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Updated March 4, 2025 - 9:41 PM EST

Trump Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine

		*Trump Slams Zelensky for Saying War End 'Far Away'*
		*Sen. Graham Calls Out Zelensky for Lack of Elections*

Israel Preparing 'Hell Plan' for Gaza

		*61 Palestinian Detainees Died in Israeli Captivity Since October 7*
		*Stormy Session in the Knesset: Clashes, Expulsions, and Chaos*

Israel Attacks Sites in Northwestern Syria

US, Israel Reject French Proposal To End IDF Presence in Lebanon

Trump Eases Restrictions on Strikes, Special Ops

US Launches Airstrikes Against Al-Shabaab in Somalia

'No Other Land' Oscar Win Sparks Israeli Outrage

25% Tariffs on Canada, Mexico To Start Tuesday

Viewpoints

	Is Trump Right About Zelensky's 4% Popularity? by Ted Snider
	In Its Fight Against Fascism, Israeli Academia Remains Blind to a Basic Truth by Anat Matar

	Suddenly, Leaving NATO Is on the Table! by Ron Paul
	Israel Is Gazafiying the West Bank by Gideon Levy & Alex Levac
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Trump and the Viable Road to Peace in Ukraine
by Jack F. Matlock Jr.

Frontline

	North Korea Slams US 'Provocations' Over Aircraft Carrier Visit to Busan
	Masafer Yatta Is Still Facing Imminent Danger of Ethnic Cleansing
	Third Student Expelled From Columbia's Barnard College for Pro-Palestinian Activism

Trump Slams Zelensky for Saying End of Ukraine War Is 'Very, Very Far Away'
Brian Snyder/Reuters

Gaza

	Only 15 Mobile Homes Entered Gaza Out of 60,000 Needed: Media Office
	Egypt Alternative Plan to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera' Replaces Hamas With Interim Bodies
	Israeli Fire Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza Amid Impasse Over Ceasefire
	Gaza Welcomes a Ramadan of Bittersweet Joy and Lingering Loss
	Dire Consequences: Main Israeli Violations of Gaza Ceasefire Agreement
	What's the Emergency Arab Summit on Gaza Reconstruction? Everything To Know
	Hamas Says Israel Worked To 'Collapse' Gaza Truce Deal
	Netanyahu Warns Hamas of Consequences It 'Cannot Imagine' if Gaza Hostages Not Freed

Israel/Palestine

	'No Other Land' Directors Use Oscar Speech To Call on World 'To Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian People'
	Released Israeli Captive Joins Settlers in Raid of West Bank Tomb
	One Dead in Stabbing Attack in Israel's Haifa, Assailant Killed
	Palestinian Murders in Israel Spark Anger Over Police Inaction
	Video: Chaos in Israeli Knesset Building as Oct. 7 Bereaved Families Initially Barred From Session
	Israel Clears Another Refugee Camp as Squeeze on West Bank Tightens

Syria

	Israel Reportedly Lobbied US To Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria To Weaken New Regime's Threat
	Three Killed, 20 Injured in Explosion in Syria's Deir Ezzor
	Sharaa Forms Committee To 'Regulate Transitional Phase' in Syria
	Syrian Government Forces Deploy South of Damascus To 'End Chaos' in Druze Villages
	Mine Explosion in Syria's Latakia City Kills Three Civilians
	'Zionists' Using Druze to Repress Palestinians, Expand Into Syria, Says Lebanon's Druze Leader

Iraq

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: 100 Killed in February
	Nearly 3,000 Yazidis Still Missing: Kurdish Official
	Iraq's Displaced Kurds Hope To Return Home After Turkey's Kurdish Militants Declare a Ceasefire

Middle East

	Iran's Vice-President and Most Prominent Reformist Resigns
	Lebanon President in Saudi Arabia for First Official Visit Abroad

Sudan

	Sudanese Civilian Coalition To Unveil New Roadmap To End War
	Cholera Outbreak and Famine Threaten East Nile Area Near Khartoum
	Retaliatory RSF Attacks Force Mass Displacement Near El-Fasher
	Paramilitary Shelling Kills Six in Sudan's North Darfur: Rescuers

DR Congo

	Rebels in DR Congo Abducted 130 Hospital Patients, UN Says
	Over 60,000 Fleeing Conflict in DR Congo Seek Safety in Burundi

Africa

	Egypt and EU Agree 90 Million Euro Deal To Boost Food Security
	United Nations' WFP Closes Office in Southern Africa Due to Funding
	Gabon's Military Leader Announces He Will Run in April Presidential Election
	ECOWAS Team Leaves Guinea-Bissau After Threat of Expulsion

Russia/Ukraine

	Russian Drone Attack Causes Power Cuts in Ukraine's Odesa, Governor Says
	Nuclear Monitor Defends Ukraine Plant Visit Via Russia-Controlled Territory
	France and EU Move To Secure Ukraine Minerals as US Pushes for Deal
	Latvia Starts To Deliver First 500 of Planned 12,000 Combat Drones to Kyiv
	Russian Strike on Ukraine Training Ground Leaves Deaths: Officials

United Kingdom

	British Man in Saudi Arabia Told He Will Be Charged Over Tweet Deleted Six Years Ago
	UK Shoots Down Ambassador's Call for Ukraine To Declare Ceasefire Before Russia

Germany

	German Government Hopefuls Planning Billions for Defense Spending: Report
	Two Killed, 11 Injured After Car Rams Crowd in German City of Mannheim

Europe

	Macron Urges Europe To Boost Defense Spending to Over Three Percent of GDP
	First Commercial Launch of Europe's Ariane 6 Carrying French Military Satellite
	Norway Air Force Accepts Three F-35A Jets Under Joint Strike Fighter Program
	Poland Leases Eight Apache Gunships as Warmup Ahead of Major Delivery
	Christian Stocker Becomes Austrian Chancellor as Three-Party Gov't Sworn In

Pakistan

	Pakistani and Afghan Forces Clash at Vital Border Crossing
	Female Suicide Bomber Kills One Person and Injures Three in Southwest Pakistan
	Torkham Crossing Closure at Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Costs Traders $500,000 Daily

Japan

	Japanese Descendants of Evacuated Iwo Jima Residents Yearn To Live on WWII Island
	Japan's Astroscale Transforms Into Defense Contractor
	The Tiny Japanese Island Militarizing on Taiwan's Doorstep

Asia Pacific

	Beijing Sees Red Over Marco Rubio's Comments on Taiwan and Tariffs
	Taiwanese Chipmaker TSMC Announces New $100 Billion Investment in US
	New Zealand Arms Company Building Linked to Gaza Genocide, Claim Peace Activists
	Philippine Ambassador Warns Defense Treaty With US May Not Be Ironclad

The War at Home

	Fort Benning to Honor Different Man After Name Change
	Continuing Resolution Proposal Includes $1 Billion in Anomalies for Columbia Sub, Shipbuilding Programs
	Trump To Pitch Congress on Radical Government Overhaul
	Stefanik Booed at ADL Conference Speech Praising Trump, Labeling Campuses and UN 'Antisemitic'
	New US Army Ammo Facility To Supply Millions of 6.8 mm Rounds Annually
	Air Force Pauses Deliveries of Boeing's KC-46 Tanker After Cracks Found

The Americas

	Ontario Leader Doug Ford Threatens to Cut Off US Energy if Trump Tariffs Imposed
	Colombian President Urges Marijuana Legalization To End Cartel Violence