Venezuela Pres. Maduro told Venezuelan state-owned companies to plan to exploit oil, gas, and minerals in Essequibo - the large swathe of Guyana that Venezuela claims as its own (and held a referendu …

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Gaza Israel said its troops have encircled "Hamas strongholds" in Jabalia (northern Gaza), and satellite imagery confirmed it has also begun a ground invasion of southern Gaza - especially around Kha …

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Gaza The NYT broke news that Israeli officials were warned about Hamas's attack plans over a year before Hamas carried them out, but largely dismissed the warning as imaginative. Meanwhile, Israel ac …

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Gaza Israel and Hamas agreed to add at least one more day to their short-term ceasefire agreement just minutes before it was about to expire.Hamas has now released 97 hostages, including 70 Israelis. …

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Gaza The temporary ceasefire in Gaza continued today with further hostage / prisoner exchanges.The peace may not last much longer: Hamas must be running low on hostages to free, and some analysts thi …

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Gaza Hamas and Israel agreed - via Qatari mediators again - to extend their ceasefire another two days.As part of the extension deal, Hamas will release 10 more hostages and Israel will release 30 mo …

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