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Four candidates are vying for the presidency in a country that has faced a yearslong ISIS-backed insurgency. The election is also a test of the sway of former independence movements.

The Biden administration is dealing with complex dynamics in the Middle East as it tries to keep conflicts involving Israel from escalating further.

After an epic election defeat in July, opposition lawmakers have presented their party’s dues-paying members with an unexpected choice of two candidates from the right.

The Trump Organization was in talks about Israeli hotels before the Hamas attack last year. It says it wants to resume them in the future, raising questions about the mingling of politics and money in the event of a second Trump term.

Ties between the U.S. and Israeli leaders have been strained over Israel’s conduct in Gaza. The Israeli defense minister delayed a much-anticipated trip to the U.S. at Mr. Netanyahu’s request.

The airline said the pilot had lost consciousness during the flight, which was headed to Istanbul from Seattle.

Najia and Hammam Malaka have been stuck at opposite ends of the Gaza Strip, with their young children, for most of the yearlong conflict. The emotional toll has been devastating.

Russian troops have now entered Toretsk, a strategic hilltop city, and are pressing with assaults elsewhere in the Donetsk region.

Victims who were found in a span of three days in Canada last week included two men whom the police said the suspect had attacked at random.

‘We don’t want to send the message to the younger generation that we’re people who have to hide ourselves.’