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Updated March 11, 2024 - 9:18 PM EDT

Netanyahu Ignores Biden, Will Attack Rafah

		Biden Says He'll Never Stop Sending Arms for Israel's 'Self-Defense'
		Israel Plans to Keep Gaza Strip Split in Half for a Year

Biden's Gaza Sea Port Will Take Months To Build

		*Air-Dropped Aid Crushes 5 Palestinians to Death in Gaza*
		UN Alleges Israel Tortured Staff to Generate Hamas 'Intel'
		*Israel Rabbi Says Gaza Women, Children Should All Be Killed*
		Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Executing Unarmed Palestinian Man

Israel Ready to Launch Invasion of S. Lebanon

		*Israeli Airstrike on Lebanon Kills Family of Five*
		*Hezbollah Says Strikes Killed Israeli Soldiers on Lebanon Border*

Pope Slammed After Calling for Ukraine Talks

French Defense Chief Won't Rule Out Ukraine Deployment

F-35 Cleared to Carry Nuclear Weapons

Biden Vows to Sign TikTok Ban Into Law

Viewpoints

	Biden's Pier for Gaza Is a Hollow Gesture That Will Accomplish Nothing by Jonathan Cook
	Who Could Have Predicted the US War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon. by Nick Turse

	Four Myths Preventing Peace in Ukraine by Nicolai N. Petro & Ted Snider
	Ukraine Has Received Mega-Billions From US, Other Countries by Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr.
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Israel Lobby Urges US Officials To Justify War With 'Hamas Rape' Claims
by Max Blumenthal

Frontline

	Netanyahu Denies Palestinians Are Starving
	UN: Sudan Facing 'World's Worst Hunger Crisis'
	White House Calls on Haitian Leader to Resign
	Father of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Arrested at State of the Union Address

Israel Strikes Landmark Residential Tower in Southern Rafah

Ukraine/Russia

	UK to Germany: Sending Taurus Missiles Won't Escalate Ukraine War
	Poland's Foreign Minister Says the Presence of NATO Troops in Ukraine Is 'Not Unthinkable'
	France Finds Baltic Allies in Its Spat With Germany Over Ukraine Troop Deployment
	Woman Dies in Ukraine's Shelling of Russia's Kursk, Governor Says
	Ukraine's Zelensky in Turkey, Where Erdogan Is Expected to Press for Negotiations to End Russia War
	French Arms Companies to Manufacture Directly on Ukrainian Soil, Defence Minister Says
	Ukraine Ammunition Drive Raises Enough to Buy First 300,000 Shells, Czech PM Says
	India Says It Uncovers Trafficking Racket Duping People Into Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

United Kingdom

	Tens of Thousands March in London for Gaza Ceasefire in Defiance of Rishi Sunak
	UK 'Terror' Attack Survivors Warn Against Equating Muslims With 'Extremism'

Europe

	Latvia to Strengthen Border Adjacent to Russia, Belarus
	Portugal's Conservatives Win Election as Far-Right Surges
	Two More Individuals Arrested in Move Against Azerbaijan TV Station
	Kosovo OKs Referendums in Four Serb-Majority Municipalities on Whether to Oust Ethnic Albanian Mayors

China

	US Soldier Arrested for Selling Defense Secrets to China
	Beijing Bristles as India Moves 10,000 Soldiers to Guard Border With China
	Xi Issues Hi-Tech Military Call in Push for Integrated Armed Forces
	China Worried as Indian Army Boosts LAC Deployment, Says Move Won't Ease Tensions

Pakistan

	At Least Two Killed in Motorcycle Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar City
	Asif Ali Zardari Elected Pakistan's President for Second Time

Asia

	Kim Jong Un Leads Artillery Firing Drill With Seoul in 'Striking Range'
	US Military Lifts Grounding of V-22 Osprey, Three Months After Fatal Japan Crash
	Hundreds of Tibetans March on New Delhi Streets Asking China to Leave Tibet on Uprising Anniversary

Sudan

	Horror in El-Gezira as RSF Invasion Prompts Widespread Abuse
	Sudan's Military Leader Rejects Ramadan Ceasefire Call

