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Updated March 5, 2025 - 8:30 PM EST

Trump Threatens the 'People of Gaza' With Death

		*US Holding Direct Talks With Hamas for First Time*
		*Israel Rejects Arab League-Backed Gaza Plan*
		*Trump Admin Launches Crack Down on Protests Critical of Israel*
		*Israel's Ben Gvir Calls for Bombing of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza*

Trump Suspends Intel Sharing With Ukraine

		*Trump Says Zelensky Said Ukraine Willing To Work Toward Peace*
		*'Isn't It Beautiful'? Foreign Policy Highlights in Trump Address*
		*Europe Plans $840 Billion Military Spending Surge*
		*Senators Panic After Trump Halts Military Aid to Ukraine*

Russia Agrees To Broker US-Iran Talks

		Israel Expands Zones Lebanese Civilians Are Barred From
		Trump Re-Designates Yemen's Houthis as 'Terrorists'

BlackRock Strikes Deal on Panama Canal Ports

US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea

Viewpoints

	B'Tselem in the Crosshairs by Dan Steinbock
	Russia and Realpolitik: Making Sense of the Trump-Zelensky Clash by Aaron Sobczak

	Zelensky's Oval Office Melt-Down by David Stockman
	Israel's Criminal Starvation of Gaza by Daniel Larison
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Trump's Narrow Iran Window Is Closing
by Trita Parsi

Frontline

	Taiwan a Focus at Hearing for Trump Pentagon Policy Nominee
	Mexico Says It Will Impose Retaliatory Tariffs on US With Details Coming Sunday
	Rubio Reaffirms Steadfast US Support for Israel: State Department

Israel's Ben Gvir Calls for Bombing of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Says Sank Cargo Ship Carrying British Weapons for Ukraine
	The Flow of Oil From Russia to the Czech Republic Is Interrupted Again
	Musk Accuses Zelensky of Pushing 'Forever War' With Russia

United Kingdom

	Order of 5,000 Missiles for Ukraine 'Hugely Significant' for Belfast Workforce, Robinson Says
	Jeremy Corbyn Demands 'Chilcot' Style Inquiry Into UK Complicity in Israel's War on Gaza
	Police To Question 'The Crown' Star Abdalla and 87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Over Pro-Palestine Protest

Europe

	Europe Will Struggle To Plug Ukraine's US Military Aid Gap: Analysts
	Arms Firms Across Europe Worth Billions More Amid Talk of Ukraine Defense Pact
	France Divided Over Ukraine as Parliamentary Debate Sparks Tensions
	Germany Moves to Rewrite Debt Rules to Unleash Defense Spending
	Ireland Moves to Drop UN Requirement for Troop Deployment, PM Cites US Veto Risk
	Denmark Parliament Bans Chinese AI Service DeepSeek
	Norway Receives Three New F-35s, as Europeans Rethink Arms Production
	Serbia Opposition Members Throw Smoke Bombs, Flares Inside Parliament

Afghanistan

	Dozens of Afghan Families Displaced Amid Recent Clashes in Torkham
	Afghan Refugees Under Pressure in Iran and Pakistan as Arrests Continue

China

	China to Spend 7.2% More on Defense in 2025
	China Slaps Extra Tariffs of Up to 15% on Imports of Major US Farm Exports and Adds Trade Limits

Asia

	15 Civilians Killed, 25 Injured When Terrorists Storm Military Compound in Northwest Pakistan
	Taiwan Says It's 'Impossible' for US To Retreat From Asia Pacific

The War at Home

	Vance Denies Criticizing UK, France Over Ukraine Peacekeeping Proposal
	After He Ran a Cartoon on the War in Gaza, Gannett Fired Him
	How Countries Responded to Trump's Tariffs

The Americas

	Trudeau Calls Trump's Tariffs 'Very Dumb Thing To Do' as Canada Retaliates
	Trump Fuels Greenland's Independence Fight With His Talk of Seizing the Island

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinian Youth Killed as Israeli West Bank Raids Continue
	Israel Cuts Off Power to Two Desalination Plants in Gaza
	Algeria, Tunisia Skip Arab Summit Over 'Pre-Packaged' Gaza Plan
	Palestinian President To Create VP Position, Grant Amnesty for Dismissed Fatah Members
	Who Is Eyal Zamir, the Israeli Army's New Chief of Staff?
	What Is Egypt's $53 Billion Plan for Gaza Reconstruction?
	Class Action Lawsuit Against California Congress Members Over Gaza Genocide Goes International
	Israel Kills Three Palestinians as It Expands West Bank Offensive Inside City of Jenin
	Jordan Receives First Group of Gazan Children for Medical Treatment
	Photos: Gaza Families Break Ramadan Fast Amid Ruins
	Israel Power Cuts to Gaza To Leave Thousands Without Clean Water
	Aid Agencies Blast Israel's Ramadan Aid Block of Gaza
	Israel Still Won't Say When International Journalists Will Be Allowed Back Into Gaza

Lebanon

	State Dept Unfreezes $95 Million in Aid for the Lebanese Army
	Saudi Arabia To Consider Resuming Lebanon Imports, Lifting Travel Ban

Iraq

	Iraqi Militia Chief Rejects Disarmament Under Government, US Pressure
	Iraq Monthly Roundup: 100 Killed in February

Turkey

	Erdogan Directs New Warning After Israel Attempts To Split Syria
	Turkey, PKK Conflict Must End Through Negotiations: Veteran Kurdish Politician
	Turkey-Iran Tensions Soar Over Tehran's Ties With Syrian Kurds

Egypt

	Hunger-Striking Mum of Egypt Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah Given Glucose Amid Talks
	Egyptian MP Urges 'Righting Errors' on Alaa Abdel-Fattah's Case

Sudan

	UNICEF Says Children as Young as One Have Been Raped During Sudan's War
	Sudan's Army Captures Strategic Bridge in Eastern Khartoum From Paramilitary RSF
	Coca-Cola, M&M's Ingredient Smuggled From RSF Controlled Sudan

Africa

	East DR Congo City Buries Blast Victims as Toll Rises
	Drought, Conflict May Push One Million More Somalians Into Critical Food Insecurity, Warns WFP
	'Very Worrying': Fear Stalks Kenya as Dozens of Government Critics Abducted