Syria Syrian government soldiers exchanged fire with Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo yesterday, but the clashes quickly subsided with a ceasefire that Kurdish lead …

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Gaza It sounds like the first day of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas went well yesterday. Delegates are discussing details of Pres. Trump's 20-point peace proposal - which both sides …

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Coming up this week Nobel Prizes will be announced from today to next Monday, with one of the six prizes announced each weekday. Today's announcement awarded the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to t …

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Gaza Hamas still hasn't formally responded to the ceasefire proposal it received Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu approved it. Pres. Trump had initially said Hamas would have "three or …

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Russia The Kremlin warned European leaders against approving a proposal to essentially advance Ukraine €140 billion ($156 billion) in future reparations funding backed by frozen Russian as …

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U.S. The U.S. government shut down at midnight this morning after Congressional Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a stopgap spending bill. An estimated 750,000 federal employees will …

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