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WAR

Part of the tail section of a North Korean Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missile in Kyiv earlier this year.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
North Korean missiles rain down on Ukraine despite sanctions
The Hwasong missiles found in Ukraine used common commercially available electronic components made by Western nations as recently as last year.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet in Kyiv on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
U.S. and U.K. envoys mull Ukraine’s push for deep strikes into Russia
The visit to Ukraine came as the Biden administration struggles to curtail aid to Russia from Iran, North Korea and China.
A person holds an image of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces, as Palestinians march to honor her in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Death prompts U.S. to demand overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank
Israel's military said the American protester's death was unintentional, and it voiced deep regret.
A Palestinian girl walks near a puddle of wastewater and piles of garbage and debris amid the spread of skin infections in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 5.
WORLD
Sep 11, 2024
Sickness a 'death sentence' in Gaza with a health care system in ruins
"We have no medical system," a general practitioner with the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Gaza said.
Vadim Morus, a Russian professional skater and trainer, practices for his performance in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 19.
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2024
A mini-Russia emerges in Serbia as thousands flee war
Russian-owned clubs, kindergartens and medical practices have sprung up in Belgrade, a city of less than two million people.
Palestinians look at the destruction following Israeli airstrikes in the humanitarian zone known as Mawasi, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Israel offers Hamas leader safe exit from Gaza in a bid to end the war
A senior Israeli official said he put the offer of safe passage on the table for Hamas a day and a half ago but declined to characterize the response so far.
Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference in London on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Russia received missiles from Iran, U.S. says as it piles on sanctions
Russian defense ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract in December with Iranian officials for ballistic missile systems.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu
WORLD
Sep 11, 2024
Top Russian official reports swift advance in Ukraine
Russia said its forces had advanced by 1,000 square kilometers in eastern Ukraine, which ruled out any cease-fire talks with Kyiv.
Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker and former political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza poses during a photo session in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Freed Kremlin opponent urges against 'face-saving exit' from Ukraine for Putin
In an interview in Paris, Vladimir Kara-Murza predicted that he would be able to return to his homeland as the Russian president's "regime" would not last.
While there are similarities between the geopolitical competition involving the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, such as global rivalry and ideological divisions, key differences suggest the situation with China does not constitute a new Cold War.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2024
A new ‘Cold War’ with China might be the best hope for the future
The current situation is often described as "a new great game," a world in which our time and challenges result from the stirring of old empires.
A displaced women stands in front of her tent, which was damaged by an Israeli strike, in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli conducts strike on Gaza tent camp
At least 65 people had been killed or wounded, the enclave's civil emergency service said, as Israel's military said it had targeted a Hamas command center.
A Ukrainian military sapper places red flags next to a part of a Russian cluster bomb while demining a field in the Kherson region of Ukraine on April 4.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024
Cluster bombs have killed or wounded over 1,000 in Ukraine since 2022
Cluster munitions can be dropped from planes or fired from artillery before exploding in midair and scattering bomblets over a wide area.
Former Ukrainian serviceman Yevhenii Korinets and fellow members of the Ukrainian Paralympic sitting volleyball team at a gym in Reshetylivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 7
PARALYMPICS
Sep 10, 2024
Paralympic flame still burns brightly for military veterans
Some professionals have said that para sport is a natural fit for former military operatives.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, on a day of demonstrations and a parliament vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties help approve more funding for war
The vote to add 3.4 billion shekels ($906 million) to the 2024 budget passed by a 58-52 margin, according to the Finance Ministry.
A Palestinian student walks between piles of rubble after attending a class in a tent in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 4.
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2024
Fear of 'lost generation' as Gaza school year begins with classes shut
The Palestinian Education Ministry said all Gaza schools were shut, and 90% of them had been destroyed or damaged in Israel's assault on the territory.
A law enforcement officer stands guard in front of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv on May 15.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Ukraine summons Iranian diplomat as Tehran denies missile transfer to Russia
CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing unidentified sources, that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia.
Firefighters extinguish a car after recent shelling by Ukrainian forces in Belgorod, Russia. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that talks are impossible, Ukraine’s ability to impose costs on Russia could eventually push him toward negotiations. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2024
How to make the most of the Kursk gambit
Both nations are unlikely to achieve total military victory, and the conflict will likely be resolved through negotiations.
While nuclear weapons are difficult to use without catastrophic consequences, Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric aims to frighten Ukraine's allies into halting arms support.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2024
How to read Putin’s next nuclear threat
Historical analogies show that nuclear threats rarely succeed, but Russia’s signals of desperation should not be ignored.
A girl watches the setting sun over Doha, Qatar’s capital, on July 10. Qatar has used its influence with Hamas to press for a truce with Israel.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2024
The road to a Gaza cease-fire runs through Qatar
Throughout the war, Qatar has tried to present itself as an international interlocutor capable of narrowing the gaps between the warring parties.
A view shows a banner informing of the upcoming governor's election in the town of Kurchatov in the Kursk Region of Russia on Aug. 27.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2024
Putin loyalists set to win local elections in war-hit Russian regions
Results of the tightly controlled local elections are already being interpreted in Russia as a vote of confidence in Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine.

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