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Updated February 10, 2024 - 9:49 PM EST

WH Admits 'Missteps' in Gaza but Won't Alter Policy

Israel Backing Off on Hostage Talks

		*Israel To Attack Rafah, UN Warns of 'Large-Scale Loss of Civilian Life'*
		*1000s at Risk of Death in Khan Younis Hospitals Under Israeli Siege*

Iraq Repeats Call for US Forces to Withdraw

		*US Launches More Rounds of Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen*
		*Hezbollah, Israel Trade Strikes Along Lebanon Border*

Zelensky Removes His Top General Zaluzhny

		*Front-Line Ukrainian Infantry Units Report Acute Shortage of Soldiers*
		*Sweden Closes Nord Stream Investigation, Hands It off to Germany*

Senate Votes To Deliberate on Foreign Military Aid Bill

Allies of Jailed Ex-Leader Khan Win Most Seats in Pakistan

Viewpoints

	US Chooses Genocide Over Diplomacy in the Middle East by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies
	Saudi Arabia: Silencing Critics and Congress by Ben Freeman

	America's Answer Is More Violence by Ted Snider
	The US Toppling of Imran Khan by Jeffrey D. Sachs
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Biden Makes Americans Targets in the Middle East, Then Campaigns on Their Deaths
by Doug Bandow

Frontline

	US Army Spent Billions on a New Helicopter That Now Will Never Fly
	Countries Froze UNRWA Funds Without Seeing Evidence of Israeli Claims
	Five Marines Confirmed Killed in Helicopter Crash in California

Julian Assange's Very Life Is at Stake

Ukraine

	Who Is Ukraine's New Army Chief Appointed by Zelensky?
	US Has Enough Funds for Now To Continue Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16, National Guard Chief Says
	Ukraine's Grip on Avdiivka Is Slipping
	More Than 8,000 Killed During 2022 Mariupol Siege: Human Rights Watch
	Hardened Colombian Fighters Answer Zelensky's Call to Join Depleted Ranks

Russia

	Russia Expanding Munitions Production, Says Norwegian Foreign Minister
	US Imposes Sanctions for Violations of Russia Oil Price Cap
	Zelensky Confirms Prisoner Swap With Russia, With 100 Ukrainians Returned
	Russia's Putin: We Have No Interest in Invading Poland or Latvia

Europe

	EU Rules Out Tucker Carlson Sanctions
	Poland Gets US Greenlight for $1.2 Billion Aerostat, Radar Acquisition
	Finland Extends Russia Border Closure Until April 14 Saying Moscow Hasn't Stopped Sending Migrants
	Poll Observers Say Azerbaijan Presidential Vote Marred by Irregularities

Myanmar

	Amnesty Calls for War Crimes Probe Over Myanmar Military Bombing of Church
	Thailand Says Deliveries of Humanitarian Aid to War-Wracked Myanmar Are Expected to Start Soon

Asia

	India to Replace Military Personnel in Maldives With Civilians After President Demanded They Leave
	'Inherently Undemocratic': Pakistan Suspends Mobile Services on Voting Day

Egypt

	Egypt Releases Three Female Journalists Detained Since 2022
	Rights Group Sees Retaliation as the Motive for Jailing an Egyptian Presidential Challenger

Africa

	Photos: Inside South Sudan's Worsening Refugee Crisis, in Renk and Maban
	Fresh Fighting Erupts Between DR Congo Rebels, Loyalists: Residents
	UN Agencies Seek $4.1 Billion to Help Civilians in Sudan and Refugees Who Fled the Country's 10-Month War
	Tunisia's Press, Civil Society Silent as Ghannouchi Sentenced, Analysts Say

El Salvador

	El Salvador Opposition Warns It May Ask to Nullify Congressional Election Results
	El Salvador Launches Mass Trial for Nearly 500 Accused Gang Leaders

Gaza

	Israel Escalates Rafah Bombardment as US Warns of a 'Disaster'
	'We're Waiting to Be Martyred': Palestinians Await Israeli Attack on Rafah
	Gazans Fled Their Homes. They Have Nowhere to Return To
	Former French President Hollande Calls Gaza Dead 'Collateral Victims'
	At Least 300,000 at Risk From Lack of Food in North, Central Gaza: UN
	Family Says Two American Brothers and Canadian Father Detained in Israeli Raid in Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Blinken Ends Latest Mideast Mission After New Israeli Snub of Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Plan
	Nicaragua Seeks to Join South Africa in World Court Genocide Case Against Israel
	UN Chief Warns Palestinian Aid Agency Cannot Be Replaced
	Progressives in Congress Spoke Up for a Cease-Fire in Gaza. Now They're Breaking Fundraising Records
	Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Students for Pro-Palestinian Parody
	Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Despair at UN Agency Funding Cuts
	Israel Strikes Close to Egypt Border
	Hillary Clinton Says Netanyahu 'Absolutely Needs to Go'
	Blinken Says He Never Intended to Visit Gaza Crossing Amid Reports of Canceled Trip

Lebanon

	Lebanese Officials Say Efforts Intensify to Bring Calm to Lebanon-Israel Border
	Israeli Drone Strikes Car in South Lebanon's Nabatieh During Assassination Attempt
	Israel Could Make Concessions in Lebanon Border Deal With Hezbollah: Report

Yemen

	German Military Frigate Heads Toward Red Sea for a Planned EU Mission to Protect Ships
	Maersk CEO Says Military Operations Can't Guarantee Safety of Ships in Red Sea
	Yemen Aid Groups Say Red Sea Crisis Driving Up Costs

Middle East

	Meta Removes Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei's Instagram Accounts
	40 Militants Killed in Strikes on Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Says
	'Swarm of Suicide Drones' Attacks US Army Base in Syria in Retaliation for Baghdad Airstrike

Haiti

	Photos: Five Killed in Clashes With Police as Protests Rock Haiti
	Haitian PM Calls for Calm as Violent Protests Demand His Resignation

Latin America

	Brazil Police Investigate Ex-President Bolsonaro's Top Aides Over Alleged Coup Plot
	Guatemala to Maintain Taiwan Ties Despite Seeking Greater China Trade