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Iran’s retaliatory attack against Israel, briefly explained

Iran launched a retaliatory strike Saturday night on Israel for its deadly attack on Iranian officers in the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Damascus...

14.04.2024 30

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How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case

On Tuesday, a group of 2,000 Swiss women won a significant ruling on holding governments accountable for addressing climate change. The European...

10.04.2024 40

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Good news: Democracy won in Senegal. Here’s why it matters.

2024 is the biggest global election year in history and the future of democracy is on every ballot. But amid an international backsliding in...

04.04.2024 10

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Why Russia has kept a Wall Street Journal reporter in jail for a year — and counting

Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on charges of spying, just had three months added to his jail time — and he...

29.03.2024 8

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ISIS-K, the group linked to Moscow’s terror attack, explained

The Islamic State — the notorious group known for building a brutal regime in Iraq and Syria — has claimed responsibility for Friday’s terror...

28.03.2024 20

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Gaza’s risk of famine is accelerating faster than anything we’ve seen this century

Every resident of Gaza is at risk of crisis levels of food insecurity — and half are at risk of famine. Yes, you read that right: Nearly six months...

25.03.2024 20

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Putin’s reelection puts him in a class of Russia’s longest-ruling autocrats

As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin has won his fifth term in office, following a campaign in which all his significant rivals were barred...

18.03.2024 7

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Haiti’s prime minister is out. Here’s how it got so bad.

Haiti’s de facto president, Ariel Henry, announced his resignation Tuesday — the culmination of a political crisis at least two weeks in the...

12.03.2024 3

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What the UN report on October 7 sexual violence does — and doesn’t — say

We now have one of the most definitive sources so far in the contentious discussion about militants from Gaza’s perpetration of sexual violence on...

08.03.2024 10

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Don’t ignore Sudan’s horrific conflict

The world has no shortage of horrible stories — from the terror of October 7 and the widespread suffering in Gaza caused by Israel’s war to the...

05.03.2024 20

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More than 100 Palestinians were killed trying to get aid

More than 100 Palestinians were killed and more than 250 were wounded in Gaza City early Thursday morning as they tried to access desperately needed...

01.03.2024 10

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Why the Palestinian Authority’s government dissolved

Mohammad Shtayyeh, the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), nominally the group in charge of Palestinian parts of the West Bank, tendered...

27.02.2024 6

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How US conservatives fell for two of Latin America’s most controversial leaders

Meet two of the hot speakers at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC): Presidents Nayib Bukele of El Salvador and Javier Milei...

24.02.2024 10

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Where does the fight for a free Russia go now?

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, announced Monday that she would take up her husband’s crusade against President...

21.02.2024 20

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death, explained

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition figure and President Vladimir Putin’s most effective rival, has been reported dead. Russian state...

17.02.2024 10

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Hospitals are supposed to be safe. Not in Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces raided Gaza’s largest still-operating hospital on Thursday in Khan Younis, a southern city that once sheltered over...

16.02.2024 9

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Indonesia may have just elected a strongman

Indonesians have chosen Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo as their next president, despite his history as a general credibly accused of human rights...

15.02.2024 10

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Pakistan’s surprising election results, explained

Pakistan’s parliamentary elections ended in a surprise upset, one that could make the transition to the next government a chaotic affair and that...

13.02.2024 5

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Why Ukraine’s new top general is known as the “butcher”

Ukraine’s military underwent a major leadership shake-up this week, a decision that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy framed as a reset for the...

10.02.2024 10

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Everything is chaotic about Pakistan’s election — except the outcome

Pakistan’s elections have already been eventful — with one party leader’s arrest, another’s stunning return from exile, and at least nine...

09.02.2024 10

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The French farmers’ protests are more complex than they seem

French farmers’ unions on Thursday called a halt to protests in which they’ve blocked traffic with their tractors and dumped manure and rotting...

03.02.2024 20

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The allegations against the UN’s Palestinian refugee relief agency, explained

The United States and about a dozen other countries have paused additional funding for UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...

31.01.2024 5

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The ICJ orders in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, explained

The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel must increase its efforts to protect Palestinians and provide humanitarian aid to Gaza,...

26.01.2024 4

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The Iran-Pakistan strikes aren’t about Gaza. They’re still alarming.

Iran and Pakistan traded missile attacks over the past week, supposedly as part of each nation’s efforts to disrupt violence by ethnic separatist...

20.01.2024 10

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What China wants out of Myanmar’s civil war

In Myanmar, a brief ceasefire between a powerful alliance of ethnic armed groups and the ruling military junta appears to have been broken just hours...

