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Hezbollah Says a Commander Was Killed in a Strike in Southern Lebanon
Hezbollah said on Monday that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Lebanon, adding to concerns about a wider regional war as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza. In a statement, Hezbollah identified the commander as Wissam Hassan Al ...
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Blinken Discusses Gaza Aid With Emirati Ruler
Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, met on Monday in Abu Dhabi with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of the United Arab Emirates, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the need to prevent the Israel-Gaza war from ...
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Arno J. Mayer, Unorthodox Historian of Europe’s Crises, Dies at 97
A Jewish refugee from the Nazis, he argued that World War I, World War II and the Holocaust were all part of a “second Thirty Years’ War.”
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As Pressure Mounts, Israeli Minister Proposes Plan for Postwar Gaza
The plan exposed divisions in Israel’s war cabinet as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken returned to the Middle East on Friday in an effort to ease escalating tensions.
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Want to Understand 2024? Look at 1948.
Americans were angry with Truman because of high prices in the aftermath of World War II, even as other economic signals looked promising.
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A Trophy in Ruins: Evidence Grows That Russia Controls Marinka
Ukraine said it was defending territory behind the eastern frontline town. Its capture would be Russia’s most significant territorial advance in Ukraine in more than six months.
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Attacks Heighten Fears of a Wider War for the Middle East and U.S.
The killing of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon and mysterious twin explosions in Iran heighten fears of a regional war that could draw in the United States.
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Hezbollah’s Leader Pledges Revenge for Killing of a Hamas Leader in Beirut
Just 24 hours before he took to the podium on Wednesday, Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah, was preparing to deliver a speech commemorating another of Israel’s former arch foes, Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian ...
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Russia and Ukraine Exchange Record Number of P.O.W.s
The exchange of prisoners was the first in months and came as both sides were engaged in an escalating cycle of air assaults.
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The Twin Fronts in the Battle Over Israel’s Identity
The decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to reject legislative control over the judiciary ends for now the languishing effort by the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu to diminish the courts, which had already sparked nine months of protests ...