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The president outlined a plan to try to get Hamas and Israel to break out of a monthslong deadlock that has resulted in the killing of thousands of Palestinians. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/lynTa71 via IFTTT

The Israeli military withdrew its forces from the northern town of Jabaliya in Gaza on Friday, leaving behind scenes of devastation, returning residents said. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/R8NnPYv via IFTTT

She traveled from village to village in a crusade to stop a practice in which women are accused of being witches and harshly punished, and even killed, for it. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/V3Am1Mo via IFTTT

“The destruction is indescribable,” said Mohammad Awais, who returned with his family to their home on Friday. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/OITJNsq via IFTTT

Stock markets in Mumbai have surged as big global investors hope India can become a source of growth. It won’t be so easy. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/UJVwWlo via IFTTT

Egypt’s government is weighing its “cornerstone” relationship with Israel against the economic damage the war in Gaza is inflicting and against the domestic outrage over the devastation there. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/My1qvtI via IFTTT

An eight-mile-long strip of land between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is the latest focus of the Israeli assault on Hamas. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/0wGtZKD via IFTTT

An eight-mile-long strip of land between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is the latest focus of the Israeli assault on Hamas. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/LqX6BhN via IFTTT

The assessment, at odds with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that the country is “on the brink of victory,” came as Israel claimed control of a key buffer strip along Egypt’s border. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/0FUDagA via IFTTT

Algeria, the only Arab representative in the current makeup of the Security Council, drafted the resolution. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/IGJKdb1 via IFTTT

Hamas tunnels into Egypt make it essential for Israel to control the corridor, Israel says, but Egypt says there are no such tunnels. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/SjUisHr via IFTTT

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The reports come just two days after dozens of people were killed when a fire tore through a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah after an Israeli airstrike. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/UunJZ3j via IFTTT

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The strike on Sunday, which Israeli officials said targeted two Hamas leaders taking cover near a civilian encampment, ignited a fire that killed 45 people, according to the Gazan authorities. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/q8G7fN6 via IFTTT

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Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, has made deploying a fleet of spy satellites one of his country’s latest ​military ambitions. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/P7qBULc via IFTTT

A bipartisan delegation promised to stand by the island’s newly elected president, Lai Ching-te, after Beijing surrounded the self-governing island with naval vessels and aircraft. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/7aP6BxI via IFTTT

In the first trilateral meeting since 2019, the neighbors sought common ground in trade and cultural exchange while tiptoeing around thorny security issues. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/zlEybX2 via IFTTT

The United States and Europe are trying to catch up to a rival skilled in using all the levers of government and banking to dominate global manufacturing. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/isGpqoN via IFTTT

India’s welfare programs improve lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party uses its vast machinery to ensure the handouts also create loyal voters. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/GHqPSZM via IFTTT

Negotiators held preliminary discussions in Paris this weekend, hoping to revive the possibility of a truce, the officials said. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/QpisrwI via IFTTT

For months, Qatar, the United States and Egypt have been trying to cajole Israel and Hamas into accepting a truce and an exchange of captives that could help bring the seven-month war to a close. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Oy6Kk03 via IFTTT

Officers said the cause of the fire was still under investigation, but they plan to file a negligence charge against the owner of the facility. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/m4wxB03 via IFTTT

The International Court of Justice ruling deepens Israel’s international isolation, but the court has no enforcement powers. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/oT4GZVK via IFTTT

U.S.-based Anzu Robotics is selling drones using technology from DJI, a Chinese firm that is the target of efforts by lawmakers to limit Chinese technology in America. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/mg9BoM6 via IFTTT

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Also, China holds ‘punishment’ drills around Taiwan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/41ehKkC via IFTTT

Despite diplomatic blows this week, Israeli leaders are focused on their public, which still largely views the war with Hamas in Gaza as an existential conflict. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/yI4BkaA via IFTTT

Plus, three European countries recognize a Palestinian state. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/meIX3dA via IFTTT

The Israeli military showed family members of the hostages the video a few weeks ago and gave them a copy on Tuesday, which they shared. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/rMlTSP3 via IFTTT

The recognition of Palestinian statehood by Spain, Ireland and Norway highlights the changing center of gravity, but there also are staunchly pro-Israel nations in Europe. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/GRKa70V via IFTTT

The recognition of Palestinian statehood by Spain, Ireland and Norway highlights the changing center of gravity, but there also are staunchly pro-Israel nations in Europe. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/V83w5Uo via IFTTT

The temporary pier is one of few remaining entry points for aid shipments since Israel began an incursion into Rafah, in southern Gaza, earlier this month. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ciZJhC7 via IFTTT

