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Who Is James Cleverly, the UK’s New Home Secretary?
[ad_1] James Cleverly, who will move from his position leading the Foreign Office to become Britain’s home secretary, is generally seen as less ideological and more of a team player than his predecessor in the Home Office, Suella Braverman. He will inherit a department dealing with the fallout from Ms. Braverman’s face-off with Britain’s largest police force, the Metropolitan Police…
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Hamas Has Held Some Israeli Hostages Since Before Oct. 7
[ad_1] The plight of families desperately seeking the return of their loved ones abducted from Israel on Oct. 7 is painfully familiar to Aviram Shaul. His brother, Oron Shaul, was serving in the Israeli army when he was killed in 2014, during the last major war in Gaza. Israel says Hamas still has his body, along with that of Hadar…
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New Video Suggests Elizabeth Tsurkov, Academic Kidnapped in Iraq, Is Alive
[ad_1] An Iraqi television station posted a video Monday purporting to show a kidnapped Israeli-Russian researcher for the first time since her disappearance seven months ago, when she was seized off the streets in Baghdad. The video claiming to be of the researcher, Elizabeth Tsurkov, a doctoral student at Princeton University, was shown on Al Rabiaa TV, a station that…
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State Dept. Workers Sign Memos Urging Biden to Call for Gaza Cease-Fire
[ad_1] Dozens of State Department employees have signed internal memos to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken expressing serious disagreement with the Biden administration’s approach to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, according to U.S. officials, part of a surging tide of internal disagreement within the Biden administration over the Middle East crisis. At least three internal cables, sent via a…
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U.N. Says Gaza Fuel Could Run Out by Tuesday, Preventing Aid Distribution
[ad_1] The United Nations said on Monday that its already dwindling reserve of fuel in the Gaza Strip would run out as soon as Tuesday, preventing the organization from receiving and distributing the desperately needed aid trickling in, and imperiling the only lifeline for the 2.2 million people in the coastal enclave. The U.N.’s agency for aiding Palestinians, UNRWA, has…
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At Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Death and Despair as Israel’s Forces Arrive
[ad_1] Fears were growing of a wider Middle East conflict as the United States conducted a new round of airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities it said were tied to Iran and its proxies and as Israeli forces skirmished with Hezbollah fighters at the border with Lebanon. But the world’s attention was largely focused on the fighting in Gaza and…
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Tuesday Briefing: Looking to a Biden-Xi Meeting
[ad_1] A look ahead to a Biden-Xi meeting President Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are set to meet tomorrow as the two seek to maintain ties and as business leaders watch for a thaw. The summit won’t end the standoff between the U.S. and China, the world’s biggest economies. But it’s a sign that Biden and Xi want…
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Chevron Restarts Gas Production on Platform Near Gaza Strip
[ad_1] Chevron said Monday that it had resumed production of natural gas from a platform in Israeli waters on instructions from the government. Israel’s Ministry of Energy had ordered the U.S. energy giant to halt production at the Tamar platform, shortly after the Oct. 7 raids by militants from Hamas in Israel and the start of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.…
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Biden Strengthens Ties With Indonesia Despite Tensions Over the War in Gaza
[ad_1] President Biden and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia will announce on Monday a new strategic partnership, though their differences over the war in Gaza are likely to shape the Indonesian leader’s visit to Washington. Mr. Joko, whose country is home to the largest Muslim population in the world, arrives in Washington after attending a summit in Saudi Arabia where…
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Dark Hedges: 6 ‘Game of Thrones’ Trees Will Be Cut Down
[ad_1] Six trees with long branches that twist up to the sky that were made famous by the series “Game of Thrones” will be cut down in the coming weeks, officials in Northern Ireland said on Monday. The trees are part of the Dark Hedges, an international tourist attraction for fans of the HBO fantasy series. As many as hundreds…
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