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The Israeli military renewed an offensive there earlier this month, saying it was trying to eliminate a regrouped Hamas…

The Israeli military attacked the Dahiya, a Hezbollah-dominated area south of the Lebanese capital. In Gaza, a Palestin…

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Canada expelled six Indian diplomats after the police said they had evidence that India used intimidation and even murd…

The United States and its allies must work tirelessly, President Biden said, to “ensure that Ukraine prevails and Putin…

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made an urgent plea in Brussels, though it’s unclear to what extent the officia…

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