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Updated August 29, 2024 - 8:42 PM EDT

Israel Steps Up Assault on West Bank, 18 Killed

		*US Silent on Israel's West Bank Assault as Ally Jordan Gets Rattled*
		*Israeli Drone Strike Kills Four Near Syria-Lebanon Border*

Biden Knew Gaza Pier Undermined Aid Efforts

		*Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble*
		*Bedouin Freed From Gaza Returns to Village Targeted for Demolition*

Ukraine Complains About Escalation Concerns

EU Considers Training Ukrainian Troops Inside Ukraine

Houthis Allow Towing of Damaged Oil Tanker

US Military Open To Escorting Philippine Ships

US Increasing Support for Kenyan Operations in Haiti

France Issue Preliminary Charges Against Telegram CEO

Viewpoints

	The Incursion Into Russia Will Not Solve Ukraine's Biggest Problem by Connor O'Keeffe
	Kamala Harris's Speech Killed Any Hope She Would End the Gaza Genocide by Joe Gill

	Searching for Monsters by Andrew P. Napolitano
	Why Can't We Just Let American and Chinese Scientists Get Along? by Denis Simon & Marcus Stanley
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

NYT Uncritically Reported Israel's Version of Golan Bombing
Bryce Greene & Lara-Nour Walton

Frontline

	Governments Wooed and Targeted Telegram Founder
	The Medical Workers Refusing To Evacuate Central Gaza's Last Functioning Hospital

Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into
42 Million Tons of Rubble
Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Ukraine

	Ukraine Strikes Two More Oil Depots Deep Into Russian Territory
	US Army Ammo Plant Boosts Artillery Shell Production for Ukraine
	A Russian Missile Hits the Ukrainian President's Home City as It Mourns Deaths in an Earlier Attack

Russia

	Russia Bans 92 More Americans From the Country, Including Journalists
	Russia Claims Slain Reuters Security Adviser With British Secret Service

France

	France Orders Terrorist Trial for Far-Right Group Planning Attacks Against Muslims
	France's Chief Rabbi Urges Israel To 'Finish the Job' in Gaza

Poland

	'Game Changer': Lockheed Unveils Poland's First F-35
	Poland's Government Plans Record Defense Spending in Its 2025 Budget

United Kingdom

	UK Muslim Groups Urge Government To Engage With Muslim Council of Britain After Riots
	British Prime Minister Avoided Mention of Political Prisoners in Meeting With Bahrain PM, Say Activists

Europe

	Serbia Leader Plans To Seal French Fighter Jet Deal With Macron
	Slovakia Set To Buy Six Air Defense Systems From Israel
	Switzerland To Scrap Ban on Building Nuclear Power Stations

Libya

	Libya's Oilfield Closures Spread in Standoff Over Central Bank
	What's Behind Libya's Oil Shutdown

Algeria

	Algeria Calls on UNSC To Halt 'Mercenary Activities' in Mali
	Algeria Arrests Opposition Figure Fethi Ghares Ahead of Election

Africa

	Ethiopia Fears 'Dangers' of New Somalia Peace Mission
	Egypt Sends Arms to Somalia Following Security Deal, Sources Say
	UN's WFP Investigates Corruption in Its Sudan Operations as Famine Spreads
	Six Polish Students and a Lecturer Freed From Detention in Nigeria, Foreign Ministry in Warsaw Says
	'International Law Obligations': Namibia Blocks Ship Carrying 'Explosive Material' to Israel

Latin America

	UN Experts Say Jailed Guatemalan Journalist Zamora May Have Been Tortured
	Honduras President Targets US Extradition Treaty

Gaza

	Only 11% of Gaza Spared: 16 Israeli Evacuation Orders in August Alone
	Hamas Will Only Negotiate Biden's July 2 Gaza Ceasefire Proposal
	Body of Israeli Soldier Abducted on Oct 7 Recovered, Military Says
	UN Food Agency Suspends Staff Movement in Gaza After Vehicle Fired On
	Israeli Evacuation Orders Are Hindering Gaza Polio Vaccination, UN Says
	Gaza Teen Amputee Recalls Nightmare of Losing Arms in Israeli Strike

Israel/Palestine

	Israeli Settlers Are Seizing Palestinian Land Under Cover of War – They Hope Permanently
	US Announces New Sanctions on Israeli Settlers Over Violence
	Palestinians in North West Bank Reject Israel's Evacuation Order
	Israel's War on the West Bank
	Palestinian Factions Call for Mobilization in Defense of West Bank as Clashes Rage
	Binance Seizes Palestinian Funds at Israel's Request
	Israel's Netanyahu Requests Extra Security for Son Yair in Miami
	Timeline: Israeli Attacks in the Occupied West Bank Since October 7
	Mahmoud Abbas Cuts Short Saudi Trip After Israel Launches West Bank Assault

Lebanon

	Hezbollah Targets Israeli Troops in Response to Attacks Deep Inside Lebanon
	UN Security Council Renews Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon

Iran

	Iranian VP Zarif Reverses Resignation and Returns to Post
	Iran's President Negotiates Release of Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi

Yemen

	Red Sea Insurance Nearly Doubles After Attacked Oil Tanker Appears To Leak Oil
	Dozens Missing in Yemen Floods, Risk of Cholera Outbreak Rises

Middle East

	Car Bomb Kills Mother, Son in Qamishli, Syria
	US Rushes Warships To Middle East: Mapped

The War at Home

	Prejudice Against Muslims Higher Than Towards Any Other Group in US, Poll Finds
	'We Were Expendable': Downwinders From World's 1st Atomic Test Are on a Mission To Tell Their Story
	Advocates Call for Pentagon To Address Poor Living Conditions at Bases

Mexico

	Lawmakers To Debate Mexico's Judicial Reform Next Week as Diplomatic Tensions Simmer
	Mexican Opposition Senators Flip to Ruling Bloc, on the Verge of Supermajority