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Updated February 7, 2025 - 4:57 PM EST

Trump: Israel Will Hand Gaza to US After Fighting

		*Israeli DM Orders Military To Prep 'Departure' of Gaza Palestinians*
		*Trump Signs Order Imposing Sanctions on ICC for Israel*
		*Morocco, Puntland, Somaliland on Trump List To House Palestinians*

US Backed Gaza Strikes Knowing Huge Civilian Toll

		*Bomb the Area, Gas the Tunnels: Israel's War on Gaza's Underground*
		*Israel Attacking Hospitals and Blocking Medical Aid in West Bank*

US Imposes New Iran Sanctions

Iran Supreme Leader Says Talks With US 'Not Wise or Honorable'

Turkish Military Bases in Syria Being Considered

Syria Army Invades Lebanon Border Town, Major Clashes Reported

Trump Envoy Rejects Zelensky Demand for Nukes

Rubio Pushes Hawkish Agenda on First Trip

Trump To Cut Nearly 10,000 USAID Employees

Viewpoints

	The American Brezhnev Era Is Over by James W. Carden
	Moving From a Doomsday Clock to a Peace Clock by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies

	Slashing Foreign Aid Redux by David Stockman
	Tariffs and the Constitution by Andrew P. Napolitano
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Trump's Gaza Plan Isn't America First
by Paul R. Pillar

Frontline

	Netanyahu Gives Trump 'Golden Pager' in Apparent Reference to Lebanon Attack
	Fighting Resumes in DR Congo's South Kivu Ahead of Crisis Talks
	UN: At Least 80 Killed in Violence in Sudan's South

US Coordinated With Israel on Strikes in Gaza Knowing Hundreds of Civilians Would Be Killed Mohammed Al-Masri/Reuters

Ukraine

	US Leadership Absent as UK To Chair Ukraine Defense Meeting
	Ukraine Announces Successful Use of First Laser Weapon on Battlefield
	France Delivers First Mirage 2000 Fighter Jets to Ukraine: Minister

Russia

	Russia To Supply More Electricity to Breakaway Georgian Region
	Russia Says Ukraine Launched New Kursk Offensive
	Russia's Spies, in Retaliation Against the CIA, Urge Americans To Get in Touch
	Baltic Nations Count Final Hours To Ending Electricity Ties to Russia

United Kingdom

	Britain Revokes Accreditation of Russian Diplomat in Tit-for-Tat Expulsion
	UK Says Satellite System Key to Chagos US Base Deal

Asia

	US Service Member, Three Contractors Killed in Surveillance Mission Plane Crash in Southern Philippines
	Malaysia Says Forced Resettlement of Palestinians Would Be Ethnic Cleansing
	Hongkong Post To Continue To Refuse Items Bound for US
	'Degrading': India Opposition MPs Protest US Deportees' Return in Shackles
	Bangladesh Protesters Torch Family Home of Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina
	Three Police Officers Killed in an Attack by Militants in Northwestern Pakistan
	A Flurry of International Naval Drills Around the Philippines Prompts Complaints From Beijing
	Taiwan Deploys Troops to Key Airport To Thwart 'Decapitation Strikes'
	Uzbekistan Transfers Afghan Helicopters to US, Sparking Reactions

DR Congo

	Displaced Families in Eastern DR Congo Struggle for Shelter
	M23 Leader Tell Residents of a Captured Eastern Congolese City They Are Safe
	150 Female Inmates Raped and Burned to Death During Goma Jailbreak in DR Congo, UN Says
	Malawi President Orders Troops to Withdraw From DR Congo
	DR Congo Issues Arrest Warrant for M23 Chief

Sudan

	Sudanese Relief Workers in the Capital Fear Reprisals From Army
	Sudan, South Sudan Diplomatic Crisis Escalates Over Violence Against Nationals

Niger

	Niger Junta Expels Red Cross Without Explanation
	At Least 10 Soldiers Killed in Niger Ambush

Africa

	Egypt's Sisi Scrambling To Respond to Trump's Gaza Seizure Plan
	Chagos Islanders' Dream of Return Now Waiting on Trump
	UN Says 'No Appetite' for Another Transitional Period Extension in South Sudan
	Tunisia's Ennahdha Party Slams Lengthy Jail Term for Its Leader Ghannouchi

Latin America

	Where Does the Money Go? Eight Years of USAID Funding in Haiti
	Panama Canal Denies US Claim of Free Passage for Govt Vessels

Israel/Palestine

	Jabalia Is Now a City of Rubble
	Photos: Violent Israeli Raids Forcibly Displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank
	'What Can I Do To Bring the Others Home?' Hostages Freed From Hamas Captivity Vow All Must Return
	Gazans Say Only Way for Trump To Get Them Out Is a Nuclear Bomb
	Israel Follows US in Withdrawing From UN Human Rights Council
	Exclusive: Inside Trump's Gaza Takeover Stunner
	Can Jared Kushner's Investment Firm Connect Gulf Money to Trump's Gaza Plan?
	Thousands in Gaza Struggle in Tents Amid Cold, Stormy Weather
	Israel Begins Preparations for Gaza Exodus as Egypt Lobbies Against Trump Plan
	Gaza Death Toll Nears 47,600 as 28 More Bodies Found in Rubble
	Israeli Soldier Jailed for Seven Months for Abusing Palestinian Detainees: Army
	Palestinians Return Home in Gaza, but Without Their Loved Ones
	Hamas Says Trump Remarks Are 'Declaration of Intent To Occupy' Gaza
	Israeli Settlers Cheer Trump's Gaza Proposal but Others Fear Blowback
	The Real Toll of the War in Gaza: a Conversation With Two Doctors

Syria

	American Ally SDF: Not Yet Notified of US Plan for Syria Withdrawal
	Hope Turns to Regret Among Syrians Leaving Turkey to Dire Conditions at Home
	Syria Could Allow Russia To Keep Its Bases, New Defense Minister Says

Iran

	Iran Revolutionary Guards Unveil First Drone Carrier in Persian Gulf
	'Iran Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons': Pezeshkian

Iraq

	Historic Landmarks in Iraq's Mosul Are Reopening as the City Heals From ISIS Devastation
	Three Killed in Turkish Drone Attack on PKK Members in Northern Iraq

Middle East

	Saudi Arabia Executes Two Citizens on 'Terrorism' Charges
	Rubio Plans First Middle East Trip Amid Israel-Gaza Questions
	Did Jordan Say It Would Go to War Over Trump's Gaza Plan?

The War at Home

	Trump Claims Billions of Dollars Have Been Stolen at USAID
	US Top Diplomat Rubio To Skip G20 Over 'Anti-Americanism'
	What Rubio Told US Diplomats About the Future of Foreign Aid, as Most Programs Paused
	ACLU Sues University of Michigan Over Trespass Bans Against Pro-Palestinian Protesters
	Ford CEO Says Trump's Tariffs Could Cost the Industry Billions in Profits – and Raise Car Prices

Mexico

	Mexican Troop Deployment Met With Skepticism on US Border
	Mexico Deploys the First of 10,000 National Guard Troops to US Border After Trump's Tariff Threat