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Updated May 26, 2025 - 8:03 PM EDT

IDF Plans To Occupy 75% of Gaza in 2 Months

		*Israeli Use of Human Shields in Gaza Was Systematic*
		*80% of Israelis Endorse 'Forced Expulsion' of Gaza's Population: Poll*

Israeli Strikes Hit Gaza School, At Least 36 Killed

		*Gaza Doctors Lose Nine Children in Israeli Strike*
		*Gaza's Youngest Media Activist Killed in Israeli Airstrike*
		*Israel Bombs Gaza Aid Guards as They Are Attacked by Looters*

Yemen's Houthis Fire Another Missile at Israel

Report: US Airstrike in Yemen Against Al-Qaeda Kills Nine

US Envoy Meets Syria's Leader, US Lifts Sanctions

Hezbollah Defies Western Expectations in South Lebanon Vote

Putin Helicopter Caught in Ukrainian Drone Swarm

Iran: Nuclear Talks Have 'Possibility of Progress'

Israeli Settlers Escalate Violence Across West Bank

Veterans: What We Would Say to Trump This Memorial Day

Viewpoints

	In Defense of Whataboutism, the Scientific Method of Justice by Joseph D. Terwilliger
	I've Lost 160 Members of My Extended Family in Gaza. but I've Not Lost Hope by Ahmed Helou

	Foreign-Policy Failure: How the Ukraine War Was Provoked by Veronika Kyrylenko
	Reintroducing Liberty's Master Historian by Joseph Solis-Mullen
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

How War Propaganda Has Fueled US Foreign Policy for a Century
by Ryan McMaken

Frontline

	Jailed Columbia Student Khalil Meets Newborn Son for First Time
	Pentagon Denies US Considering Withdrawing Troops From South Korea
	US-German Citizen Arrested for Attempted Firebombing of US Embassy in Tel Aviv

Gaza Doctors Lose Nine of Their 10 Children in Israeli Airstrike
Hatem Khaled/Reuters

The War at Home

	How Microsoft Became a Hub for Israeli Intelligence
	18 Army Rangers Suspended for Allegedly Firing Blanks at Florida Beach
	US Military Shifts Messaging in Africa, Telling Allies To Prepare To Stand More on Their Own
	Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Put Arms Sales Lobbyists on Ice for Three Years
	Suspect in Shooting of Israeli Embassy Staffers Railed Against Gaza War in Online Posts
	Gaza Conflict Spurs Hunger Strike by California Student Activists
	Pentagon Lost Contact With Army Helo That Caused DC Jet Diversions
	Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on EU, 25% on Apple, Ratcheting Up Trade War
	US Judge Orders Trump Admin To Help Return Wrongfully Deported Guatemalan Asylum Seeker
	US Spent $6 Billion in the Past Three Years To Recruit and Retain Troops
	Future Queen of Belgium Caught Up in Harvard Foreign Student Ban

Latin America

	Notorious Cartel Leader With $1 Million US Bounty on His Head Killed in Mexico
	Peru Opens Criminal Probe Into Israeli Soldier Accused of 'Methodical Destruction' in Gaza

United Kingdom

	'Israel Fighting the UK's Proxy War' Says Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch
	BBC's 'Independent' Russian Partner Begged UK Govt for Funds, Files Show
	UK Chefs, Food Writers Urge Government To Suspend Arms to Israel, Push for Aid Into Gaza
	British Chagossians Accuse UK Government of Betrayal Over Sovereignty Deal
	Kneecap Headline Festival Days After Member Charged With Terror Offense

France

	Open Letter From French Journalists: 'Our Media Colleagues in Gaza Are in Mortal Danger and Must Be Evacuated'
	French Teacher Suspended Over Minute's Silence Tribute to Palestinians in Gaza

Germany

	80 Percent of Germans Oppose Trump's Gaza Relocation Plan
	German Defense Minister Does Not Rule Out Return of Military Draft

Europe

	Thousands of People in Sweden, France, Germany Protest Israel's Aid Blockade, Attacks on Gaza
	Growing Arctic Military Presence Worries Finland's Reindeer Herders
	Spain Hosts European, Arab Nations To Pressure Israel on Gaza
	Switzerland May Investigate US-Backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
	Malta Announces Will Recognize State of Palestine Next Month

