Coming Up This Week Israel and Hamas were supposed to begin negotiations over the second phase of their ceasefire and hostage release deal today in Qatar or Egypt, but those talks appear delayed: Is …

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Gaza Yesterday's hostage / prisoner swap was chaotic: curious Palestinian civilians swarmed the scene, and Israel almost called off the trade. Eventually it went through, but Israel insisted that me …

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DRC Congolese protesters attacked a UN building and the Belgian, French, Ugandan, and U.S. embassies in Kinshasa yesterday. They're angry that their foreign allies failed to stop the Rwanda-backed M23 …

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DRC A spokesman for DRC's government in Kinshasa insisted that Goma "did not completely fall" to M23 rebels yet, despite the rebels' claims that they captured the city on Sunday and now control it.DRC …

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Gaza After a brief delay, Israel's security cabinet met today to discuss the Gaza ceasefire deal, and Prime Minister Netanyahu reported that they will approve the deal.While Netanyahu initially blamed …

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North Korea Pres. Zelensky released a video of a Ukrainian official interrogating the two North Korean soldiers Ukraine captured in Kursk, via a translator.The North Koreans' responses seemed to corro …

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