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For Many in Rafah, Displacement is a Recurring Nightmare
[ad_1] Less than two weeks after bombs began raining down on the Gaza Strip, Ghada al-Kurd arrived in the southern city of Khan Younis. She had already been displaced three times, and hoped it would be her final journey to safety. But three months later, Israeli forces advanced south. Ms. al-Kurd, 37, speaking by telephone, said she, her sister, brother-in-law,…
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Favoring Foes Over Friends, Trump Threatens to Upend International Order
[ad_1] Soon after former President Donald J. Trump took office, his staff explained how NATO’s mutual defense obligations worked. “You mean, if Russia attacked Lithuania, we would go to war with Russia?” he responded. “That’s crazy.” Mr. Trump has never believed in the fundamental one-for-all-and-all-for-one concept of the Atlantic alliance. Indeed, he spent much of his four-year presidency undermining it…
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Israeli Analysts Say Rafah Invasion Unlikely to Be Imminent
[ad_1] Israeli leaders have framed an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah as an imperative to achieve its goal of eliminating Hamas. But it’s a strategy that is fraught with complexity and is generating criticism over the potentially catastrophic impact such an operation would have on the more than 1 million Gazans sheltering there. The planning will likely…
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King Charles Appears in Public for First Time Since Cancer Announcement
[ad_1] King Charles III on Sunday was seen publicly for the first time since Buckingham Palace announced last week that he was being treated for cancer, strolling into a church on the royal Sandringham estate where he has his residence. Charles, 74, waved and smiled at well-wishers who had gathered nearby to capture a glimpse of the monarch as news…
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What Happens Next in Pakistan’s Politics?
[ad_1] Imran Khan’s stunning performance in Pakistan’s national election has upended most traditional political forecasts in a country where leaders who run afoul of the powerful military rarely find electoral success. Supporters of Mr. Khan, the jailed former prime minister, are both electrified by the showing of candidates aligned with his party, who won the most seats in last week’s…
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Imran Khan Uses A.I. To Give Victory Speech in Pakistan
[ad_1] Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, has spent the duration of the country’s electoral campaign in jail, disqualified from running in what experts have described as one of the least credible general elections in the country’s 76-year history. But from behind bars, he has been rallying his supporters in recent months with speeches that use artificial intelligence to replicate…
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‘This Is Where I Want to Be’
[ad_1] When Ayelet Khon moved back to the Kfar Azza kibbutz with her husband two months after the brutal Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, the first thing she did was hang a string of rainbow-colored lights up on the front patio. At night, when darkness drenches this community, the twinkling colors are the only lights visible. “We are going to…
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Promoting Peace as War Rages: Israeli and Palestinian Activists Meet
[ad_1] For almost 20 years, Combatants For Peace has called for non-violence and an “end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine.” But after Oct. 7, some attendees are more hesitant to speak out about their activism. Times reporters attended one of their sessions. [ad_2] Source link
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Terrified Gazans Await an Israeli Advance in the City They Fled To
[ad_1] Petrified Gazans in the cramped southern border city of Rafah scrambled to evade bombardment on Saturday as they prepared to flee an expected Israeli ground offensive, dreading the prospect of again searching for safety in a place with few, if any, options to escape the war. Israeli officials have declared that the next phase in their effort to destroy…
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Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House: A Glimpse Into Royal Life 100 Years Ago
[ad_1] The silver crown is set with diamonds. Rubies, sapphires, emeralds and seed pearls are peppered through the design. And the red velvet cap inside would be fit to cushion the head of a monarch. Except that the whole thing is only an inch tall. The jeweled miniature, a copy of Britain’s Imperial State Crown, is part of Queen Mary’s…
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