GazaSecState Blinken said Israel has accepted the U.S.'s "bridging proposal" for a ceasefire deal that Blinken called "probably the best, maybe the last" chance to free Israeli hostages.However, vario …

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Coming Up This Week The U.S. Democratic National Convention starts today and ends Thursday in Chicago.Today is the 105th anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from Britain. The Taliban government …

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Gaza Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said its wartime death toll passed 40,000 yesterday. That grim tally includes both civilians and militants - Hamas doesn't distinguish between them.Palestinian A …

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Ukraine U.S. officials confirmed Ukraine's claims that a small number of Russian soldiers are being shifted from Ukrainian battlefields to defend their homeland against the Ukrainian incursion that s …

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Ukraine and Russia A Ukrainian army spokesman said Russia pulled a "relatively small number" of its units from Zaporizhzhia and Kherson to defend against Ukraine's week-old incursion into Kursk, Russ …

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Russia The acting governor of Kursk told Pres. Putin that invading Ukrainian forces now control 28 towns and villages in the Russian border region, and Russia's defense ministry acknowledged the Ukra …

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