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Here’s a look at where the Israeli military has been striking in the Beirut area recently. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/GcPIJvo via IFTTT

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Plus, creating fashion in prison. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/lHA1vNm via IFTTT

The raids were said to be focused on gathering intelligence about Hezbollah positions close to the Israeli-Lebanese border, but American officials said they believed that any incursion would be a limited one. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/y71EW4k via IFTTT

The escalation of violence between Israel and its Iran-backed proxies across the Middle East threatened to bring the combatants closer to a regional war. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/AhpCg1z via IFTTT

Plus, we retraced one of Mayor Eric Adams’s lavish trips to Istanbul. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ENXf4t5 via IFTTT

The addition of Gideon Saar to Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition strengthens the prime minister’s political position. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/CGae7gL via IFTTT

The strike on power stations and a seaport, which killed four people, was the second known time that Israel has retaliated against the militant group’ attacks by striking in Yemen. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/gWzcM0B via IFTTT

Protesters gathered on Saturday not only in Lebanon, but also in Iran, in the West Bank and elsewhere to mourn his assassination. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/qUXMoC5 via IFTTT

A Times analysis of video from the Israeli military shows that at least eight planes it said were used in the attack on Hassan Nasrallah were armed with bunker-buster bombs. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/zanXSEO via IFTTT

Israel has recently killed several commanders of the Lebanese militia, including its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/g1KJCjB via IFTTT

Hassan Nasrallah’s killing raises questions about whether the group can strike back at Israel. But U.S. officials say it’s too soon to count the group out. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/3yI4xQh via IFTTT

Israel’s airstrikes south of Beirut flattened several buildings and targeted Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/dsmVPKJ via IFTTT

In 32 years in charge of Hezbollah, Mr. Nasrallah, 64, has built the Iranian-backed militia into an influential force in Lebanon and a potent adversary of Israel. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/emupWdP via IFTTT

Residents described a scene of flattened buildings and destroyed vehicles after Israel unleashed strikes targeting Hezbollah’s leader outside the Lebanese capital. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/u0QO7rA via IFTTT

Though the offer was quickly rejected by several commanders of the opposition forces, it was still seen as a significant development in the three-year civil war. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/wTF2Bh0 via IFTTT

Three men were the first to be convicted under the city’s recently expanded national security law, which has greatly curtailed political speech. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/byELX6j via IFTTT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed to keep striking the Lebanese militants, who began launching rockets across the border almost a year ago in support of their Hamas allies in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/zSwCdGJ via IFTTT

Plus, the control behind K-pop goes public. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/auiXpky via IFTTT

Germany, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands said they will take the Taliban to the U.N.’s highest court because of its harsh restrictions on Afghan women. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/nvAQNFY via IFTTT

Part of a long line of cantors, he led services at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem for 30 years and helped train the next generation. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/BhVoPRe via IFTTT

With fears growing of a wider regional war in the Middle East, the United States is working to broker a short-term cease-fire agreement. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/WkJRL3p via IFTTT

Israel said it was striking Hezbollah targets with “high intensity” to keep the campaign as short as possible, as the Lebanese militants maintained their own cross-border barrage. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/iROGF0U via IFTTT

For nearly a year, Hezbollah has been attacking Israel in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/k6RAP1e via IFTTT

Plus, news outlets experiment with WhatsApp. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/mO2Ghlp via IFTTT

The appointment of a top general, Lt. Gen. Muhammad Asim Malik, to the post comes as the country faces numerous internal and external challenges. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ZlvMoSs via IFTTT

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Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, declined to say exactly how many troops were deploying, citing operational security. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/wS4CU9e via IFTTT

A congressional report argues that Beijing has exploited ties with American universities to advance technologically, and that further guardrails are needed. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/OcRdk3z via IFTTT

Residents of Kiryat Bialik, a community near Haifa, were feeling vulnerable as the back-and-forth attacks escalated recently between Hezbollah and the Israeli military. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/tvMVgO1 via IFTTT

For dozens of women who fled Myanmar and settled in Thailand, soccer has become a refuge from both the troubles of daily life and conservative cultural norms. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/I6erk4v via IFTTT

