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Updated May 19, 2025 - 9:05 PM EDT

Smotrich: Minimal Aid Will Help Israel Destroy Gaza

		*Israeli Strikes Kill 125 Over 24 Hours Amid Ramped-Up IDF Offensive*
		*US Denies Plan To Send a Million Palestinians to Libya*
		Trump Denies Netanyahu Rift, Says PM 'Fought Bravely'

Witkoff: US 'Cannot Allow' Iranian Enrichment

		Syrian Forces Kill Three ISIS Members in Aleppo Hideout Raid
		Israeli Drone Attacks Lebanon Checkpoint, Wounding Two
		Israel Bombs Major Yemeni Ports

Trump: Ukraine Ceasefire Talks Start 'Immediately'

Ukraine's 47th Brigade Battalion Chief Resigns, Slams Leadership

AFRICOM Won't Share Info on Somalia Casualties

Pope Leo XIV: Remember Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine

Viewpoints

	Trump Said Syria Deserves a Fresh Start' – But US Troops Aren’t Leaving by Nick Turse
	Gaza's Graveyard of Illusions: How Israel's Narrative Collides With Military Failure by Ramzy Baroud

	Can Trump Slip the Grip of the Neocons? by Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr.
	Surprising Developments in the Iran Nuclear Negotiations by Ted Snider
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Israel's New Gaza Operation Should Be Called 'Chariots of Genocide'
by Gideon Levy

Frontline

	NYU Withholds Diploma of Student Who Condemned Israel's Gaza Genocide
	Genocide Scholars Unanimous That Israel Is Committing Genocide
	US Senators Seek To Block Trump's UAE, Qatar Defense Deals

The War at Home

	US Supreme Court Blocks the Trump Administration's Use of Alien Enemies Act
	US Announces First 'Terrorism' Charges for Supporting a Mexican Cartel
	Admiral Investigating Deaths of Three Sailors Assigned to Navy Boot Camp
	Mexican Navy Tall Ship Slams Into Brooklyn Bridge; Two Dead
	Army Takes Steps So Its Birthday Parade Won't Destroy DC Streets
	Trump Military Parade Costs Could Hit $45 Million

The Americas

	America's New Ambassador to Canada Tamps Down Annexation Talk
	An Alleged Smuggler to Colombia's Cartels Had a Secret Ally: The DEA
	Greenland Dangles Rare Earths Partnership With EU as Trump Looms

Sudan

	Sudan's Army and RSF Militia Enter Bone-Breaking Phase in Nyala and Port Sudan
	RSF Shelling Kills 14 in Sudan Displacement Camp
	Shelling Kills 10 in Kadugli as Sudanese Army Claims South Kordofan Advances

Libya

	ICC Says Libya Recognizes Authority of War Crimes, Repression Probe
	Libya's Tripoli Premier Calls on Armed Groups To Align With State
	Libyan Protesters Demand PM Quits as Three Ministers Resign
	Six Killed in Tripoli Clashes After Killing of Militia Leader

Africa

	At Least 13 Reported Killed in Suicide Bomb Blast in Somalia's Mogadishu
	M23 Fighters Expel DR Congo Civilians to Rwanda
	Mali Army Accused of Killing 20 Civilians: Rights Group
	Jihadists Kill Five Multinational Troops in Nigeria Base Raid: Sources
	Hundreds of Rwandans Who Fled to Congo After the 1994 Genocide Return in UN Repatriation

India

	India's Space Agency Suffers Setback as It Fails To Launch Satellite
	Indian Vets To Be Re-Deployed as Security Guards in Kashmir: Govt
	India and US at Odds on Kashmir Truce: Analysts
	Indian Professor Arrested Over Social Media Post on Military Operation Against Pakistan

Asia

	Powerful Blast Kills Four, Injures Several Others in Pakistan
	China To Convert Ground-Launched Artillery Into Gliders To Hit Aerial Targets, Planes

United Kingdom

	Half a Million March to Downing Street To Urge Starmer To Cut Ties With Israel
	UK Middle East Minister Dismissed Gaza Genocide Concerns as 'Obnoxious'
	Former Arsenal Employee Sues for Wrongful Dismissal Over Pro-Palestine Posts

Europe

	Surprise Defense Spending Pledge Splits German Coalition
	Pro-EU Candidate Wins Romanian Presidential Election Rerun
	Estonian Firm To Build Drone Plant With Daily Capacity of 2,000

Gaza

	All Hospitals in Northern Gaza 'Out of Service' as Netanyahu Hints at End to Fighting
	Five Palestinian Journalists Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza
	Israel Attacked 68 Aid Supply Centers in Gaza: Media Office
	Microsoft Admits Supplying AI to Israel Amid Gaza Carnage
	Hamas Says Witkoff Personally Promised To Lift Gaza Blockade in Exchange for Edan Alexander
	'Are We Just an Investment Project?' Anger and Disappointment in Gaza as Trump's Visit to the Gulf Comes to a Close
	Bernie Sanders: Democrats 'Not Speaking Up' on Gaza Due to Fear of Pro-Israel Lobby
	British Doctor Releases Footage of Aftermath of Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital
	Here in Gaza, Babies Are Skin and Bone. I Fear Mine Will Be Too
	Israel Says It Likely Killed Slain Hamas Chief's Brother
	Gaza Children Sent Back to War Zone After Jordan Rejects Stay
	UNRWA Chief Says Over 300 Staff Members Killed in Israeli Attacks in Gaza
	'Elderly Child': Trauma of Israeli Bombing Turns Gaza Girl's Hair Grey
	Photos: Thousands of Palestinians Flee North Gaza Amid Intensified Israeli Attacks
	Arab League Calls for Funds To Rebuild Gaza at Summit in Baghdad

Israel/Palestine

	Photos: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Rally Around the World to Mark 'Nakba Day'
	Israeli Forces Have Demolished 600 Palestinian Houses in Jenin Since January Offensive
	BBC Accused of Censorship Over Gaza Medics Documentary Delay
	Israeli Army Continues West Bank Raid as Settlers Attack Homes and Burn Vehicles
	US Reporter Detained by Israeli Troops for Filming Settler March
	Arab Leaders Press for End to Gaza 'Bloodshed' at Baghdad Summit
	'It's Humiliating That the Key to Freeing Israeli Hostages Has Always Been in the White House, Not Jerusalem'
	Protesters Across Israel Demand Hostage Deal as IDF Launches New Offensive

Turkey

	Erdogan Sees End in Sight for US Sanctions on Turkish Defense Sector
	Turkey Calls for Immediate Halt to Israeli Ground Offensive in Gaza
	Turkey-PKK Clashes Pause in Iraq
	Ocalan Urges Restoring Kurdish-Turkish 'Brotherhood' After PKK Disbandment Decision

Middle East

	Saudi Airline Restarts Hajj Flights With Iran for First Time Since 2015
	Iraq's First Filmmaker in Cannes Says Sanctions No Piece of Cake
	UN Scales Back Aid Goals in Yemen and Somalia
	Iran Sentences Three to Death Over Shi'ite Shrine Attacks
	Jordan Blocks Access to Middle East Eye After Investigation on Gaza Aid Drops
	Fears for Syria's Palestinians After US Calls for 'Deportations'