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Qatar Expresses Anger Over Netanyahu’s Leaked Criticism
[ad_1] Qatar has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of hurting efforts to secure the release of hostages after a leaked recording appeared to catch the Israeli leader criticizing the country, which has been a key mediator in talks. Qatar, which allows Hamas’s military wing to maintain a presence in Doha, has been deeply involved in negotiations between Israel and the…
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U.S. Is Watching North Korea for Signs of Lethal Military Action
[ad_1] North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted to a policy of open hostility, U.S. officials say. The officials have assessed that Mr. Kim’s recent harder line is part of a pattern of provocations, but that his declarations have been more aggressive than previous…
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Families of Israeli Hostages Protest Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza
[ad_1] Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza attempted to block aid trucks from entering the territory at the Kerem Shalom border crossing to push their government do more to prioritize the return of their loved ones. [ad_2] Source link
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Arsonist Sentenced to Death for Killing 36 People in 2019 Kyoto Studio Fire
[ad_1] A Japanese judge sentenced to death a man who killed 36 people in an arson attack at an anime studio in Kyoto in 2019, one of the country’s deadliest attacks in decades, after he was found guilty of murder on Thursday. Shinji Aoba, the defendant, was charged with murder in 2020, a year after setting fire to the studio…
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Israel Hamas War News: Protests Resume at Border Crossing Used for Aid to Gaza
[ad_1] As Israel and Hamas continue indirect talks on a cease-fire, the gap between the sides remains wide, especially on two issues: the length of any pause in fighting and the fate of Hamas leaders in Gaza, according to officials briefed on the talks. Here is a look at where the talks stand. How are the negotiations going? A weeklong…
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Ukraine Searches for Answers on Russian Plane Crash
[ad_1] Ukrainian officials searched for answers on Thursday to the circumstances of a deadly plane crash over the border in Russia, asking for patience from citizens while they investigated Moscow’s claims that Ukraine had shot down a Russian military aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called for his country’s intelligence agency to determine what had…
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South Korean Politician Is Attacked in Seoul
[ad_1] A South Korean lawmaker was attacked in the head with a blunt object in Seoul on Thursday and taken to a hospital where she was being treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to her staff and physicians. Bae Hyunjin, of the ruling People Power Party, is the second South Korean politician to be physically assaulted while in…
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Judge Backs Trial for Luis Rubiales, Ex-Chief of Spanish Soccer, Over World Cup Kiss
[ad_1] A judge with Spain’s National Court recommended on Thursday that the country’s onetime soccer boss, Luis Rubiales, be tried on a sexual assault charge over his non-consensual kiss of a star player during the Women’s World Cup medal ceremony in Sydney, Australia, last summer. If found guilty of sexual assault in the case, which upended Spanish women’s soccer and…
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She Looked for Her Missing Brother. Now, People Are Looking for Her.
[ad_1] Only a few torn pieces of the crime scene tape around Lorenza Cano’s house are left. The shards of glass from the front door are gone. So are the bullet casings. All that remains is the hope that Ms. Cano will be found. The 55-year-old activist is one of hundreds of women in Mexico who became advocates for the…
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Britain Is Lobbying U.S. Republicans on Ukraine. Here’s Why.
[ad_1] When David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary and onetime prime minister, visited Washington last month, he took time out to press the case for backing Ukraine with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Georgia Republican who stridently opposes further American military aid to the country. Last week, Boris Johnson, another former prime minister, argued that the re-election of Donald J.…
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