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Hamas is proposing a three-stage cease-fire that would culminate in the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip — a demand Israeli officials have publicly rejected.

The mounting frustration with the military establishment is a stark shift in Punjab, the country’s most populous and politically important province.

The attacks killed at least five people, officials said, as Ukraine raises pleas for more American aid and President Volodymyr Zelensky considers changes in his administration.

Moscow did not say when the interview would run. It is Mr. Putin’s first formal interview with Western news media since the start of his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

President Daniel Noboa’s new war on gangs has widespread support in a nation overwhelmed by violence. But experts warn it could endanger civil liberties.

Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the exquisite bedlam of Lagos, a megacity of extremes. Here, he defines the books that make sense of the chaos.

The Qatari prime minister, speaking at a news conference in Doha with the U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, said Hamas’s response was “positive” but gave few details.

In Ivory Coast, where a major tournament has drawn the continent’s best teams, a plastic sandal is the preferred gear for pickup games and almost everything else.

As Israel and Hamas inch closer to a deal to free hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a cease-fire, the military disclosed that at least 30 of the captives still in Gaza have been confirmed dead.

U.S. and Qatari leaders hinted at progress in talks for a truce and the release of hostages, but it remains unclear how Israel, determined to crush Hamas, will respond to the group’s counteroffer.