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Updated March 17, 2024 - 8:50 PM EDT

Netanyahu OKs Plans for Rafah Ground Invasion

		*Schumer: Netanyahu Is 'Obstacle to Peace,' Calls for Israeli Elections*
		*Dozens Killed in New Israeli Massacre of Palestinians Waiting for Aid*
		*EU: Israel Showed No Evidence for Claims UNRWA Tied to Hamas*

DC Push for TikTok Ban Is Due Over War on Gaza

House Passes Biden-Supported Bill To Ban TikTok

Europe To Arm Ukraine With Seized Russian Funds

		*Macron Again Suggests NATO Troops for Ukraine*
		Scholz: Sending Ukraine Taurus Missiles Would Be 'Irresponsible'

Houthis Vows To Expand Attacks on Israel Shipping

Israel Destroys House in Southern Lebanon, Intercepts Drone

Taiwan Confirms US Troops Are in Kinmen

US Launches Airstrike in Somalia, Claims 3 Killed

Maryland Lawmaker Tries To Block 'Defend the Guard' Bill

Viewpoints

	Mission Creep: Will Pier Become a Beachhead for US in Gaza? by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
	Words vs. Action: A Supplication for Gaza, and Humanity by Ramzy Baroud

	What NATO Country Doesn't Have Troops in Ukraine? by Ted Snider
	How the US Military Stole Japan's Sovereignty by Reiho Takeuchi
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Banning TikTok Will Not Make Americans Safer
by Connor O'Keeffe

Frontline

	Khan Yunis in Rubble: Satellite Images Reveal Widespread Destruction
	EU's Borrell Says US Must Put More Pressure on Israel Over Gaza Aid
	18 Million People Facing Acute Food Insecurity in Sudan: UN

Protesters Swarm NY Post, NY Times Printing Plant, Accuse Times of Manufacturing 'Consent for Genocide'

Ukraine

	Nordic Donors Plan Online Clinic To Treat Ukrainian Children's War Traumas
	EU's Borrell Blasts Pope for Ukraine Comments
	Stoltenberg Says NATO Allies Must Do More as Ukraine Runs Out of Ammunition

Russia

	Kremlin Says Putin Didn't Threaten To Use Nuclear Weapons, US Took Him Out of Context
	US Says No Sign Russia Preparing to Use Nukes in Ukraine
	Russia Will Not Boycott Paris Games, Russian Olympic Chief Says

United Kingdom

	UK Government Targets Muslim Groups With New Definition of Extremism
	Campaign Launched in UK To Stop Paying Tax Over Genocide Complicity
	Russia Accused of Jamming Signals on RAF Plane Carrying UK Defense Secretary Back From Poland
	Britain Tightens Turks and Caicos Security After Haiti Violence

Europe

	Austria Expels Two Diplomats From Russia's Embassy in Vienna Over Spying Allegations
	German Military Is 'Aging and Shrinking': Parliament Report
	EU Parliament Opens a Court Case Over the Decision To Release Funds to Orban's Government in Hungary
	Italy Arms Exports to Israel Continued Despite Block, Minister Says
	US Official Says Kosovo's Ban on Dinar Use May Spark a 'Humanitarian Issue' for Ethnic Serbs
	Spanish Parliament Approves Controversial Amnesty for Catalan Separatists
	Most People Agree NATO Should Protect Their Country. They're Less Sure About Returning the Favor.
	Sweden's First Task in NATO: Defend Key Island on Baltic's Sea Lanes

Somalia

	Hijacked Ship May Have Been Used in Attack Near Somalia, Security Groups Say
	Explosion, Gunfire Heard as Al-Shabaab Says It Attacked a Hotel in Mogadishu
	Somalia Has 99% of $2 Billion Debt Cancelled in Major Boost to Fragile Recovery

Africa

	Sisi Government Freed ISIS Leader Behind Deadliest Attack on Egyptian Civilians
	Algeria Opposition Leader Karim Tabbou Given Six-Month Suspended Sentence
	Nigeria Reopens Borders With Niger
	US Announces Visa Restriction on South Sudanese Impeding Peace

