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Updated May 1, 2025 - 8:44 PM EDT

Hegseth Threatens Iran Over Yemen

Next Round of US-Iran Nuclear Talks Is Postponed

UK Joins US in Airstrikes on Yemen

Houthis Announce Attacks on Israel, US Aircraft Carrier

US and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal

Zelensky Thinks Meeting Pushed Trump To Be Tougher on Putin

US Tells ICJ That Israel Has Right To Starve Gaza

		*Israeli Strikes Kill 17 in Gaza as Children Starve Under Blockade*
		*Biden Never Pressured Israel for Gaza Ceasefire*
		*Documentary on Israeli Settlers Triggers Online Firestorm*

Israel Uses Druze as Pretext To Strike Damascus

US Sends General to Lebanon for Ceasefire Monitoring

US Fires HIMARS Into the South China Sea

Mohsen Mahdawi Released From ICE Detention

Pakistan Claims It Has Intel India Will Strike in 36 Hours

Trump's NSA Mike Waltz Moved To Be UN Ambassador

Viewpoints

	The Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About US Leaders by Norman Solomon
	The Myth of Conquest: Why Gaza Will Never Be Subdued by Israel by Ramzy Baroud

	The Marketplace of Ideas Works Only if We Leave the Doors Open by Joseph D. Terwilliger
	An Iran War Would Consume Trump's Presidency by Scott McConnell
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Israel's Deliberate Starvation of Gaza
by Daniel Larison

Frontline

	Mahmoud Khalil Can Fight Wrongful Detention Case in Federal Court, Judge Rules
	Sudan Army Denies UAE Arms Claim, Accuses UAE of Backing RSF Militia
	Ukraine Ready for Territorial Concessions, US Presidential Envoy Says

'Bombs and Bullets Were Like Rain': 50 Years Since End of the Vietnam War
IMAGO/CPA Media via Reuters Connect

Israel/Palestine

	Pictures: 4-Year-Old Girl and Other Kids Are Among Those Killed by Israeli Strike in Gaza
	Ra'Anana Rabbi Says People 'Feared for Their Lives' as Far-Right Mob Stormed Reform Synagogue in Israel
	UNRWA Chief Accuses Israel of Torturing Staff as US Backs Ban on Agency at World Court
	Systematic Torture: Barghouti Faces 'Slow Assassination' in Israeli Prison
	Israeli Closure Orders To Deny Education to 800 Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem: UN
	Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Towns, Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Under Police Guard
	Ali Samoudi Among Scores of Detained Journalists, Doctors and Activists in the West Bank
	State and Settlers Unite To Deny Palestinians Water in the West Bank's Jordan Rift Area

Middle East

	Iran Hangs Man Convicted of Spying for Israel's Mossad
	Iraqi Kurds Struggle To Form Cabinet 6 Months After Elections
	Kuwait Frees 10 More Americans in Second Release in as Many Months
	General Security Deployed in Damascus Countryside Amid Clashes
	Swedish Journalist Gets 11-Month Suspended Prison Term in Turkey for Insulting Erdogan

Russia/Ukraine

	Kremlin Says Putin Is Open to Ukraine Peace but Warns Against Rushing a Deal
	'Milestone': Russia, North Korea Begin First Road Bridge Construction
	US Resistance Keeps Fleet of Aging Army Tanks Donated to Ukraine in Australia

France

	France Calls Israel's Decision To Ban Delegations 'Unacceptable'
	Muslim Worshipper's Murder in Mosque Raises Concern Over Islamophobia in France

Europe

	US Approves $1.33 Billion Missile Sale to Poland
	US Approves $280 Million Patriot System Sale to Romania
	Belarus Releases US Citizen Who Was Jailed for Years
	EU Has Slashed Natural Gas Imports by 18% Since 2021
	Israel's Place in Eurovision Contest Questioned by Three National Broadcasters
	German Social Democrats Pour Cold Water on French Nuclear Deterrent

India

	Grief Turns to Fear After Pahalgam Attack as India Cracks Down in Kashmir
	India and Pakistan: Vast Nuclear-Armed Military Forces
	Indian Survivors of Kashmir Attack Say Gunmen Asked if They Were Hindus and Opened Fire
	Trump Claims India, Pakistan Have Fought Over Kashmir for 1,500 Years

Asia

	China Is Ready To Help Ease India-Pakistan Tensions but Has a Fine Line To Walk
	Tunics & Turbans: Afghan Students Don Taliban-Imposed Uniforms
	New Zealand, Philippines Sign Troops Deal in 'Deteriorating' Strategic Environment

Vietnam War 50 Years Later

	50 Years On: US Elites Learned Nothing From the Vietnam Defeat
	Responsible Statecraft Symposium: Was the Vietnam War a Mistake or Fatal Flaw in the System?
	Trump Can Boycott, but the Failure and End of Vietnam War Is a Fact
	Unexploded Vietnam Bombs Found With Historic Satellite Images
	Vietnam War: 50 Years Later, Battle With Agent Orange Continues
	'Victory of Justice Over Tyranny', Vietnamese Celebrate 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War
	50 Years On, Vietnam War's Ecocide Still Not Healed
	For Some Americans, the End of the Vietnam War Is Still Deeply Felt
	Poll: Most Americans Say US Should Have Stayed Out of Vietnam
	Trump's Halted Agent Orange Cleanup Risks Poisoning Vietnamese Near Bien Hoa Air Base
	In 1975, Thousands of Babies Were Daringly Airlifted From the Vietnam War
	Saigon Was Falling. President Ford Was Playing Golf.
	Fall of Saigon: Children of Vietnam's War Refugees Reconcile a Painful Past
	From Saigon to the Paris Suburbs: French-Vietnamese Reflect on the Legacy of War

The War at Home

	Despite Trump's Promised Cuts, US Spent About $220 Billion More in First 100 Days Than Last Year
	Rubio Replaces Top US Diplomat for Europe With Former Senate Aide
	US Begins Prosecuting Migrants for Breaching 'Military Zone' Near Border
	Army Pilot Claims He Distributed LSD for Religious Reasons
	Amal Clooney Could Be Barred From US Under Trump Sanctions Over ICC Case Against Netanyahu: Report
	US Government Expands Grounds for Canceling International Students' Legal Status
	Troubled V-22 Will Fly With Restrictions Until 2026
	ICE Invades Wrong Home, Steals Their Life Savings, and Then Leaves
	Trump Says He 'Could' Bring Abrego Garcia Back From El Salvador

Sudan

	Egypt's Property Market Dips as Sudanese Refugees Return Home
	First UN Aid Reaches Central Khartoum Since Sudan War Began, UN Says
	UN Chief 'Appalled' by Escalating Violence, Displacement in Sudan's North Darfur

Nigeria

	Jihadists Kill 15 Mourners in Northeast Nigeria: Sources
	Truck Ramming of Easter Procession in Nigeria Ruled Intentional

Africa

	Thousands Rally in Burkina Faso in Support of Military Junta Following Alleged Coup Attempt and US Official's Criticism
	Somalia and Taiwan Ban Each Others' Citizens in Apparent Link to Taiwan Recognizing Somaliland
	South Sudan Appoints New Foreign Minister, Pledges Focus on Sudan Ties