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Matthew Trickett, one of three men accused of gathering information for the special administrative region of China, died in a park outside London, the police said. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/DMmB1jC via IFTTT

Officials from Ukraine, Kenya and Sudan are just some of the others who have also died in crashes. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ARPmYHi via IFTTT

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The hard-line Shiite cleric was seen as a possible successor to Iran’s supreme leader. Mr. Raisi’s death comes at a moment of turbulence for a country facing a deepening conflict with Israel. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ET3MY8c via IFTTT

The experience of TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, in Beijing and Washington shows how much the ground has shifted for China’s entrepreneurs. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/PVOCjba via IFTTT

President Lai Ching-te has vowed to stay on his predecessor’s narrow path of resisting Beijing without provoking it. It won’t be easy. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/iul5pYg via IFTTT

Also, Russian troops moved closer to Kharkiv. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/gb8Lr32 via IFTTT

Iran and the United States are groping their way out of several simultaneous crises, including over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/uTnOP9g via IFTTT

Pakistanis suspect the national intelligence agencies of being behind practically everything — even street performers working for tips in Islamabad. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/0y6KwHY via IFTTT

The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/OKPvmcM via IFTTT

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/L53f76x via IFTTT

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the Islamic world. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/nFbr3oS via IFTTT

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/HMKiWIg via IFTTT

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/l5BIgV0 via IFTTT

Families grapple with anguish and isolation as they try to raise their children in a country that increasingly questions their very identity. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/kmNWvqi via IFTTT

Israel said Friday that it was facilitating the flow of aid and that its operations in Rafah, which have caused 630,000 people to flee, were ‘limited and localized.’ from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/gkWKXOV via IFTTT

The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/cXO8DC1 via IFTTT

Fighting in Rafah has closed off a vital border crossing in southern Gaza, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and cut off humanitarian aid. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/QLSKOqi via IFTTT

Also, Michael Cohen kept his cool under cross-examination. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/irmyjAB via IFTTT

China’s backing will be crucial to President Vladimir V. Putin as he intensifies his offensive in Ukraine. But his host, Xi Jinping, has other competing priorities. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/v2FBw5Y via IFTTT

Also, mixed reviews for King Charles’s portrait. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/wFsvMBr via IFTTT

The secretary of state said active fighting in the area was taking a toll after Israel had taken some steps to improve assistance. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Qtwyqh7 via IFTTT

He built Sarvodaya, an organization that battled dismal living conditions in his country’s villages and championed peace and mediation during a vicious civil war. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/gUkoNn8 via IFTTT

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is stepping down after nearly 20 years, oversaw astounding successes, but some Singaporeans want a different kind of politics. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/LmUxq1G via IFTTT

As Hamas reappears in places Israel’s troops had cleared, Israeli commanders say their government’s failure to plan for stabilizing and administering Gaza will leave a perilous power vacuum. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/GW2NSDk via IFTTT

Also, Antony Blinken visited Kyiv and President Biden announced new Chinese tariffs. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/NEncWMk via IFTTT

Britain’s foreign office said it had reprimanded the Chinese ambassador, a day after three men were charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/87mKHz3 via IFTTT

The national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, also said Israel had yet to connect its military operations to a plan for the future governance of Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/9zAvdbc via IFTTT

Also, Vladimir Putin’s new defense minister. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ymbYhVq via IFTTT

Heavy rains and high winds ripped through the financial capital of India, toppling a billboard onto a crowd of people seeking shelter. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/IS5JbhC via IFTTT

The rare move by operators of the national rail network comes as part of a broader push in China to stem losses at subsidized public services. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/cuOyNrS via IFTTT

The U.S. secretary of state warned that Israel’s victories over Hamas may not be “sustainable.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/mxuJe1E via IFTTT

Also, fighting is raging in northern Gaza. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/udDRBvV via IFTTT

The secretary of state said the U.S. could pull additional support if Israel undertakes a major attack on Rafah. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/wW1SIOK via IFTTT

Hamas’s leader in Gaza is considered an architect of the Oct. 7 attacks that prompted Israel to retaliate. As mediators seek a cease-fire, a deal depends on Mr. Sinwar as well as his Israeli foes. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/MYCy1Bl via IFTTT

The firm Hybe has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in market value because of a feud with the creative force behind the band NewJeans. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/uhT50iW via IFTTT

Many say there is nowhere to go, and even the “humanitarian zone” recommended by Israel is neither safe nor equipped to handle all of them, the U.N. says. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/21TBeyJ via IFTTT

