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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2024. ​
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Netanyahu's uncompromising UNGA address

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a defiant speech at the UN on Friday, framing Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon as a fight for the country’s survival, while criticizing the UN. Meanwhile, the Israeli military launched an airstrike in Beirut that killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

People and Lebanese army members stand near a burnt car after an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon, according to two Palestinian sources, in Lebanon August 21, 2024.
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Israel kills Fatah commander in Lebanon as regional tensions escalate

Israel confirmed Wednesday that it killed Khalil al-Maqdah, a commander in the armed wing of the Palestinian Fatah movement, in Lebanon.

Smoke rises from the vicinity of the Hamad Towers area, west of Khan Younis, Gaza trip, August 14, 2024.
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US pressures Israel for Gaza truce, Hamas skips cease-fire talks

Israeli negotiators met with mediators in Qatar on Thursday to discuss an end to the war in Gaza. The basic framework revolves around an end to hostilities, the release of Israeli hostages, and the freeing of certain Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at BusinessEurope conference in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2020.
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Hard Numbers: Von der Leyen seeks reelection, Israel GDP plummets, Ukrainian troops captured, Something’s smelly in Cape Town, Moïse’s widow indicted

5: Ursula Von der Leyen has announced she will seek a second term as president of the EU Commission.

​Noa Kirel from Israel performs during the grand final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain, May 13, 2023.
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Could Israel be disqualified from Eurovision 2024?

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu
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Biden finally invites Bibi, sort of

After months of White House snubs over the policies of his ultra-right-wing government, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu finally got an invitation to the US this week.

​Wade Brennan from Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services shows a mosquito that is capable of harboring malaria
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Hard Numbers: Malaria makes moves in the US, Kramatorsk death toll, Britons go hungry, Brazil notches 19th century growth number, Israel’s politics crimp tech funding

20: The CDC has detected the first locally transmitted cases of malaria in the US in 20 years. Four of the cases were in Florida, the fifth in Texas. Aren’t those genetically modified mosquitos supposed to be preventing this? THEY HAD ONE JOB!

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attends Arnon Milchan's video testimony
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Latest twists and turns in Bibi’s trial

In one of the more damning moments of Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial, Arnon Milchan, a billionaire Hollywood mogul, took to the stand (virtually) on Monday to say his piece.

What We're Watching: Bennett throws in the towel in Israel, Petro wins in Colombia, Macron loses majority in France
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What We're Watching: Bennett throws in the towel in Israel, Petro wins in Colombia, Macron loses majority in France

Israel's never-ending election loop, Colombia lurches left, Macron’s agenda hits a major snag

Hard Numbers: EU bans (most) Russian oil, Israel-UAE trade deal, crowdfunded drone for Ukraine, Pokemon zero-COVID protest
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Hard Numbers: EU bans (most) Russian oil, Israel-UAE trade deal, crowdfunded drone for Ukraine, Pokemon zero-COVID protest

EU leaders agreed late Monday to an embargo on two-thirds of the oil the bloc now imports from Russia.