Middle East Hamas's political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, called on Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem to defy Israeli restrictions around the Al Aqsa mosque (which were put in place after previ …

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Gaza Hamas spoiled Pres. Biden's optimism that a ceasefire deal with Israel could be signed within the next week. Some reports claimed Hamas officials said they hadn't seen any formal proposals from …

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Middle East It sounds like Israel and Hamas are close to a temporary ceasefire deal after both relented on concessions they'd previously refused to consider. Pres. Biden said he's hopeful a deal wi …

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Coming Up This WeekBelarus voted in parliamentary and local elections yesterday, but that's hardly news since an opposition boycott already determined the outcome in favor of candidates allied with Pr …

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Ukraine The NYT commemorated the second anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine with an interview of its longtime correspondent there, who assessed that this is "probably the most precarious p …

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Russia Spanish intelligence corroborated early suspicions that Moscow orchestrated last week's assassination in Alicante of a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine and then moved to Spain. It would b …

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