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Gaza ceasefire first phase tests US and Israel claims

Gaza City — Noon passed and with it a line on the map shifted, not to peace, but to a pause that people in Gaza...

Havana’s Stage-Managed Gaza protest meets a fragile ceasefire

Havana — At sunrise on Thursday, the broad sweep of the Malecón filled with people and percussion. Thousands of Cubans, students in white guayaberas,...

Trump’s “first phase” Gaza deal, a fragile pause with hostages freed...

Tel Aviv — The war that has defined the region for two bruising years reached a hinge point on Thursday, as Israel and Hamas accepted...

Israel Palestine Conflict Day 670: Cairo talks, maps, and a ticking...

Cairo — On Day 670 of the israel palestines conflict, the war’s political clock turned to Egypt, where delegations opened indirect talks in Sharm...

Cairo’s high stakes gamble: talks open while Gaza Genocide

Gaza City — Negotiators from Israel and Hamas converged on Egypt on Monday, October 6, 2025, for the most serious push yet to end the...

Egypt talks open as Washington pushes a rapid Gaza ceasefire

Cairo — Delegations converged on Egypt for a fresh round of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas as Washington pressed for a rapid ceasefire...

Sunday Showdown: Trump’s Gaza clock, Israel preps first step

Washington. Cairo. Tel Aviv: With a Sunday deadline looming in Washington time, the fragile outline of a ceasefire in Gaza is taking on more...

Trump’s ticking clock on Gaza: Hamas hedges as Israel braces

TEL AVIV — A deadline now governs a war that has defied clocks for nearly two years. With hours left until Sunday at 6...

Israel Palestine Conflict day 667: Israel seizes Gaza flotilla boat, deportations...

ASHDOD, Israel—The last boat in a weeks-long civilian convoy to Gaza, an aging trawler renamed Marinette, was seized at sea before dawn on Friday,...

Israel Palestine conflict day 666: Night raid at Sea, detainees pile...

GAZA CITY — In the dead of night on day 666 of the Israel Palestine Conflict, Israeli naval commandos boarded a civilian armada headed...
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KYIV — Trains rolled through the capital on reserve power, traffic lights blinked out in patches, and water pressure fell in a few neighborhoods...

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QUEENS — At 4 p.m. on Oct. 14, New York’s casino contest moved from renderings to arithmetic. Three remaining contenders, Resorts World at Aqueduct...
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