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Updated March 20, 2024 - 9:16 PM EDT

Report: DoJ Considering Plea Deal for Assange

Biden Tells Netanyahu He Won't Undermine Him

		*Blinken Blames Starvation of Palestinians in Gaza On Hamas*
		*Biden Knew Israel Was Bombing Civilian Targets in October*

Civilians Trapped as Israel Besieges Hospital

		*US Claims It Hasn't Seen Reports of Israel Torturing UNRWA Staff*
		*Jared Kushner: Gaza's 'Waterfront Property Could Be Very Valuable'*

US Strikes Yemen's Red Sea Port of Hodeidah

		*Hezbollah Injures Two Israeli Soldiers in Rocket Attack*
		*Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria for Second Time This Week*

Russia To Evacuate Children From Belgorod

Austin Doubles Down on Military Aid for Israel and Ukraine

NATO Chief Praises Turkey's Military Support for Azerbaijan

US Looking To Stay in Niger Despite Order To Leave

Viewpoints

	Biden's State of the Union Address Exposed by US Intelligence Threat Assessment by Roger D. Harris
	Culture Warriors Spread Disinfo on 'Haitian Cannibals' by Patrick Macfarlane

	Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll by Priti Gulati Cox & Stan Cox
	The TikTok Totalitarians by Daniel McAdams
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Does Putin Want to End the War? We Should Test Him
by Branko Marcetic

Frontline

	Palestinians Are Being Forced To Eat Grass – Here's What It Does
	Ben-Gvir, Smotrich Threaten To Quit Govt Over Gaza Prisoner Deal
	US State Dept OKs Potential Sale of Abrams Tanks to Bahrain, Pentagon Says

French Lawmakers To Probe
Polynesia Nuclear Tests

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Promises To Defend Oil Infrastructure With Missiles
	Finland Donated Military Vessels to Ukraine
	EU's Von Der Leyen Dilutes Plan To Use Russian Assets To Buy Ukraine Arms

Europe

	Armenia's PM Warns Azerbaijan Could Start War Over Disputed Border Villages
	Moldova Expels Russian Diplomat Over Polling Stations in Transnistria
	Europe's Soldiers Keep Quitting, Just When NATO Needs Them
	German Soldier Charged With Russia Spying
	US Envoy Travels to Montenegro to Support Its EU Bid
	Liberal Democrat's Layla Moran Calls for Sanctions on 'Insidious' Israeli Settler Movement

Afghanistan

	Top Former US Generals Say Failures of Biden Administration in Planning Drove Chaotic Fall of Kabul
	Australia Slammed for Afghanistan Cricket Snub Over 'Rights for Women'

China

	China Blasts US Declaration of 'Ironclad' Alliance With Philippines
	China Has Drawn Its Territorial Line in the Gulf of Tonkin. Is the South China Sea Next?

Asia

	UN 'Alarmed' by Reports of Civilian Casualties in Myanmar Air Attacks
	'Cousins at War': Pakistan-Afghan Ties Strained After Cross-Border Attacks
	India-Friendly Bhutan Walks Tightrope as It Seeks to End Border Row With China
	US Officials Say Pact With Strategically Key Pacific Island Nations Underscores American Commitment

Somalia

	Turkish Airstrike Kills 20 Civilians, Including Children, in Somalia's Lower Shabelle Region
	Somalia Says Operation Against Al-Shabab Killed Nearly 40 Militants

Africa

	UN Reports 35 Percent Increase in People Affected by South Sudan Violence
	Sudan Declares Force Majeure on South Sudan's Oil Exports Due to War
	Tunisia Closes Crossing With Libya Amid Border Clashes

The War at Home

	US Aims To Restock Strategic Oil Reserves by Year-End
	Trump Says Jews Who Vote for Democrats 'Hate Israel' and Their Religion
	US Army Seeks $2.4 Billion To Improve Soldiers' Living Conditions

Gaza

	Impossible To Move Gazans From Rafah as Invasion Looms: HRW
	What Is Famine and Why Did the UN Declare It Imminent in Gaza?
	Drone Footage Raises Questions About Israeli Justification for Deadly Strike on Gaza Journalists
	UNRWA Chief Should Be Able To Visit Operations in Gaza, US State Dept Says
	For the 68 Orphans Saved From Rafah, the Road to Recovery Is Likely To Be a Long One
	Rafah Displaced Shiver as Thunder and Rain Lash Tent Camp
	Photos: Gaza Hunger Warnings Grow as Hopes Build for Ceasefire
	Israel Massacres Clan Committee Members While Distributing Aid in Gaza
	Israeli Limits on Gaza Aid May Be 'War Crime', UN Warns

Israel/Palestine

	Israeli Study Notes Failure of West Bank's 'Area C' Settlements
	Hamas Chief Accuses Israel of Sabotaging Truce Talks
	EU 'Unanimously' Agrees To Impose Sanctions Against Violent Israeli West Bank Settlers
	Israeli Troops Seize, Blindfold Naked Journalists in Bid to 'Silence' Gaza
	US Finalizing F-35 Sale to Israel as Tensions Over Gaza War Plan Boil
	Canada's Parliament Urges 2-State Solution, but Not Recognition of Palestinian State
	Pro-Israel Online Influencing Operation Has Been Targeting UNRWA: Report
	Israeli Settlers Exploit War To Build Illegal West Bank Outposts

Iraq

	Iraq's Former Defense Minister Wanted in Sweden for Fraud Is Arrested at the Stockholm Airport
	Iraq Weekly Roundup: Four Killed
	Turkish Warplanes Strike Kurdish Militant Positions in Iraq After Attack Kills Soldier, Wounds Four
	Kurdistan Democratic Party Boycotts Parliament Elections, Threatens Iraq Govt Exit

Lebanon

	Irish Defense Forces' Medal Parade Interrupted by Shelling in Southern Lebanon
	IDF Forms New 'Mountain' Brigade on Border With Syria and Lebanon
	Special Coordinator Wronecka Briefs Security Council on Resolution 1701

Haiti

	Dominican Republic Urged to Stop Deporting People to Haiti as People Flee Surge in Gang Violence
	Haiti: Week Begins Without a Presidential Transition Council

Brazil