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Some of Hamas’ suggested adjustments to a cease-fire agreement in Gaza are realistic, while others are not.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal for Gaza after Hamas proposed changes to a U.S.-backed plan, some of which he said were “workable” and some not. The back-and-forth laid bare frustration over the difficulty of reaching an accord that could end eight…
Hezbollah launches hundreds of missiles at northern Israel as Gaza cease-fire talks hanging in the balance.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed plan for a cease-fire in Gaza hung in the balance. The retaliatory attack came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in the…
According to the UN, Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes during a fatal operation.
The U.N. human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over the weekend and killed hundreds of Palestinians. Office spokesman Jeremy Laurence expressed concerns about possible violations of rules of proportionality, distinction, and precaution by…
A ‘new counteraction’ is threatened by North Korea against South Korea.
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned that South Korea will face unspecified “new counteraction” by the North if it keeps sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and playing its loud-speaker broadcasts across the border. The statement by Kim Yo-jong came after the South resumed propaganda loud-speaker broadcasts toward the North for the first…
40 world leaders are scheduled to attend the Switzerland peace conference on Ukraine.
Around 40 world leaders have signed up to participate in a Ukraine peace conference to be held on a picturesque Swiss mountain next week. The Swiss government, which is organizing the talks at a luxury resort on the Burgenstock, a mountain ridge on Lake Lucerne, said around 160 presidents and prime ministers had been invited…
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