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Russian Military Plane Crashes Near Border With Ukraine
[ad_1] A video verified by The New York Times showed a large plane crashing and exploding in Yablonovo, a town in the Belgorod region of Russia. [ad_2] Source link
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Israel Orders Evacuation of Packed Area in Gaza’s Khan Younis
[ad_1] The Palestine Red Crescent Society on Wednesday reported “intense shelling” near Al-Amal hospital, which it runs, and said that a strike had killed three people outside its offices in an adjacent building. Israeli forces were “surrounding” its teams and “enforcing restrictions on movement” around its offices and the hospital, the group said. The Gazan Health Ministry said in a…
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Israel and Hamas’s Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal Proposals: What to Know
[ad_1] Israel and Hamas continued indirect talks on a cease-fire on Wednesday, but the gap between the sides remained 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. How are the negotiations going? A weeklong truce in November allowed the release of…
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The Biggest British-American Tea Kerfuffle Since … Well, You Know
[ad_1] Can a simple cup of tea stir a dispute between two mighty countries on opposite sides of the Atlantic? Just ask the ragtag group of patriots who crudely disguised themselves and hurled chests of tea into Boston Harbor. For a new book, an academic took a look at papers and texts covering more than 1,000 years to try to…
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Israel Orders Evacuation of Packed Gaza Area With 2 Major Hospitals
[ad_1] The Palestine Red Crescent Society on Wednesday reported “intense shelling” near Al-Amal hospital, which it runs, and said that a strike had killed three people outside its offices in an adjacent building. Israeli forces were “surrounding” its teams and “enforcing restrictions on movement” around its offices and the hospital, the group said. The Gazan health ministry said in a…
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Orban Urges Hungary’s Parliament to Back Sweden’s NATO Bid
[ad_1] Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary said on Wednesday that he would “continue to urge” Hungarian legislators to vote in favor of accepting Sweden as a member of NATO, a day after Turkey, the only other holdout, endorsed the Nordic nation’s entry to the military alliance. The Turkish decision left Hungary isolated as the last country that has not…
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China Building Fire Kills at Least 39, With Others Trapped
[ad_1] A fire in a commercial building in southeastern China killed at least 39 people on Wednesday, as emergency workers raced to rescue people still trapped inside. The fire broke out around 3:30 p.m. local time in Xinyu, a city in Jiangxi Province, in the basement of a building that housed an internet cafe on the ground floor and an…
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How the Houthi Militia in Yemen Became a Nimble U.S. Foe
[ad_1] For years, the scrappy Iran-backed Yemeni rebels known as the Houthis did such a good job of bedeviling American partners in the Middle East that Pentagon war planners started copying some of their tactics. Noting that the Houthis had managed to weaponize commercial radar systems that are commonly available in boating stores and make them more portable, a senior…
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Russian Plane Carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs Crashes, Killing All Onboard, Officials Say
[ad_1] A large Russian military transport plane crashed on Wednesday in the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine, state news agencies said, citing a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry. Everyone onboard was killed, the regional governor said. The Defense Ministry said that the plane had been carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being transferred to the…
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Middle East Crisis: Live Updates
[ad_1] Israel was trying to demolish part of a Palestinian neighborhood as it pursued a plan to create a buffer zone between Gaza and Israel when around 20 Israeli soldiers were killed Monday in an explosion, according to three Israeli officials and an Israeli officer involved in the demolitions. The explosion on Monday occurred after Gazan militants fired toward a…
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