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Havana’s Stage-Managed Gaza protest meets a fragile ceasefire

Havana — At sunrise on Thursday, the broad sweep of the Malecón filled with people and percussion. Thousands of Cubans, students in white guayaberas,...

Trump’s “first phase” Gaza deal, a fragile pause with hostages freed...

Tel Aviv — The war that has defined the region for two bruising years reached a hinge point on Thursday, as Israel and Hamas accepted...

Israel Palestine Conflict Day 670: Cairo talks, maps, and a ticking...

Cairo — On Day 670 of the israel palestines conflict, the war’s political clock turned to Egypt, where delegations opened indirect talks in Sharm...

Cairo’s high stakes gamble: talks open while Gaza Genocide

Gaza City — Negotiators from Israel and Hamas converged on Egypt on Monday, October 6, 2025, for the most serious push yet to end the...

Egypt talks open as Washington pushes a rapid Gaza ceasefire

Cairo — Delegations converged on Egypt for a fresh round of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas as Washington pressed for a rapid ceasefire...

Sunday Showdown: Trump’s Gaza clock, Israel preps first step

Washington. Cairo. Tel Aviv: With a Sunday deadline looming in Washington time, the fragile outline of a ceasefire in Gaza is taking on more...

Trump’s ticking clock on Gaza: Hamas hedges as Israel braces

TEL AVIV — A deadline now governs a war that has defied clocks for nearly two years. With hours left until Sunday at 6...

Israel Palestine Conflict day 667: Israel seizes Gaza flotilla boat, deportations...

ASHDOD, Israel—The last boat in a weeks-long civilian convoy to Gaza, an aging trawler renamed Marinette, was seized at sea before dawn on Friday,...

Israel Palestine conflict day 666: Night raid at Sea, detainees pile...

GAZA CITY — In the dead of night on day 666 of the Israel Palestine Conflict, Israeli naval commandos boarded a civilian armada headed...

Gaza Flotilla Grab: Israel’s Navy pounces at dawn, hundreds in custody

GAZA CITY — Under the slate light of a churning Mediterranean, gray silhouettes fanned across the water and closed in. By dawn on Thursday, most...
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Taiwan’s defence report: China rehearses for a blockade

Taipei — Taiwan’s Defence Ministry has issued its most direct warning in years that China is moving from pressure to preparation, from drills that shape...

Putin presses Central Asia to align trade as sanctions bite

Dushanbe — Vladimir Putin arrived with a familiar pitch and a sharpened edge. At a summit with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and...
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