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Updated February 20, 2024 - 9:01 PM EST

US Vetoes Another Gaza Ceasefire Measure at UNSC

		*Netanyahu: I Have Blocked a Palestinian State 'For Decades'*
		*Gantz: Israel Will Launch Assault on Rafah by Ramadan*
		*US Drafts Own Gaza UN Measure After Threatening to Veto Ceasefire*

Houthis Shoot Down US Drone, Hit British Ship

		*Israel Carries Out Strikes Near Major Lebanese City of Sidon*
		*Iraq Militias Stopped Attacks on US Forces at Request of Iran General*

Israel To Limit Al-Aqsa Entry During Ramadan

ICJ Begins Historic Hearings on Israel's Occupation of Palestine

WATCH: Live Stream at Assange Courthouse

		*Assange's Wife Warns He Will Die if Extradited to US*
		*Julian Assange Judge Previously Acted for MI6*

US Develops Naval Drone Swarms for War With China

Viewpoints

	Fake Threats, Fake News, Fake Panic by Edward Lozansky
	Russia Hawks Missed the Point of Tucker's Putin Interview by W. James Antle III

	Russia: Why Navalny, and What's Next? by Thomas Knapp
	Julian Assange's Final Appeal by Chris Hedges
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

For Biden, Ending Israel's Mass Murder in Gaza
Is a 'Non-Starter'
by Aaron Maté

Frontline

	The Pentagon Is Missing Comprehensive War-Crime Reports
	8-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Starves to Death in Gaza City
	ADL Pushed Record Company To Drop Roger Waters

Bethlehem's 5,000-Year-Old Olive Tree Threatened by Israeli Settlements

Ukraine

	Ukraine Says Russia Attacking With 'Heavy Fire' in South
	'There's Only Plan A': Defense Leaders Fear Failure in Ukraine
	Czech Republic Proposes 800,000 Artillery Rounds for Ukraine Soon
	Germany's Rheinmetall to Produce Munitions in Ukraine
	Canada To Donate Over 800 Drones to Ukraine for Defense
	Ukraine Seeking Action To Stop Russian Use of Starlink, Minister Says
	Why Is Japan Hosting a Conference for Ukraine Reconstruction When It's Still at War?

Russia

	Russian Pilot Who Defected to Ukraine Shot Dead in Spain
	Russia Says Ukraine Poisoned Governors of Two Annexed Ukrainian Provinces

Europe

	Britain: New Labour MP Is Married to Former Israeli Spy Recruiter
	Danish-Bahraini Activist Calls for Father's Release and Gaza Ceasefire After Cancer Diagnosis
	EU Launches Mission to Protect Ships in Red Sea From Houthis. It Won't Partake in Military Strikes
	Greek Anarchists Claim Responsibility for Unexploded Bomb at Thessaloniki Court
	Canada Invests $200 Million in New Air Defense Systems for Troops in Latvia

Pakistan

	Pakistan's Imran Khan-Backed Candidates to Join Sunni Party: Interim Party Chief
	Pakistan's Majority Parties Struggle to Form Coalition Government

China

	China Urges US to 'Stop Harassing' Its Students at the Border 'For No Reason'
	'China Has a Lot More To Lose': US Considering Sanctioning Chinese Firms Aiding Russia's War

Asia

	Taliban Set Unacceptable Conditions for Attending a UN Meeting, Says UN Secretary-General
	India's Projects in Maldives Gain Pace, Despite Strained Security Ties
	Philippine Troops Clash With Muslim Militants in a Gunbattle That Has Left at Least Eight Dead

Papua New Guinea

	Tribal Bloodshed Shines Spotlight on Strategically Vital Papua New Guinea's Domestic Security Issues
	At Least 64 Killed in 'Largest' Tribal Clashes in Papua New Guinea

Mexico

	Mexican Army Kills 12 Gunmen in Shootout Near Texas Border
	Pictures: Mexicans Rally to 'Protect Democracy' Ahead of Elections

Latin America

	Colombia's ELN Would Respond With Force To Any Break in Ceasefire, Says Leader
	Haiti Judge Charges Widow, Ex-PM Over President's Assassination

Gaza

	Israeli Soldiers Fire at Palestinians Approaching Aid Trucks in Gaza
	Gaza Health Ministry Says Over 29,000 Palestinians Have Been Killed in Israel-Hamas War
	Fourteen Patients Evacuated From Gaza Hospital as Israeli Raid Continues
	26 EU Countries Warn Israel Against 'Catastrophic' Rafah Offensive

Palestine/Israel

	Qatar Criticizes Israel's Netanyahu Over Hamas Comments, Accuses PM of Seeking To Prolong War
	Israel Assembly Falls Short in Vote To Expel Lawmaker Over Genocide Case
	Pelosi Says US Weapons Not Connected to Recent Israeli Brutality
	The Extremists Driving Netanyahu's Approach to War With Hamas
	Palestinian Diplomat Accuses Israel of Apartheid, Asks UN Court to Declare Its Occupation Illegal
	Israel's War-Battered Economy Plunged Almost 20%, Marking Sharpest Contraction Since Pandemic
	Yemen's Houthis Blamed for Israeli EL AL 'Cyberhijack'
	Experts Downplay Attempt To Electronically 'Hijack' EL AL Flight
	UN Experts Warn of Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Women, Girls
	'If This Is Not Apartheid, What Is?' Palestine Tells Top UN Court Israel's Occupation Is Illegal
	Cars Torched in Palestinian Town of Huwara in Suspected Settler Hate Crime

Middle East

	US Navy's Battle Against Yemen 'Largest Since WWII'
	Iran Unveils Air Defense Systems as Middle East Tensions Soar
	Iraq Weekly Roundup: 20 Killed

DR Congo

	Rwanda Rejects US Calls for Withdrawal of Missiles and Troops From DR Congo
	What's Happening in DR Congo and Why Aid Groups Are Warning of a New Humanitarian Crisis
	CODECO Rebel Attack Kills 15 People in Eastern DR Congo

Africa

	Egypt Warns Against Israeli Attack on Rafah, Denounces Hamas
	At Least 10 Killed in Libya Attack, UN Demands Investigation
	Guinea Junta Temporarily Dissolves Govt, Presidency Says
	Niger Defaults on Debt Payments Again as Post-Coup Woes Pile
	'This Hunger Is Too Much': Nigerians Protest Economic Hardship
	Tunisia Opposition Leader Rached Ghannouchi Starts Hunger Strike in Jail