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Updated February 18, 2024 - 8:42 PM EST

IDF Says Hamas Will Not Be Defeated in Gaza War

Egypt Builds Camp for Palestinians on Gaza Border

		*US 'To Send Weapons to Israel' While Pushing for Ceasefire*
		*After Call With Biden, Netanyahu Rejects 'International Dictates'*
		*Israel Killed 75% of Journalists in War Zones Last Year*
		*Israeli Forces Storm Besieged Gaza Hospital*

Report: Israel Behind Attacks on Pipelines in Iran

		*US Cyberattack on Alleged Iranian Spy Ship*
		*Hezbollah Fires Rockets at N. Israel After Deadliest Day of Strikes*

House OKs Bill Prohibiting Normalizing With Syria

House Disclosed 'Threat' to Get Ukraine Aid Passed

US Launches Airstrike in Somalia

Biden White House: FISA Good, Warrants Bad

Amnesty Says Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange

Viewpoints

	The Unrepentant West: The Right To Commit Genocide in Gaza by Ramzy Baroud
	A Principled Libertarian Stance Amidst Israel's Mass Slaughter in Gaza by Kym Robinson

	Bombing Muslims for Peace by William J. Astore
	An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantanamo by John Kiriakou
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Seizing Russian Assets:
Feel-Good Bill That Will Absolutely Boomerang
by Sen. Rand Paul

Frontline

	IDF Let Israeli Civilians Film Torture of Palestinian Detainees: Report
	China Slams Deaths of Two Chinese Fishermen After Taiwan Coastguard Chase

Egypt Building Walled Camp in Sinai Desert to Absorb Gaza Refugees

Ukraine

	European Coalition to Rush First-Person-View Drones to Ukraine
	Ukraine Says It Is Withdrawing Some Troops in Avdiivka to More Secure Positions
	Ukraine Needs $486 Billion to Recover, Rebuild After Nearly Two Years of War: World Bank
	NATO Chief Warns US Aid Delay Harming Ukraine's Battle Against Russia

Russia

	Russia Seen as Highly Unlikely To Put a Nuclear Warhead in Space
	Six People Are Killed, 18 Injured by a Missile Strike in the Russian City of Belgorod

United Kingdom

	In a London Borough Home to Many Muslims, Labour Loses Appeal Over Gaza
	UK Economy Slips Into Recession, Official Data Shows

Europe

	Ursula Von Der Leyen Calls on EU To Subsidize Defense Production
	EU Not Interested in Extending Russian Gas Transit Deal Via Ukraine
	Ireland and Spain Demand EU Reviews Israel Trade Deal Over Rights Obligations
	US OKs Potential Sale of Missiles and Bombs to Italy: Pentagon
	Canadian NATO Troops in Latvia Get Air-Defense, Anti-Tank Upgrades

Pakistan

	Imran Khan Was Dethroned at General's Behest: JUI-F Party Chief
	Ex-Pakistan Premier Imran Khan Nominates Omar Ayub as PM Candidate: Aide
	US Concerned About Reports of Intimidation, Voter Suppression in Pakistan Election

India

	India's Supreme Court Scraps Electoral Bonds, Calls Them 'Unconstitutional'
	What Are India's Electoral Bonds, the Secret Donations Powering Modi's Political Party?

Asia

	Australian Defense Industry Concern Grows Over US-Style Export Controls
	Panic in Kashmir as Police Survey Seeks Personal Details, Links With Alleged Rebels
	Palau's President Raises Threat of Pivot to Beijing if US Funds Are Delayed Further
	Anxious About US Funding Delay, Pacific Island Nations Warn About China
	South Korea Says Opening Diplomatic Relations With Cuba Would Shock North Korea
	Philippines Arrests Suspect on US Terror Watchlist

The War at Home

	Nearly Half of Voters Think It's Likely Biden Will Be Replaced as Nominee, a New Poll Shows
	Foreign Aid Bill Resurfaces House Democrats' Israel Tensions
	US Navy to Establish Second Surface Drone Unit This Spring
	Lockheed Vows Steady F-35 Production Despite Pentagon Order Cut
	SpaceX Launches Private Odysseus Lander as US Shoots for Moon
	Trouble at US Space Force as Multibillion-Dollar Program Canceled
	SpaceX Launches Military Satellites Tuned To Track Hypersonic Missiles

Gaza

	Wartime Medicine Shortage Deepens Gazan Suffering
	Exodus From Rafah as Israel Ramps Up Strikes on South Gaza
	Gaza Post-War Reconstruction Estimated at $20 Billion: UN Trade Body
	Gaza Doctors Measure Children for Malnutrition
	China Demands Israel Halt Military Operations in Rafah
	Blinken Says Gaza Hostage Deal Still Possible but 'Very Hard' Issues Remain
	Israel Asks World Court To Reject Request for Rafah Emergency Orders
	World Leaders Warn Israel Against 'Catastrophic' Rafah Ground Offensive
	Energy Firms Face Legal Threat Over Israeli Licences to Drill for Gas Off Gaza
	Israel Complains After Vatican Denounces 'Carnage' and Disproportionate Response in Gaza
	Israel Lays Siege to Gaza Hospital as Rafah Stares Death in the Face

Israel/Palestine

	Will Israel Release Marwan Barghouti, the 'Palestinian Mandela'?
	Marwan Barghouti Transferred to Solitary Confinement
	US Sanctions on Israeli Settlers Are 'Not Enough' and Merely 'Symbolic', Says Expert
	Israel Mulls Palestinian Military Conscription
	Biden and Bibi Discuss Gaza Hostage Talks, Rafah and Aid in Their 2nd Call This Week
	Which Countries Have Stopped Supplying Arms to Israel?
	US Investigators Visit Homes of Two Palestinian-American Teens Killed in the West Bank
	Ireland To Give UNRWA 20 Million Euros After Key Donors Suspend Aid

Middle East

	Kuwait Dissolves Its Parliament Again Amid Years of Political Gridlock in Oil-Rich Nation
	Photos: Israeli Air Strikes Kill 10 Civilians in Southern Lebanon

Africa

	DR Congo Rebel Attacks on Gold Mine and South African Soldiers Kill 14
	Wars, Disintegration of Regional Blocs Top Agenda at 37th African Union Summit
	Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Discuss New Confederation
	Ethiopia Rejects Allegations Its Forces Massacred Civilians as the West Urges an Investigation
	Senegal Court Rules Government's Postponement of Feb. 25 Presidential Vote Was Illegal
	Nigeria Mulls State Policing To Combat Growing Insecurity

Haiti

	Haiti Gang Wars Block Aid Routes for Most Vulnerable, UN Agency Says
	Haiti Says It Is Working on an Agreement With Kenya To Secure a Long-Awaited Police Deployment

Latin America

	Ecuador President Noboa Ratifies Military Cooperation Agreements With US
	Venezuela Orders UN Human Rights Office to Close, Accusing It of Anti-Government Activity