US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
The 14 other of the 15-nation council voted in favor of the resolution.
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NATO defense ministers are set to approve plans to buy more weapons and military equipment.
Trump says Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields
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Spanish government says housing market is not a ‘free for all’ after recent crackdown on Airbnb
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Outspoken liberal leader Lee elected South Korea’s president, capping months of political turmoil
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Gaza officials say Israeli forces killed 27 heading to aid site. Israel says it fired near suspects
The Israeli military said it was looking into reports of casualties.
Russian rockets kill 4 in a Ukrainian city as Kyiv claims it damaged a key bridge
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Britain gets a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Russia, and to Trump
The UK will become “a battle-ready, armor-clad nation,” Starmer said.
China says US moves on computer chips and student visas ‘seriously violate’ tariffs truce
China threatened unspecified retaliation in the statement issued Monday.
Israeli forces open fire a kilometer away from Gaza aid site, killing 3, health officials say
The Israeli army denied it was preventing people from reaching the site.
Video: Sicily’s Mount Etna erupts in a fiery show of smoke and ash miles high
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The EU prepares ‘countermeasures’ if a tariff deal with the US crumbles
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Ukraine and Russia agree to swap dead and wounded troops but report no progress toward ending war
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Hamas says it is still reviewing a US proposal for a Gaza ceasefire
Hamas said it is holding consultations with Palestinian factions over the proposal.
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Ukraine says it’s ready to resume talks with Russia but needs clarity on Kremlin’s
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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials say
One strike on a home in central Gaza killed 22 people.
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Chinese students anxious and angry after Rubio vows to revoke visas
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US is leaving open the possibility of a troop drawdown in South Korea
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Israel accepts a US proposal for a temporary Gaza ceasefire and Hamas gives a cool response
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Who is Mohammed Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?
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Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in the UK
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Four Palestinians die in storming of UN food warehouse a day after gunfire at new Gaza aid site
Also, Netanyahu said his country killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar.
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French court sentences pedophile surgeon to 20 years in jail for abusing hundreds of patients
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US Sen. Duckworth visits Taiwan to discuss regional security and trade
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Trump says he warned Netanyahu to hold off on an Iran strike to give US more time for nuclear talks
Trump said he told Netanyahu it “would be inappropriate to do right now.”
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Israeli troops fire warning shots as Palestinians overwhelm new Gaza food center
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As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality
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How is the new Gaza aid plan supposed to work — and why are so many aid groups against it?
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Tesla’s monthly sales in Europe plunge by half, signaling backlash against Musk runs deep
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King Charles III says Canada facing unprecedented challenges as Trump threatens annexation
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Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as its bombing campaign slows
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Thousands of Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ during annual procession through Jerusalem
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Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy’
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China criticizes US ban on Harvard’s international students
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Trump’s team is divided on how to tackle the president’s vow to ease sanctions on Syria
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At least 60 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as Israel lets minimal aid in
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Kim Kardashian’s robbers found guilty in Paris but won’t face prison time
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Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in first phase of a major exchange
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US tariff hikes, Myanmar war and sea disputes will top ASEAN summit agenda
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Gaza’s main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
Experts also warn the territory could plunge into famine.
Iran’s top diplomat says ‘special measures’ may be taken to defend nuclear sites from Israel
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The UN says no aid that has entered Gaza this week has reached Palestinians
Food security experts have warned Gaza risks falling into famine.
Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for first time since Moscow said it drove out Ukrainian forces
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Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers
Ramaphosa pushed back against Trump’s accusations.
Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say
Both have come under fire this week.
Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach Gaza and an end to hostilities in his first general audience
Leo spoke in his native English, his fluent Spanish as well as Italian.
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Venezuela frees US Air Force veteran considered wrongfully detained, his family says
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With little progress after phone calls and talks, Ukraine’s allies hit Russia with new sanctions
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Iran’s supreme leader rejects US stance on uranium enrichment
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