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Protest Vote May Elevate a Centrist in Dutch Election
[ad_1] After 13 years with Mark Rutte as their prime minister, the Dutch will cast their ballots on Wednesday in a national election that is expected to scatter votes across the spectrum. But there is one man who has emerged as the campaign’s chief protagonist. It is Pieter Omtzigt, a longtime parliamentarian and founder of a new party, who says…
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Wednesday Briefing
[ad_1] A proposed cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. [ad_2] Source link
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Israel and Hamas Agree to Framework of Hostage-Release Deal
[ad_1] After more than six weeks of war, the Israeli government and Hamas announced Wednesday morning that they would uphold a brief cease-fire in Gaza to allow for the release of 50 hostages Hamas captured during its assault last month on Israel. The decision, first announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in a WhatsApp message, includes a pause of…
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Israeli Teen Hopes Her Cousins Will Be Released Soon by Hamas
[ad_1] new video loaded: Israeli Teen Hopes Her Cousins Will Be Released Soon by Hamas transcript Back transcript Israeli Teen Hopes Her Cousins Will Be Released Soon by Hamas Sheffa Phillips-Bahat has two young cousins who were taken hostage from their home at Kibbutz Nir Oz. More than a month after they were kidnapped, she “can’t think of anything but…
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Families of Israeli Hostages Wait for Deal to Be Announced
[ad_1] As Israel and Hamas indicated that they were preparing a cease-fire to free 50 hostages, some families of those abducted to Gaza last month were grappling with conflicting emotions: a growing optimism that their loved ones would return that was chilled by a gnawing fear that the deal might collapse — or worse, that they might be left behind.…
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U.S. Conducts Airstrikes Against Iranian Proxies in Iraq
[ad_1] The United States conducted a new round of airstrikes — the second in roughly a day — in Iraq early Wednesday, destroying two facilities used by Iranian proxies that had been targeting American and coalition troops, U.S. defense officials said. The latest rounds in the tit-for-tat attacks between the United States and Iranian-backed fighters took place in Iraq, in…
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Netanyahu Vows to Continue War on Hamas After Any Hostage Deal
[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would continue its war against Hamas, even if a temporary cease-fire were reached. [ad_2] Source link
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At BRICS Summit, Countries Diverge Slightly on Israel and War in Gaza
[ad_1] The BRICS group of developing countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — held a virtual summit on the war in Gaza on Tuesday, articulating divergent positions on the conflict that together reflected the reluctance of some nations outside the world’s largest industrialized democracies to fall in behind Washington’s support for Israel. Several other nations that have…
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Peter Tarnoff, Diplomat Who Helped Plot the ‘Argo’ Escape from Iran, Dies at 86
[ad_1] Peter Tarnoff, a seasoned diplomat whose work behind the scenes for presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton included establishing a secret channel to Fidel Castro and helping arrange the escape of six U.S. Embassy officials from Iran, an escapade later depicted in the 2012 movie “Argo,” died on Nov. 1 at his home in San Francisco. He was 86.…
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U.S. Reports Killing 3 Iran-Backed Militants After Attack in Iraq, Pentagon Says
[ad_1] An American military gunship on Monday night fired on and killed three Iran-backed militants who were part of an attack on U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. A deputy Pentagon press secretary, Sabrina Singh, said the militants had moved to their vehicle after firing missiles at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq, one of…
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