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Israeli Tanks Advance Deeper Into Gaza City as World Leaders Recognize Palestinian Statehood
Israeli forces pressed further into Gaza City Tuesday, with tanks and armored divisions entering new neighborhoods as explosions and heavy shelling rocked the territory's most densely populated area. The ground assault comes just one day after dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations to formally recognize a Palestinian state, a move Israel has condemned as rewarding Hamas. 
Israeli forces pressed further into Gaza City Tuesday, with tanks and armored divisions entering new neighborhoods as explosions and heavy shelling rocked the territory's most densely populated area. The ground assault comes just one day after dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations to formally recognize a Palestinian state, a move Israel has condemned as rewarding Hamas. -
Poland Warns It Will Shoot Down Russian Aircraft in Clear Airspace Breaches
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday vowed that Poland will shoot down any aircraft that violate its airspace, a warning delivered amid a surge of Russian drone and fighter jet activity along NATO's eastern flank. 
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday vowed that Poland will shoot down any aircraft that violate its airspace, a warning delivered amid a surge of Russian drone and fighter jet activity along NATO's eastern flank. -
UK, Canada, Australia Recognize Palestinian State as Netanyahu Vows Annexation Push
The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia announced Sunday they are formally recognizing a Palestinian state, a coordinated diplomatic step meant to revive hopes for a two-state solution but one that drew sharp rebukes from Israeli leaders and signaled potential escalation in the West Bank. 
The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia announced Sunday they are formally recognizing a Palestinian state, a coordinated diplomatic step meant to revive hopes for a two-state solution but one that drew sharp rebukes from Israeli leaders and signaled potential escalation in the West Bank. -
Russia’s Overnight Barrage Kills Three, Triggers NATO Alerts as Ukraine Hits Oil Refineries
Russia unleashed one of its largest combined drone-and-missile attacks in months across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, prompting air raid sirens from Kyiv to Odesa and triggering allied aircraft deployments in Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said strikes hit nine regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv, targeting infrastructure, residential areas and civilian enterprises. 
Russia unleashed one of its largest combined drone-and-missile attacks in months across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, prompting air raid sirens from Kyiv to Odesa and triggering allied aircraft deployments in Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said strikes hit nine regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv, targeting infrastructure, residential areas and civilian enterprises. -
Britain’s MI6 Chief Says There’s ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ Putin Wants Peace in Ukraine
Britain's top spy said Friday that there is "absolutely no evidence" Russian President Vladimir Putin wants peace in Ukraine, using his final public remarks as head of MI6 to warn that the Kremlin leader is doubling down on a costly war he cannot win. 
Britain's top spy said Friday that there is "absolutely no evidence" Russian President Vladimir Putin wants peace in Ukraine, using his final public remarks as head of MI6 to warn that the Kremlin leader is doubling down on a costly war he cannot win. -
Trump Confirms Push to Regain Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Position Troops Near China
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. is working to reestablish a military presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, signaling the most direct public confirmation yet that his administration is seeking to regain control of the installation nearly four years after the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. 
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. is working to reestablish a military presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, signaling the most direct public confirmation yet that his administration is seeking to regain control of the installation nearly four years after the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. -
Putin Unveils Succession Plan, Calls for Ukraine War Veterans to Be Future Leaders
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that veterans of the war in Ukraine should form the backbone of Russia's next generation of political leadership, signaling a further tightening of Kremlin power around hard-line nationalism and the war effort. 
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that veterans of the war in Ukraine should form the backbone of Russia's next generation of political leadership, signaling a further tightening of Kremlin power around hard-line nationalism and the war effort. -
French Unions Mount Nationwide Strikes, Testing Macron and New PM Lecornu on Budget Cuts
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched across France on Thursday as striking workers, students, and unions mounted a nationwide challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's government over planned austerity measures. The disruption marked the first major political test for newly appointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who faces the task of steering a budget through a deeply divided parliament. 
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched across France on Thursday as striking workers, students, and unions mounted a nationwide challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's government over planned austerity measures. The disruption marked the first major political test for newly appointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who faces the task of steering a budget through a deeply divided parliament. -
EU Pushes to Suspend Trade With Israel, Sanction Far-Right Ministers Amid Gaza Crisis
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed suspending key trade privileges with Israel and imposing sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, citing a breach of human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement and the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. 
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed suspending key trade privileges with Israel and imposing sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, citing a breach of human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement and the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. -
Russia Running 210 ‘Reeducation’ Camps for Abducted Ukrainian Children, Yale Study Finds
Russia is operating a sprawling network of more than 210 facilities where thousands of abducted Ukrainian children are subjected to forced "reeducation" and, in many cases, military training, according to a new report from Yale University's School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab. The findings, published Tuesday, detail what researchers called an "industrial-scale" program of indoctrination, raising allegations of war crimes and intensifying international scrutiny of Moscow's actions. 
Russia is operating a sprawling network of more than 210 facilities where thousands of abducted Ukrainian children are subjected to forced "reeducation" and, in many cases, military training, according to a new report from Yale University's School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab. The findings, published Tuesday, detail what researchers called an "industrial-scale" program of indoctrination, raising allegations of war crimes and intensifying international scrutiny of Moscow's actions.
