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Israel Palestine Conflict Day 688: West Bank on Edge as US Rebukes Annexation Push
Ramallah, West Bank — On Day 688 of the Israel Palestine Conflict, a tentative quiet settled over Jenin’s battered alleys while lawmakers in Jerusalem...
Conflicts, Military and War
West Bank annexation bills jolt Israel’s coalition, anger US
Jerusalem — The Israeli parliament’s decision to advance two measures that would apply Israeli law in the occupied territory has turned a long running argument...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 687: Ceasefire Without Bread as ICJ Orders...
Cairo — On Day 687 of the Israel Palestine Conflict, the ceasefire looks less like mercy than a management exercise, a pause that preserves...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 686: Deadlines, Pressure, and the Truce on...
Jerusalem — On Day 686 of the Israel Palestine conflict, the conversation around a fragile Gaza truce widened beyond battlefield metrics to the levers...
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Israel Palestine Conflict Day 682: Ceasefire by Schedule, Not Speeches
Gaza City — The “pause” staggered into another day that felt less like a ceasefire and more like a timetable written in pencil. Families...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 681: Rafah Shut, Ceasefire in Tatters
Gaza City — The Israel Palestine Conflict entered another precarious chapter this week as the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire creaked forward while...
Russia Ukraine war day 1326: Blackouts, refinery blaze, NATO
Mascow — Russia Ukraine war day 1326: A predawn volley of drones and missiles lashed Ukraine’s energy grid and cities for the second straight...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 680: Ceasefire Stalls at the Gates
GAZA — Israel Palestine Conflict Day 680, the ceasefire that promised a pivot from war to recovery is straining under the weight of logistics,...
Coffins Test Gaza Truce: Remains Dispute Stalls Deal
JERUSALEM — The deal that promised to stop the gunfire is being judged, in its first days, by what comes home under a white...
Russia Ukraine war day 1330: Kyiv counts the hours between blackout...
KYIV — Ukraine’s worst fears for the winter returned to life in the dark. Before dawn on Thursday, waves of drones and cruise missiles...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 679: Ceasefire or Chokehold, Gaza Counts the...
GAZA CITY — A week into a ceasefire that has quieted some guns but not the machinery of control, the Israel Palestine conflict sits in...
Hamas to transfer four more bodies as Gaza truce leans on...
Gaza City — Hamas has told mediators it will transfer four more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel on Wednesday, a move that would...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 678: Ceasefire of Excuses, Aid Held Hostage
GAZA STRIP — A week into what negotiators call a “first phase,” the ceasefire looks less like leadership and more like damage control. Israeli...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 667: Israel’s gatekeepers squeeze aid as Gaza...
GAZA — On Day 667 of the Israel Palestine conflict, the war felt, briefly, suspended between ceremony and rubble. In a resort city chosen...
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US Inflation Cools to 3% as Wall Street Bets on a...
Washington — US inflation edged back to 3.0 percent in September while a crucial measure of underlying pressures cooled, a mixed result that cheered...
West Bank annexation bills jolt Israel’s coalition, anger US
Jerusalem — The Israeli parliament’s decision to advance two measures that would apply Israeli law in the occupied territory has turned a long running argument...
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