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Ukrainian Missile Attack on Belgorod Kills at Least 18, Officials Say
[ad_1] The Russian authorities said on Saturday that a Ukrainian attack on the city of Belgorod had killed at least 22 people and injured nearly 110 others, in what would be the deadliest single assault against a Russian city since the start of the war nearly two years ago. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that Ukraine had hit…
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‘You Carry Your Home With You’: A Palestinian Poet’s Journey Out of Gaza
[ad_1] After months of war and fleeing from one place to the next with family, Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha crossed into Egypt. He describes his harrowing experience, including being stripped, beaten and detained by Israeli soldiers. [ad_2] Source link
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U.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Pentagon Says
[ad_1] American military helicopters came under fire from Iranian-backed Houthi fighters in the Red Sea on Sunday morning and shot back, sinking three Houthi boats and killing those aboard, U.S. Central Command said. The episode occurred after a commercial container ship was attacked by Houthi fighters in small boats and issued a distress call, prompting U.S. Navy helicopters to respond,…
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Inmates of Chile’s Largest Prison Find Solace in Caring for Stray Cats
[ad_1] Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats. Others contend they wandered in on their own. What everyone can agree on — including those who have lived or worked at Chile’s largest prison the longest — is that the cats were here first. For decades, they have walked along the prison’s high walls, sunbathed on…
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Ukraine Intensifies Guerrilla Tactics, Targeting Trains
[ad_1] The saboteurs managed to place four explosives on a Russian freight train carrying diesel and jet fuel, roughly 3,000 miles from the Ukrainian border. But more important than the destruction of the train, Ukrainian intelligence officials said, was the timing of the blast. They needed it to blow up as the 50 rail cars were traveling through the nine-mile-long…
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The World in Stories: 13 Favorite Dispatches From 2023
[ad_1] Bearing witness, at close range and often at great risk, is the essence of a dispatch, and in 2023, our correspondents filed 80 of them from 37 countries, capturing the human experience from almost every angle: the good, the bad and the wrenching. In a year marked by conflicts, dozens of dispatches came directly from war zones: from a…
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Defying U.S. Pressure, Israel Deepens Gaza Assault
[ad_1] Israeli forces clashed with Hamas militants across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the Israeli military said, deepening its engagement in the decimated enclave even as the Palestinian death toll from relentless airstrikes in 12 weeks of war soared higher. The Gaza Health Ministry reported Saturday that 165 people had been killed in Israeli airstrikes and artillery attacks in the…
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Conflict in Israel and Gaza, in Photos
[ad_1] More than two months after a Hamas-led attack in Israel killed 1,200 people, according to officials, the Israeli military is hunting for members of Hamas, the group that runs Gaza, including its most wanted man in the territory: Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader it considers the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks. The military has also been bombarding the…
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Mia Schem, an Israeli Hostage, Shares Harrowing Details of Gaza Captivity
[ad_1] Mia Schem had been held hostage in Gaza for three days when, she said, she underwent surgery for a gunshot wound she sustained in Hamas’s attack on Israel. For days afterward — forced to share a room with her captor — she received no painkillers and had to replace her own bandages. The account by Ms. Schem, who has…
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At Least 30 Killed in Ukraine After Russian Missile Attacks
[ad_1] Russia targeted Ukrainian cities with more than 150 missiles and drones on Friday morning, in what Ukrainian officials said was one of the largest air assaults of the war. At least 30 people were killed, and more than 160 were wounded, according to the Ukrainian government, and critical infrastructure was damaged. “This is the biggest attack since the counting…
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