainian casualties rise
- Along various sections of the front line, Ukrainian authorities are weighing whether to sacrifice men or territory while Russia has also absorbed stunning manpower losses,
- — Blinken calls proposed Israeli cease-fire deal ‘extraordinarily generous’
- U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, European foreign ministers and others are attending the World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the Gaza war is set to dominate discussions.
- — Arab states reticent as U.S. pushes postwar plan for Gaza
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- — Amnesty International says Biden must halt arms transfers to Israel
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- — Arab states reticent as U.S. pushes postwar plan for Gaza
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced skepticism from Arab counterparts as he advocated plans for securing and rebuilding Gaza once the Israel-Hamas war ends.
- — Freedom Flotilla Coalition delivering Gaza aid says ships have lost right to sail
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- — What is the ICC, the global court Israel fears may indict Netanyahu?
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- — Middle East conflict live updates: Blinken calls proposed Israeli cease-fire deal ‘extraordinarily generous’
- U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, European foreign ministers and others are attending the World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the Gaza war is set to dominate discussions.
- — What is the ICC, the global court Israel fears may indict Netanyahu?
- Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court have not issued any arrest warrants in response to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the war in Gaza.
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