Sudan

	Sudan Denies Using Chemical Weapons After US Imposes Sanctions
	RSF Fighters Turn Darfur Camp Into Barracks, Displacing Thousands
	At Least Seven Sudanese Migrants Found Dead After Being Stranded in Libyan Desert
	US Wheat Aid for Over Three Million Arrives in Sudan Amid Dire Humanitarian Needs

Nigeria

	21 Gang Members Killed in Northern Nigeria Operation
	Dozens Killed in NE Nigeria 'Bandit' Attacks

Africa

	African Union Urges Permanent Ceasefire in Libya After Clashes
	Ugandan Military Accuses EU Diplomats of Engaging in Subversive Activities

Gaza

	Four-Year-Old Boy Dies of Starvation in Gaza Due to Israeli Blockade
	Israeli Strike Kills Another Palestinian Journalist in Gaza, Death Toll Rises to 220
	Al-Quds Brigades Target Israeli Vehicles in Explosive Ambush in Sheja'iyya
	Gazan Christians Hope That Nightmare of War May Soon End
	Rats Reign in Gaza
	Explosive-Laden 'Killer' Robots Devastate Gaza Neighborhoods
	UAE Aid Convoy to Gaza Looted in Israeli-Controlled Zone
	World Food Program Director Calls Food Situation in Gaza 'A Catastrophe'
	Gaza's Main Hospital Is Overwhelmed With Children in Pain From Malnutrition
	Aid NGOs Distance Themselves From Gaza Humanitarian Foundation After Leaked Letter
	Israel's US-Backed Gaza Aid Plan May Lead to Second Nakba, UN Agency Chief Warns
	Gaza Tribunal To Hold 1st Public Session in Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Israeli Military Attacked 10 Hospitals in Gaza in the Past Week

Israel/Palestine

	Daniella Weiss, Israel's 'Settler Godmother', Has a Hotline to Netanyahu
	120 Days of Israeli West Bank Assaults Kill Over 91 Palestinians, Including 13 Children
	Palestinian Faction Chiefs Quit Damascus Amid Pressure: Report
	'How Do You Go to Sleep?': Israeli Captive Families Slam Netanyahu at Rally
	Who Is David Zini, Netanyahu's 'Messianic' Pick To Head Shin Bet?
	Israel Army Conducts Raids in West Bank Amid Settler Violence
	Israeli Settlers Force About 150 Palestinians To Leave Their West Bank Village

Lebanon

	Mahmoud Abbas Agrees on Roadmap To Disarm Palestinian Factions in Lebanon
	Lebanon Army Says Receives Suspect in Christian Party Official's Killing

Syria

	Syria's Al-Sharaa Meets Erdogan in Turkey as Sanctions Lifted
	Syrian, Turkish Presidents Hold First Meeting in Istanbul
	Bar Owners Fear Attacks in Damascus
	Masked Gunmen Attack Syria Concert Hall in Idlib

Turkey

	Turkey, PKK Must Both Change for Peace, Former Militant Says
	Turkey Taps Austrian Bank for Russian Gas Payments To Skip Sanctions

Middle East

	Iraq Oil Ministry Says US Firms' Direct Deals With Kurdistan Violate Constitution
	'They Targeted Mothers': Kuwait Strips Thousands of Citizenship
	Saudi 'Masked Youth Movement' Criticizes Lack of Freedom in Kingdom

Pakistan/Afghanistan

	Pakistan Deports Over 20,000 Afghan Families in Five Months
	Pakistan, India Extend Airspace Ban on Each Other
	Pakistan, Afghanistan Move Towards 'Restoring Ties' in Talks With China

Asia

	'Can't Remain Silent ' on Israeli Atrocities: Malaysian Foreign Minister Says at ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting
	East Timor Could Join ASEAN Bloc by October: Minister
	Malaysia Wants Myanmar Ceasefire Extended Amid ASEAN Ban on Coup Leaders
	North Korea Urges US To Abandon 'Military Threats Against Others'