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No Alternative for Rafah Invasion, Netanyahu Says, as Rift With U.S. Grows

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday brushed aside President Biden’s opposition to a planned ground invasion of the southern Gaza city...

Wednesday Briefing: Hong Kong’s Sweeping New Security Laws

Sweeping security laws deal another blow to Hong KongHong Kong passed national security laws at the behest of Beijing. The legislation, known as...

Article 23: What to know about Hong Kong’s tough new national security laws

Key PointsThe controversial legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special session on Tuesday.The law threatens stringent penalties for a wide...

World War II Loot Found in a Massachusetts Home Is Returned to Okinawa

During the brutal Battle of Okinawa in Japan, in the final months of World War II, a group of American soldiers took residence...

‘Red alert’: Heat records were smashed in 2023, and 2024 is likely to be even hotter

Key PointsThe UN's weather agency says the rise of ocean temperatures is "almost irreversible".Average temperatures have hit the highest level in 174 years...

How Gaza Civilians Have Fared After Israel Has Asked Them to Flee

For many civilians in Gaza, fleeing from Israeli attacks has become a grim cycle. Israeli evacuation orders have prompted more than a million...

U.N. Says Israel May Be Restricting Gaza Aid as a War Tactic

The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Türk, blamed Israel on Tuesday for what he said was the entirely preventable catastrophe of starvation...

Israel’s Military Says Its Forces Are Still at Al-Shifa Hospital

The Al Jazeera news network said that one of its journalists had been detained for 12 hours. It said the journalist, Ismail al-Ghoul,...

Israel’s Spy Chief Returns Home as Cease-Fire Talks Continue in Qatar

The head of Israel’s delegation has returned home from cease-fire talks in Qatar, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, but talks there are...

Paulin Hountondji, Revolutionary African Philosopher, Dies at 81

Paulin Hountondji, a philosopher from Benin whose critique of colonial-era anthropology helped transform African intellectual life, died on Feb. 2 at his home...

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