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Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian Teen in West Bank as Military Warns of Imminent “Eruption”
Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian Teen in West Bank as Military Warns of Imminent “Eruption” A 17-year-old Palestinian, identified as Karim Sanad Raja Shalaldeh, was shot and killed on Friday in Sa’ir, a village north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said soldiers were dispatched after Palestinians threw rocks at a group…
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Trump Cuts Korea War Games Short — North Korea Fires Missiles Anyway
Trump Cuts Korea War Games Short — North Korea Fires Missiles Anyway The U.S. and South Korean militaries wrapped up the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise six days early on Friday, a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea. President Trump had ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” the drills before they even began, citing his “good…
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6.7 Earthquake Jolts Southern Peru, Reviving Memories of a Quake That Killed Nearly 600
6.7 Earthquake Jolts Southern Peru, Reviving Memories of a Quake That Killed Nearly 600 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern Peru on Thursday, August 20, at 1 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), centered about 38 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of Upahuacho in the Parinacochas province of the Ayacucho region at a depth of roughly 66.7…
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Russia Kills 17 in Nine-Hour Kyiv Barrage as Trump Balks on the Missiles Ukraine Says It Needs
Russia Kills 17 in Nine-Hour Kyiv Barrage as Trump Balks on the Missiles Ukraine Says It Needs Russia launched a nearly nine-hour barrage of dozens of cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles alongside 168 drones at Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight into Thursday, August 20, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 40.…
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Seven Countries Demand Israel Halt West Bank Mega-Settlement That Could Split Palestinian Territory in Two
Seven Countries Demand Israel Halt West Bank Mega-Settlement That Could Split Palestinian Territory in Two Israel’s Ministry of Construction and Housing opened bidding on August 18 for 1,234 housing units in the E1 settlement zone east of Jerusalem, the first tranche of a larger project of more than 3,400 units spanning roughly 12 square kilometers…
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Israel Bombs a Syrian Airbase — and Drags Turkey Into a New Middle East Standoff
Israel Bombs a Syrian Airbase — and Drags Turkey Into a New Middle East Standoff Israel carried out eight airstrikes early Tuesday on the Abu al-Duhur airbase near Aleppo in northwestern Syria, striking the runway and storage facilities in what marked its first strikes on Syria in five months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office…
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China Quietly Expands Into New Waters East of Taiwan — and Everyone Sees a Different Threat
China Quietly Expands Into New Waters East of Taiwan — and Everyone Sees a Different Threat China has expanded its maritime presence into waters east of Taiwan through what the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) called “unprecedented” operations, including sustained law-enforcement patrols, new surveys and the questioning of nearly 200 commercial vessels, according to a…
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Trump Freezes Canada Tariffs at the Last Minute — and Nobody Has Seen the Actual Deal
Trump Freezes Canada Tariffs at the Last Minute — and Nobody Has Seen the Actual Deal President Trump paused a threatened 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods less than two hours before it was set to take effect at midnight Tuesday, citing a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and…
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Zambia’s Hichilema Wins Second Term After Election-Night Arrests and Vote-Count Blackout
Zambia’s Hichilema Wins Second Term After Election-Night Arrests and Vote-Count Blackout Zambia’s Electoral Commission declared incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema the winner of a second five-year term on Tuesday, with 2,965,326 votes (61.4%) to opposition Patriotic Front leader Brian Mundubile’s 1,856,217 votes (about 38%) out of roughly 4.8 million ballots cast. Vote counting had been suspended…
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Trump Threatens to “Bomb the S*** Out of” a U.S. Ally Over a Deal With Iran
Trump Threatens to “Bomb the S*** Out of” a U.S. Ally Over a Deal With Iran President Donald Trump told Fox News in a phone interview Monday that the United States would “bomb the s— out of” Oman if the Gulf sultanate “gets in the way” of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran’s Foreign…