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More food had finally started to reach famine-racked northern Gaza earlier this month, pushing down prices in the Jabalya refugee camp, where doctors like Yehia Abed were trying to save a legion of malnourished patients. Then came “another attack,” he said.Israeli military operations this month against Hamas in Gaza — from the last, desperate…

4:19 p.m. ET, May 21, 2024 Sources say they were duped by Egypt changing ceasefire terms for Hamas…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court sought arrest warrants Monday for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war.While Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, do not face…

An Israeli airstrike targeting a house in a central Gaza refugee camp killed at least 27 people, mostly women and children, according to a hospital in the area, The Associated Press reported. The Civil Defense suggested the death toll was higher.The bombing on Sunday happened as fighting raged across northern Gaza and Israel's leaders aired…

Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and voicing criticism of the Israeli and American governmentsBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated PressMay 18, 2024, 11:23 AM ET• 4 min readWASHINGTON -- Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and…

The bodies of three hostages who were taken in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel have been recovered in the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, an Israeli military spokesperson said on Friday. The Israel Defense Forces recovered the bodies of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German-Israeli; Amit Buskila, 28; and Itshak Gelernter, 56, Rear Adm. Daniel…

Police say that man who first went missing in 1998 was held by a 61-year-old neighbour just a few minutes from his home.An Algerian man who went missing in 1998 during the country’s civil war has been found alive in his neighbour’s cellar 26 years later, according to authorities. The country’s Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that the man,…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his decades-long career in politics. His deputy prime minister Tomas Taraba later told the BBC he believed Fico would survive the…

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A traffic warden in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid a heatwave…

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Georgia’s looming foreign agents law, Russia’s new defense minister, and elections in Lithuania and Catalonia. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Georgia’s looming foreign agents law, Russia’s new defense minister, and elections in Lithuania and Catalonia.…