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First LookIsrael conducts airstrikes against Iranian military targetsIsrael launched missile strikes against Iranian targets in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Tel Aviv earlier this month. Iran said the strikes caused only “limited damage.”
Under deadly Israeli siege, north Gaza residents face terrifying ultimatumWhere can one find safety in war? That has been an especially agonizing question for Palestinians in Gaza, ordered to and fro by Israel for more than a year. With death everywhere, one community after another has been reduced to rubble.
How a Sudanese refugee in Uganda is keeping his homeland alive through foodA Sudanese refugee in Uganda is using food to preserve his community’s ties to the country it fled.
She fled war in Sudan. Now she grapples with returning.Sudan’s civil war has generated one of the world’s worst displacement crises. Here’s what that’s like for one family living through it.
At BRICS summit, Russia tries to build a world without the USRussia has long aspired to use the BRICS bloc of countries to circumvent the U.S.-dominated global economic system. The group’s latest meeting shows how much progress Russia has made – and how other BRICS members keep that goal from being fully realized.
Netanyahu has high hopes of Trump. Might he be mistaken?Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu hopes Donald Trump will win the U.S. presidency. But Mr. Trump might well be just as demanding as his predecessor.
First LookA terrorist attack in Turkey drew global condemnation. Then, Turkey struck back.The strike came days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested parole for the PKK’s imprisoned leader and hours after a terrorist attack in Ankara. Turkey regularly conducts airstrikes against the PKK, who have power bases in Iraq and Syria.
Is an Israel-Hamas cease-fire possible? Pressures mount on Netanyahu.Benjamin Netanyahu initially described Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death as “the beginning of the end” to the war in Gaza. But are there any indications that pressures for a cease-fire will bear fruit?
Points of ProgressCaregivers needed: For children, trees, land, and riversProgress roundup: For half the children in New Mexico, child care is free. In Australia, Indigenous nations win rights to an area the size of Indiana.
‘They are our people’: How community kitchens are piecing Sudan back togetherCommunity-based aid groups are acting as pivotal first responders in the humanitarian crisis generated by Sudan’s civil war.
Europe is trying to cut back migration. Can it find a legal way to do it?European countries such as Italy are trying to reduce immigration by moving asylum-seekers’ processing offshore – in Italy’s case, to Albania. But while the approach is increasingly popular, its legality remains suspect.
First LookPeru’s former president accepted $35 million in bribes. Now he will serve 20 years.Peru’s national court sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years for accepting $35 million in bribes from a Brazilian construction company. He will spend it at a prison outside Lima built specifically for former Peruvian presidents.
Difference MakerMany Nigerian girls have been forced to leave school. Mentors help them return.The Stand With a Girl Education Project’s “safe space” curriculum is “girl-centered, emphasizing life skills, numeracy, and literacy,” its founder says.
In Gaza or Ukraine, peace can look impossible. Here, there’s hope.Geneva Peace Week hosts people from around the world who aren’t just hoping for peace, but creating it. Their stories point to what’s possible.
China’s latest drills highlight key strategy to annex Taiwan: BlockadeChina’s military is practicing putting a choke hold on Taiwan – a strategy that defense experts increasingly believe could be an effective alternative to a full-scale invasion.
As Israel pounds Lebanon, Gazans empathize, yet feel forgottenGazans know what Lebanon is going through, as Israel attacks Hezbollah and as civilians are killed or forced from their homes. But they worry the world’s attention has been diverted.
First LookFetullah Gulen, a controversial Turkish cleric, remembered for failed coup attemptFetullah Gulen, an exiled cleric who died in the United States, was head of a Turkish movement its followers say spreads moderate Islam and Western-style ideas. Formerly an ally of Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, he was later accused of a failed coup attempt.
First LookExtended power outage sparked protests in Cuba. Then Hurricane Oscar made landfall.“We haven’t had electricity for three nights,” said one Cuban protestor, amid widespread blackouts. Authorities said the outage stemmed from increased demand but residents say this is just the latest issue in a series of problems with electricity.
A journalist recounts his daughter’s miraculous birth in war-torn SudanA journalist recounts the experience of his daughter’s birth in Sudan amid the country’s brutal civil war.
First LookDrone targeted house of Israeli prime minister, as IDF bombards GazaHezbollah didn't claim responsibility for the drone attack, which inflicted no casualties, but said it carried out several rocket attacks on Israel. Israel carried out at least 10 airstrikes on southern Beirut suburbs that are home to Hezbollah’s offices.
