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A U.N. official described Rafah, a refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced people, as a “pressure cooker of despair.” It is one of the last cities in southern Gaza that Israeli ground forces have not reached.

The death of a pet during a train journey has given Russians a safe space to speak out and connect, and allowed the Kremlin to shift attention from wartime gloom.

The volatile mix of violence, tensions and Israeli restrictions has had a stultifying effect on the West Bank.

Reactions ranged from denouncing the penalties to saying they didn’t go far enough.

The move suggests that Tehran may be trying to ease tensions with the United States.

After Iran-aligned militants killed three American soldiers, Iran’s leaders sensed a line was crossed, and are sending more conciliatory signals while awaiting President Biden’s promised response.

Four years after Britain officially left the E.U., the U.K. government on Wednesday published the details of a deal to restore the power-sharing government in Belfast.

The raid, by a small team wearing medical garb, killed a Hamas commander. It came as Israel confirmed it was trying to flush militants out of tunnels with seawater and had renewed fighting in northern Gaza.

The sentences, just over a week before Pakistan’s national election, come as the former prime minister’s party has been battered by a crackdown.

It is the first time the military has publicly acknowledged using the tactic, which the U.N. has warned could damage Gaza’s drinking water.