15.01.2024 7

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In Taiwan’s high-stakes elections, China is the loser

Taiwan’s election results are in, and voters chose Lai Chiang-te in a three-way race as the candidate who best represented what they’re looking...

14.01.2024 4

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The US and UK hit Houthi targets in Yemen. It probably won’t stop Red Sea attacks.

The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday night launched strikes against targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels to antagonize the global...

13.01.2024 5

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Behind Iraq’s call to remove US-led forces

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced he’ll remove about 900 US-led coalition forces out of his country, he announced Friday,...

08.01.2024 10

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What Houthi attacks in the Red Sea mean for global shipping — and conflict

Houthi rebels based in Yemen launched another attack on commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea Thursday, sending an explosive, unmanned vessel near...

07.01.2024 10

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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, explained

The South African government has taken its firmest stance yet against Israel’s war in Gaza, accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in a...

31.12.2023 8

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Why sexual violence in war is so widespread — and under-covered 

As Israeli officials piece together the attacks of October 7, evidence is mounting that Hamas committed crimes of sexual violence against the people...

23.12.2023 10

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Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, explained

If you know nothing else about Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, you probably know two things: He has weird hair, and he’s a self-described...

18.12.2023 9

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Russia’s absurd claim that the LGBTQ community is extremist, explained

Life in Russia became even more restricted for queer people last week, after a decade of increasing repression against the LGBTQ community there. On...

05.12.2023 4

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Israel moves into southern Gaza after a week-long truce — and its goals are murkier than ever

Israel and Hamas have resumed hostilities after a week-long pause — and now the fighting is moving into southern Gaza, where most of the region’s...

03.12.2023 9

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The Israel-Hamas prisoner deal was extended. What comes next?

Israel and Hamas agreed Monday to extend a temporary ceasefire under which dozens of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners have been released...

28.11.2023 7

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How Myanmar’s resistance could topple its military government — for good

A coalition of ethnic armed militias in Myanmar have launched what could be the best possible chance to overthrow the military government that has...

26.11.2023 40

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The controversial phrase “from the river to sea,” explained

On US college campuses, on social media, and even in the halls of Congress, the 10-word slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”...

24.11.2023 20

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Rishi Sunak’s cabinet shuffle won’t fix the UK’s Tories’ problems

If nothing else, one thing is certain about the United Kingdom’s Conservative government: there’s going to be drama. The latest Tory meltdown saw...

19.11.2023 7

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Israel’s humanitarian pauses in Gaza, explained

Israel has agreed to four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in areas of northern Gaza as US officials announced Thursday. The pauses, meant to allow...

12.11.2023 20

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Israel hits civilian infrastructure as ceasefire calls grow

The Israel Defense Forces have attacked multiple civilian targets in the last week — including refugee camps and an ambulance convoy — killing...

05.11.2023 2

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Iran could determine how far the Israel-Hamas war spreads

In his first public statement about Israel’s war with Hamas , Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday indicated that the Shia militant...

05.11.2023 7

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Israel’s ground assault of Gaza is happening. Here’s what we know

Israel has begun a prolonged ground operation in northern Gaza, accompanied by aerial bombardments throughout the territory and a communications...

30.10.2023 40

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Israel’s Gaza raid is likely prep for a bigger invasion

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops on Wednesday night carried out a raid in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have evacuated...

27.10.2023 20

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Israelis feel abandoned by Netanyahu after October 7

Two weeks after Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are likely preparing to wage a massive ground...

22.10.2023 40

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How to understand Egypt’s role in the Israel-Hamas conflict

Under conditions that the United Nations has already labeled a “humanitarian catastrophe,” hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled south...

16.10.2023 10

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Gaza’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, explained

An airstrike on Friday hit a convoy of Palestinians, killing at least 12, including women and young children, as they tried to flee northern Gaza at...

15.10.2023 10

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How does Iran fit into the war between Israel and Hamas?

Speculation around Iran’s involvement in Hamas’s gruesome attack on Israel has been rampant over the past week — along with questions about...

14.10.2023 6

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7 big questions about the Israel-Hamas war, answered

Israel and Hamas are involved in their worst outbreak of violence in decades, one that has already claimed over 1,500 lives, and likely will claim...

10.10.2023 4

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Things are about to get much worse in the war between Israel and Hamas

Israel suffered its most devastating attack in decades Saturday when Hamas militants launched thousands of rockets from Gaza and infiltrated several...

09.10.2023 20

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Hamas attack on Israel: News and updates

In the early hours of Saturday, October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters launched an unprecedented invasion across Israel ’s southern border with Gaza,...

08.10.2023 4

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