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Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away
Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu govern...
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Sykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State
The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in...
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Trump Envoy Witkoff Visits Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
Steve Witkoff went to the Palestinian enclave amid growing pressure on Israel to ease a deepening hunger crisis there. Hamas derided the visit as a “p...
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Trump’s Mideast Envoy Heads to Israel Amid Global Fury Over Gaza Hunger
It will be the first known visit in months for Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s lead on the cease-fire and hostage talks. Since his last trip, conditi...
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A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike
The Israeli military said it killed at least three Hamas operatives at Al-Baqa Cafe. It also killed a journalist, an artist and two best friends recon...
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Israeli Settler Kills Palestinian Activist Included in Oscar-Winning Documentary
Awdah Hathaleen, whose work was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was shot dead. The suspect had been subject to U.S. sanctio...
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Dozens Are Killed by ISIS-Linked Rebels at a Church in Congo
The attack raised questions about diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in the Central African country....
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R.S.F. Coalition Names Leaders of Sudan’s Parallel Government
The move by a paramilitary-led coalition may make it even harder for the African country to hold together....
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Gold Miners Feared Dead in Congo After Landslide
Thousands of people were working on the informal mining site in eastern Congo, in an area controlled by an armed militia....
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Muhammadu Buhari, Strongman President of Nigeria, Dies at 82
A former feared military leader, he won one democratic election in 2015 and another in 2019, but struggled to make good on promises to tackle corrupti...
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