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What is the NATO military alliance and how is it helping Ukraine?

President Joe Biden and his Western counterparts are meeting in Washington this week to mark the 75th anniversary of NATO.

Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages 9 months into war in Gaza

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire in Gaza after dropping key demand, officials say

Gaza soccer stadium is now a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians

The Latest | Hamas says ‘positive response’ from mediators to its cease-fire amendments

Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as they mark nine months since start of Gaza war

Demonstrations called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and urged a cease-fire that could bring back hostages still being held by Hamas militants. Sunday’s “Day of Disruption” started at 6:29 AM, the moment that militants launched the first rockets toward Israel on October 7. (AP Video by Ami Bentov and Shlomo Mor)

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Israel invites reporters into Rafah for first visit by international media since city was invaded

Funeral for volunteer British combat medic Peter Fouche held in Kyiv following death in east Ukraine

Baby among a dozen Palestinians dead after latest Israeli bombardment on central Gaza

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Mali’s army and Russian mercenaries accused of killing dozens of civilians in Kidal region

Civil society groups and community members in northern Mali say that Malian soldiers and mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group have killed dozens of civilians during a military operation in the Kidal region.

Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war

New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war.

Israeli strikes kill 6 in Gaza, including kids and UN worker, as truce talks show signs of progress

Separate Israeli airstrikes have killed at least six people in central Gaza, including two children at a home and at least one person wearing a United Nations uniform.

Israel weighs Hamas’ latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

Israel’s Cabinet is set to convene to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza.

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it’s launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders.

Life and death in Gaza’s ‘safe zone’ where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning

Palestinian hospital authorities and witnesses say an Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building right next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.

Israeli strike kills another senior Hezbollah commander as diplomats scramble for calm in Lebanon

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions continue to boil.

Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire

The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says the only definite path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza.

R. Sampanthan, face of the Tamil minority’s campaign for autonomy after Sri Lanka’s civil war, dies

Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, an ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker who became the face of the minority group’s campaign for autonomy in Sri Lanka after the end of a brutal quarter-century civil war, has died.

Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people

Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops have carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding five other people.

Looting and fighting reported in a central Sudan city as paramilitary group attacks military troops

Residents say fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group have looted homes and shops and taken over the main hospital in a central city, forcing tens of thousands to flee.

US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp has entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East.

UN Security Council demands Iran-backed Yemen rebels halt their attacks on ships in Mideast waters

The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that disruptions to maritime security be addressed, without mentioning the link between the Iran-backed rebels and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

International experts have portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan by warning in a report that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals.

The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad

Families bid a tearful goodbye to over a dozen critically ill children who left Gaza for treatment abroad.

Poles seek safety in gold investments during troubled times across their eastern borders

Russia’s war against Ukraine has led many people in neighboring Poland to invest in gold. While the war is far to the east, gold investors feel the precious metal offers them safety at a time of instability.

Analysis: No matter who wins Iran’s presidential election, much may hinge on the ‘Great Satan’ US

Iran’s presidential election comes after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on the militants in the Gaza Strip, which only added jet fuel to a fire now threatening to burn nearly every corner of the wider Middle East.

In a Kyiv market, Ukrainians take heart from team’s inspiring play at Euro 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has paid tribute to his country’s soccer team as they ended their European Championship run with a 0-0 draw against Belgium.

Independent UN experts accuse Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as weapon

Human rights experts working for the United Nations have accused Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as a war weapon, amid mounting warnings about imminent famine in the African nation.

The Latest | Iran-allied militants claim an attack targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat

An Iranian-backed umbrella group known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed an attack targeting the southern Israeli port city of Eilat.

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

The United Nations’ food agency has strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine.

The Latest | UN tells Israel it will pause aid work in Gaza without better safety, UN officials say

The United Nations has told Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers.

What is Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group that could go to all-out war against Israel?

Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are threatening all-out war. The United States and the international community are lobbying for calm and hoping for a diplomatic solution because Israel faces a much more formidable foe in Lebanon than it did with Hamas in Gaza.

With another setback for cease-fire talks, worries of full-scale war for Israel and Lebanon escalate

The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border.

The Latest | Netanyahu says he will only accept a partial cease-fire deal that would not end the war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will only accept a partial cease-fire deal that would not end the 8-month-long war in Gaza, casting doubt on the viability of a U.S. backed cease-fire proposal.

Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal

The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza has been cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war.

Netanyahu says Israel is winding down its Gaza operations. But he warns a Lebanon war could be next

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the current phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza is winding down.

Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel

Iran-backed groups in the Middle East say thousands of their fighters are offering to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel.

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says

The U.N.'s food agency says families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have received an emergency increase in food aid that is needed to help avert looming famine.