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Updated April 22, 2025 - 9:43 PM EDT

Huckabee Backs Israel's Total Blockade on Gaza

		*Pope Francis Called for Peace in Gaza in Last Address*
		*Smotrich: 'Gaza Must Be Eliminated,' Hostages Not Priority*

Israeli Attacks Kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza

		*Israel Deploying Unmanned Bulldozers in Gaza*
		*Bodies Pile Up in Gaza Morgue as Israel Blocks DNA Equipment*

Iran: Israel Trying To 'Undermine' US Talks

Trump's NSC Director for Israel and Iran Worked for Israeli MoD

IDF Chief Tours Israel-Occupied Syria

US Airstrikes Pound Yemen, Killing 12 in Capital

Russia Welcomes US Statements on NATO

China, Philippines Naval Encounter Ahead of US Drills

Viewpoints

	US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments by Dan Steinbock
	Toward a Historic Peace Summit by Edward Lozansky

	Pope Francis' Legacy of Inter-Faith Diplomacy by Eldar Mamedov
	Does Zelensky Want Peace or War? by Ted Snider
More Viewpoints

Bringing the War on Terror to Our Southern Border Can Only End in Disaster
by Connor O'Keeffe

Frontline

	Israeli Police Ban Gaza Children Photos From Protest, Then Backtrack
	At Least 33 Civilians Killed in RSF Shelling of Sudan's El-Fasher, Army Says

The War at Home

	Trump Says There Is 'Very Good Chance' of Russia-Ukraine Deal This Week
	Troops Can Now Detain, Search People on Newly Minted Military Land on the Border
	Pentagon Chief Dismisses Reports He Shared Military Info With Wife
	US Navy Seeks Large Storage Facility in the Philippines by 2026
	Trump Administration Irate at Harvard, Plans To Pull Additional $1 Billion in Funding
	US War Chief Faces Calls To Resign Over New 'Signalgate' Scandal
	Trump Stands Behind Hegseth After Attack Plans Shared in Second Signal Chat: White House
	Rocket Lab Lands Multibillion-Dollar Deals to Boost US, UK Hypersonic Programs
	Harvard University Sues Trump Administration
	US Intelligence Refutes Trump's Justification for Mass Deportations of Venezuelans
	No Formal Charges Against Detained US Georgetown Professor, Says Wife

Russia

	Russian Forces Stage Mass Drone Attack on Ukraine's Odesa, Governor Says
	Putin Says He Is Open To Direct Peace Talks With Ukraine
	Russia Resumes Strikes on Ukraine as Easter Ceasefire Ends

Europe

	EU Considers Lifting Methane Requirements for US LNG
	EU Giving Up Putin's Pipelines for Trump's Tankers Full of LNG
	Germany Bets on Volunteers To Fix a Hollowed-Out Army – But Will It Work?
	UK Defense Companies Boast Trump-Proof Weapons Are Free of US Parts

China

	China Warns Countries Not to Strike Trade Deals With US at Its Expense
	China Signs Major LNG Deals With UAE To Replace US Supply
	How China Is Finding Ways To Replace US Farmers in Response to Trade War
	China Tests Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb, Science Paper Shows
	China Sanctions US Lawmakers, Officials, NGO Heads

Africa

	Seventy Soldiers Killed in Benin as Qaeda Expands Activity Beyond Sahel
	South Sudan's Military Recaptures Key Town From White Army Militia
	Tunisia Detains Top Lawyer Souab, Critic of the President

Gaza

	Nearly 600 Children Killed, 1,600 Injured in Renewed Israeli Assault on Gaza: UN Agency
	Palestinian Red Crescent: Israeli Probe Into Gaza Aid Workers' Killings Not Enough
	Israeli Army Stopped Designating Gaza 'Safe Zones' After Restart of Genocide
	'We Can't Let the World Stand By': Ex-South African Foreign Minister Urges Global Reform To Enforce ICJ Gaza Ruling
	Gaza's Christians 'Heartbroken' for Pope Who Phoned Them Nightly
	Israel Deploys Under-Trained Soldiers Amid Gaza War Strain
	Over 141,000 Israelis Sign Petitions Demanding Hostages' Return, End to Gaza War

Israel/Palestine

	Hundreds of PA Officers to 'Undergo Training' in Egypt for Post-War Gaza Plan: Report
	Mainstream Obituaries Are Erasing Pope Francis's Deep Concern for Palestine
	Netanyahu Slammed for Attending Son's Henna Party Amid Gaza War
	Israel Revokes Visas of 27 French Lawmakers and Officials
	Israel Security Chief Accuses PM of Demanding Personal Loyalty
	Israeli Court Orders Detained Palestinian Academic Freed Over Lack of Evidence
	Najwa Refused To Leave Her Village So Israeli Troops Shot Her in Her Home
	Israel Bans Palestinian Minister From Occupied West Bank for Six Months
	Israeli Opposition Leader Fears Political Violence Over Shin Bet Affair
	Shin Bet Chief Paints a Damning Picture of Netanyahu, Hellbent on Dismantling Democracy
	Netanyahu Ordered Shin Bet To Spy on Anti-Govt Protesters, Agency Chief Tells Court

Middle East

	Remains of 1,700 Kurds Recovered From Iraqi Mass Graves Over the Past 17 Years
	Israel Ramps Up Attacks on S. Lebanon, Several Killed
	It Survived for 2,000 Years, but Syria's War Battered Palmyra

Sudan

	Forced Displacement in Sudan's North Darfur Overwhelming Aid Operations: UN
	Activists Call for UAE Boycott Over Backing for RSF in Sudan
	More Than 30 Killed in Latest Attack in Sudan's Darfur Region

Latin America

	Who Are the People Bukele Wants To Exchange for Venezuelan Detainees in El Salvador?
	Three Haitian Soldiers Warring With Gangs Are Slain Outside of Port-Au-Prince