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​US President Donald Trump and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shake hands in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Orbán seeks Russian oil carveout from Trump, Nigerien uranium to pass through risky area, Israel hits southern Lebanon

​South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his wife, Kim Hye Kyung, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 24, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: South Korea’s Lee to meet Trump, Israel offers withdrawal for Hezbollah disarmament, Maryland man now headed to Uganda

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US special envoy Steve Witkoff ahead of Ukraine war talks.
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What We’re Watching: US envoy in Moscow, Tariffs rock South Africa’s government, Hezbollah dismisses disarmament

​A man, draped in a version of the Israeli flag, stations himself outside the Capital Jewish Museum, in Washington, D.C., USA, on May 21, 2025.
Hard Numbers

HARD NUMBERS: Two Israelis murdered in Washington, Arms race for AI talent, & more

​Smoke rises from a burning building in North Gaza, as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, March 23, 2025.
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Israel ramps up military offensives as Bibi battles the courts

Israel stepped up its attacks against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon this weekend. Domestically, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sacked his security chief – though that's been put on hold by the Supreme Court – and is trying to remove the attorney general.

​Syrian troops sit atop a tank as they head toward the Syrian-Lebanese border following clashes with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups, in Qusayr, Syria, March 17, 2025.
Middle East

Hezbollah takes on Syria’s new army

Fighting erupted across the border that separates Syria and Lebanon over the weekend.

An Israeli soldier stands next to a gate on a road near the Israel-Lebanon border, in Israel, on March 12, 2025.​
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Israel and Lebanon are set for border talks

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to start talks “as soon as possible” on their disputed land border nearly four months after a ceasefire paused the most recent war between the two countries.

​Residents of south Lebanon, who were displaced during the war, tried to return to their villages still occupied by Israel despite the expiration of the 60-day ceasefire implementation period. These Lebanese Muslim Shiite women inspect their destroyed house in the southern Lebanese border village of Ayta ash-Shaab after returning to their devastated hamlet.
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Refugee returns begin after Trump suggests Gaza exodus

Israel has opened routes into north Gaza, allowing some 200,000 Palestinians to begin returning home.


Gaza ceasefire likely as Biden and Trump both push
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Gaza ceasefire likely as Biden and Trump both push

A Gaza ceasefire has gained momentum. What is the likelihood a deal will be reached soon? What do I make of a potential sale of TikTok to Elon Musk? What does Lebanon's new president mean for Hezbollah? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

​Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun walks past guards at the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 9, 2025.
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Who is Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon?

For the first time in two years, Lebanon has a president.