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The White House announced financial penalties on the men, ranging in age from 21 to 32, over escalating violence against Palestinian civilians.

President Biden’s executive order appeared to be aimed in part at Arab American voters who are furious with his administration’s backing of Israel in the war in Gaza.

Some relatives of captives say the release of hostages should be Israel’s highest priority, while others are pressing to keep fighting Hamas.

The U.N. humanitarian chief urged donor nations to resume financing UNRWA, saying that it remained essential to the survival of millions of civilians in Gaza.

Concerns over the possibility of even more tumult in the Mideast are rising. And the future of the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, a humanitarian lifeline in war-torn Gaza, is under fierce debate.

Portraits of Gen. Valery Zaluzhny hang in coffee shops and bars inside Ukraine, but his strained relationship with President Volodymyr Zelensky may cost him his post.

Portraits of Gen. Valery Zaluzhny hang in coffee shops and bars inside Ukraine, but his strained relationship with President Volodymyr Zelensky may cost him his post.

The government says it can juggle its finances for a few months, but warns of an economic crisis if Western assistance remains stuck.

An Iranian military leader appeared to signal the country would not escalate tensions, and a militia blamed for a deadly strike on U.S. troops said it would halt its attacks.

The books offer the promise of an ending where all questions are answered and some sort of justice is done.