The United States among a handful of holdouts on the vote, which was widely seen as a rebuke of the Americans and Israel. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/xj5Nutq via IFTTT

With no resumption of deliveries in sight, officials fear the territory’s threadbare humanitarian relief effort could collapse altogether. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/LUmf5Ww via IFTTT

The vote comes after the United States last month vetoed a Security Council measure granting full U.N. membership to a Palestinian state. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/MXx3Lfw via IFTTT

Defiant Israelis have vowed to do “whatever is necessary” in the Gaza Strip despite the American president’s threat to withhold weapons. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/6BYKRwz via IFTTT

Also, Israel-Hamas talks falter again. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/iMRFLkE via IFTTT

The president has grown increasingly wary of a major assault in the densely populated city in southern Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/YQ59u3m via IFTTT

“If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone,” the Israeli prime minister said, as the U.S. threatened to withhold more weapons. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/RachybG via IFTTT

Also, the U.S. and China held climate talks. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/X9miS3y via IFTTT

The United States accelerated weapons deliveries to Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/2OdQ3Zs via IFTTT

An Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza city did not appear to be the long-anticipated, full-scale invasion of the city, home to about a million displaced Palestinians. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/bkIKUJC via IFTTT

Also, Stormy Daniels testified in Donald Trump’s trial. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/C3F9WVO via IFTTT

President Biden’s speech at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony came during weeks of protests on U.S. college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/YoaNP3n via IFTTT

Talks in Paris with President Macron produced a call for an “Olympics truce” this summer but no concrete progress on Beijing putting pressure on Russia. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/GQOmNA8 via IFTTT

Hamas says it has agreed to a cease-fire plan that Israel said did not meet its demands, the latest in a long series of negotiating stumbles. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Ctb5VRp via IFTTT

Also, Russia plans for nuclear drills. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/1R0QX2V via IFTTT

The terms Hamas had agreed to were not immediately clear, but a senior Israeli official quickly said that the terms were not those that Israel had agreed to. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/2HXRsrU via IFTTT

Qantas, Australia’s national carrier, apologized and said it would pay a fine and compensation to settle a suit brought by a consumer watchdog. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BKynGN3 via IFTTT

Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country’s leader calls for China to adopt a “childbearing culture.” from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/zrfviTs via IFTTT

Also, Israel cracks down on Al Jazeera and Myanmar’s rebels get creative with drones. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/GHjugd6 via IFTTT

There had been signs the two sides were inching closer to an agreement, but talks in Cairo stalled and a Hamas delegation left the city. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/gTY5nCj via IFTTT

The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/bhoU3Au via IFTTT

Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way south.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/aon1WlT via IFTTT

India’s external spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, has long been accused of tapping into criminal networks to carry out operations in South Asia. Is the agency now doing similar operations in the West? from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/dWrt7sK via IFTTT

Consumer technologies are altering the course of the battle in Myanmar, and rebel drone units are taking notes on Ukraine and other conflicts. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/hmUTt4F via IFTTT

The killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh nationalist who had sought a separate state in India and was viewed as a terrorist by New Delhi, set off diplomatic tensions between Canada and India. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/u81VKws via IFTTT

Turkey said it would not resume trade with Israel until a “permanent cease-fire” in Gaza. The move came after a number of countries cut diplomatic ties with Israel. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/7g9GIpN via IFTTT

Israel has not offered an explanation for the death of Dr. Adnan Ahmad Albursh, chief of orthopedics at Al-Shifa hospital, four months after he was first detained. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/rTzHsBE via IFTTT

The projection didn’t take into account the time it would take to repair the homes that were damaged but not destroyed. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/UQvrlz8 via IFTTT

Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas’ political wing, said the group was reviewing the latest proposal in a “positive spirit,” and would send representatives to Cairo to continue negotiations. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/jWvYr5k via IFTTT

Also, the U.S. accused Russia of using chemical weapons. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/nuLcTad via IFTTT

President Biden defended the right to dissent but made clear that he believed too many of the demonstrations had gone beyond the bounds of free speech. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/pyrcRGL via IFTTT

“The time is now,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared, urging Hamas to accept the terms of a proposed truce. He also made clear that he expected more from Israel. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Nors5FK via IFTTT

“Panda diplomacy” has represented an area of cooperation between the United States and China despite tension over weighty issues of trade and national security. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/WAH3DGX via IFTTT

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, made the announcement in front of cheering crowds in the capital that had gathered for International Workers’ Day. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/vMwlHSs via IFTTT

Also, China’s surging electric car market and a new Netflix series from India. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Zthj7Vw via IFTTT