Afghanistan

	UNAMA's Effectiveness 'Limited' So Far: Taliban
	Senators Warn More Visas Are Urgently Needed for Afghans Who Aided the US in the War

Asia

	Pakistan PM Sharif Holds Icebreaker Meeting With Opposition PTI Leader
	Maldives Signed Military Deal With Beijing but May Remain Swing State in China-India Tug of War
	North Korean Leader Boasts Striking Power of New Battle Tank
	Taiwan Joins China Rescue Mission After Boat Capsizes Near Kinmen Islands
	Former Thai Leader Thaksin Makes First Public Appearances After Release From Detention
	US Says To Open Vanuatu Embassy 'Imminently', Warns of China Deals
	Vietnam Urges Respect of International Law as China Draws Gulf of Tonkin Baseline

Gaza

	Egypt Calls on Israel To Open Land Crossings for Gaza Aid
	EU Humanitarian Chief Urges Israel To Boost Land Access to Gaza
	Israel Reportedly Considering Palestinian Authority Spy Chief To Manage Post-War Gaza
	'Death Trap': Israeli Forces Kill Six in New Attack on Gaza Aid Seekers
	Gaza's Displaced Break Their Ramadan Fast With Canned Food in the Rubble
	Israeli Bombing of British Doctors in Gaza May Have Used UK and US Arms, Investigators Find
	US Locks in UN Resolution Backing Efforts To Broker Gaza Truce
	Prominent Gaza Tribes Refuse To Cooperate With Israel for Aid Distribution
	Hamas Urges Palestinians To Break Israel's Siege on Al-Aqsa

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinian Leader Appoints Longtime Adviser as Prime Minister in the Face of Calls for Reform
	US Sanctions Three Israeli West Bank Settlers and Their Outposts for Violence Against Palestinians
	IFCJ Funding 123 Shelters for Israeli Bus Stops Near Lebanon Border
	North Israel Becomes Unnavigable as IDF Scrambles GPS Signals Amid Hezbollah Conflict
	Thousands in Israel Protest for Hostages Release, Conscription of Ultra-Orthodox
	Palestinian President Abbas Appoints Mohammed Mustafa as Prime Minister

Lebanon

	Bou Habib Demands an Integrated Solution for Lebanon To Stabilize the Situation in the South While Meeting With Maronite League
	France DGSE Chief Addresses Border Clashes in Surprise Lebanon Visit
	Lebanese, French Officials Float a Plan To Rebuild Beirut Port Nearly Four Years After Huge Explosion
	Uprooted by Israeli Bombardment, Lebanese Yearn for Home at Ramadan
	Lebanon To File Complaint Against Israel to the UN Security Council
	UN Probe Finds Israel Breached International Law in Killing Reuters Journalist in Lebanon
	Funding Cuts to UN Aid Agency Threaten New Crisis in Lebanon

Iraq

	US Renews Waiver Allowing Iraq To Continue Buying Iranian Electricity
	Around 2,000 Iraqi Families Repatriated From Syria Camp: Official

Middle East

	Iran Denies US Claims on Red Sea Talks
	Yemen Looks To Add Hypersonic Missiles Into Domestic Arsenal: Report
	US Export Credit Agency Approves $500 Million Loan for Bahrain Oil Project

The War at Home

	Services Were Slow To Process COVID Vaccine Exemptions, Watchdog Finds
	Hundreds Block San Francisco Airport Terminal Calling for Permanent Gaza Ceasefire
	TikTok Turns to Creators To Fight Possible Ban
	Nearly 200 Cancer Cases Surface Among Missileers in Air Force Study
	Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Is Putting Together an Investor Group To Buy TikTok
	FBI, CIA Files on Latino Civil Rights Leaders Sought

Haiti

	US Senate Confirms Biden Nominee Hankins to Be Ambassador to Haiti
	A Plan to Find New Leadership for Haiti Is Moving Forward, Caribbean Officials Say
	Fire Erupts Inside Haiti's National Penitentiary After Nearly 4,000 Prisoners Escape