Nigeria

	Gunmen Kidnap Nearly 300 Students in NW Nigeria
	Nigeria School Abductions: More Pupils Snatched as Army Hunts for Missing
	Why Schoolchildren Are Being Abducted in Northern Nigeria Amid the Region's Security Crisis
	A Decade Since the Chibok Abduction, More Than 1,400 Nigerian Students Have Been Kidnapped

Africa

	Ethiopia's Tigray Region Is Now Peaceful, but Extreme Hunger Afflicts Its Children
	Libyan Leaders Agree to Form New Unified Government
	Hundreds of Somalia Soldiers Begin Duties After Training by Turkey

The War at Home

	Pentagon Finds No Evidence of Hidden Alien Technology
	US Passes Deal to Fund Pacific Island Pacts After Delays
	National Guard Helicopter Crashes at Texas-Mexico Border, Killing Three

Venezuela

	Boris Johnson's Secret Flight to Meet Maduro in Venezuela
	Venezuela Arrests Close Ally of Opposition Leader Machado

Gaza

	Hamas Chief Blames Israel for Stalled Ceasefire Talks, Leaves Door Open
	Thousands of Pregnant Women in Gaza Suffer From Malnutrition, Health Authorities Say
	Gaza Death Toll From Malnutrition, Dehydration Rises to 25
	Israel Visa Freeze on Aid Workers Compounds Gaza Woes
	South Africa Urges ICJ for Emergency Order as Famine Looms Over Gaza
	Netanyahu Says at Least 13,000 'Terrorists' Among Palestinians Killed
	US, Jordan Airdrop More Aid to Gaza, US Military Says
	Why Air-Dropping Aid on Gaza Is Doing More Harm Than Good
	Starving Palestinians Prepare for Ramadan Amidst Death and Destruction
	Scores of Palestinians Killed, Wounded - Israel's Genocide in Gaza Continues
	Desperate Palestinians Are Forced to Pay Exorbitant Fees to Enter Egypt
	Gaza Prison Torture by Israel Worse Than Guantanamo: Monitor
	A Deadly Search for Phone Signals in Gaza
	Gaza Aid by Air, Sea Not 'Substitute' for Land Deliveries: UN Coordinator

Israel/Palestine

	'Just Routine': White House Asks Pentagon, State Department for List of Weapons Transfers to Israel
	UK Refuses to Disclose What Israeli Military Planes Landing in Britain Have Onboard
	Israel Denies Targeting Journalists After Report on Lebanon Fire
	Google Fires Employee After Pro-Palestine Protest at Israeli Tech Conference
	Chief Sephardic Rabbi Says Ultra-Orthodox Will Leave Israel if Forced Into Army
	Sweden Resumes Aid to UNRWA
	Sanders: US Putting Conditions on Aid for Israel Would Be 'The Right Thing To Do'

Lebanon

	Lebanese Seek End to Border Battles by Ramadan
	Gulf State Ready to Fund Lebanon-Israel Border Deal: Report
	US Treasury Official Pushes Lebanon to Prevent Flow of Terror Funds to Hamas, Hezbollah

Yemen

	Netherlands Deploys Warships to Support US and EU Red Sea Defense Missions
	US-Led Coalition Shoots Down 15 Drones Fired by Yemen's Houthis in Red Sea

Iraq

	Iraq Repatriates 625 People From Syria Camp
	Two Killed in Iraq Strike Blamed on Turkey

Syria

Deep Mistrust Amid Parties to Syrian Conflict Hinders Progress: Envoy

Haiti

	Haitians Shot Dead in Street and There's No One to Take the Corpses Away
	US Evacuates Staff in Middle-Of-Night; Flies in Marines to Reinforce Embassy in Haiti
	Chaos in Haiti as State of Emergency Extended
	Former Haiti Coup Leader Says He Wants to Be President, Calls for PM to Resign Amid Violent Unrest
	Dominicans Try to Shield Busy Border Market From Haitian Chaos
	CARICOM Leaders to Meet Monday to Discuss Solution to Violence in Haiti
	Why Is Haiti So Chaotic? Leaders Used Street Gangs to Gain Power. Then the Gangs Got Stronger
	Violence Is Battering Haiti's Fragile Economy and Causing Food and Water Shortages

Latin America

	Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez Guilty in US Drug Trafficking Case
	El Salvador Extends Anti-Gang Emergency Decree for 24th Time. It's Now Been in Effect for Two Years