A leader of the Iranian-backed militia said its latest barrage was “just the beginning,” and an Israeli military official said, “Our strikes will intensify.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/8H5XsdI via IFTTT

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis and crushing hardship for many people. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/fhRe7IO via IFTTT

The death of a Hezbollah leader wanted for his role in the 1983 attacks drew a range of reactions from survivors and victims’ families but brought little resolution. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/AP6y4TU via IFTTT

Exploding wireless devices maimed thousands. An Israeli airstrike on Friday flattened two buildings. Many doctors, exhausted, wonder how the country will cope if violence continues. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/1eG4rTg via IFTTT

The central issue in the election is how to correct the economy’s deep imbalances. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/tIW0QdX via IFTTT

The attack, which Lebanese officials said killed at least 14 and injured more than 60, stoked fears Israel is driving toward a full-blown war on its northern border, even as the fight in Gaza goes on. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/XaptUPD via IFTTT

The Israeli military considers the force a major threat to its northern border and has portrayed Aqeel, whom it claimed to have killed on Friday, as its de facto commander. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/sBeDvKI via IFTTT

Several videos have emerged of the gruesome scene, but it remains unclear if the three were alive or dead at the time. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/bMk0NZo via IFTTT

Experts are at odds over the question of whether it violates the laws of war to hide explosives in wireless devices that may go off near civilians. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/S9Fnz3N via IFTTT

Plus, French drag is here to stay. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/94TmKMZ via IFTTT

Israel has long blamed Hamas for civilian and children deaths, arguing that the militant group uses innocent people as human shields. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/D17Kebt via IFTTT

Hassan Nasrallah refused to say when or how Hezbollah would take revenge. As he spoke, Israeli fighter jets swooped low over Beirut. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/lCVwNuv via IFTTT

Daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel have been destructive, disruptive and sometimes deadly. An escalation could risk starting a wider regional conflict. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/8onPj4V via IFTTT

The blasts on Wednesday involved bigger, heavier devices that set off more large fires. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/WhO4k7H via IFTTT

Israel is believed to have conducted a series of clandestine attacks on adversaries linked to Iran in recent years, sometimes using highly innovative tactics. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/mxFUB72 via IFTTT

A series of attacks on wireless devices has drawn attention to the Iran-backed militia. Here’s what to know about the militant group. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/MWwoEZf via IFTTT

Small amounts of explosive were implanted in beepers that Hezbollah had ordered from a Taiwanese company, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/aSzmsC7 via IFTTT

There is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vg8MxT3 via IFTTT

After a second apparent assassination attempt, there is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/vg8MxT3 via IFTTT

Dismissing the minister, Yoav Gallant, would remove a prominent voice of disagreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/GmJkjef via IFTTT

Khaled Meshal, one of Hamas’s most senior officials, said in an interview that the militant group expects to play a decisive role in the enclave when the war is over. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/pzEnUXS via IFTTT

The shrinking population poses threats to growth but has opened opportunities for businesses that serve seniors. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/jnypQlC via IFTTT

Plus, why you should binge “Shogun.” from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CBQmXr8 via IFTTT

Linda Sun is just the latest member of the Chinese diaspora whom Beijing is accused of recruiting to influence Western democracies. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BQlPIqK via IFTTT

Linda Sun is just the latest member of the Chinese diaspora whom Beijing is accused of recruiting to influence Western democracies. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/NFCJ2KI via IFTTT

Plus, Ye performs in China. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/0hFBKsr via IFTTT

The rare attack was an illustration of the evolving conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iranian proxies. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/vE4dqUF via IFTTT

More than 80,000 children from China were adopted by American families. While many appreciate how the adoptions reshaped their own lives, they are also glad to see the program conclude. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/6eVmXwR via IFTTT

Hamas and the Houthis have opened offices in Baghdad, reflecting the two groups’ evolving relationship with Iraq as Tehran works to build a regional power bloc. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/5UejHKu via IFTTT

The provocative artist once known as Kanye West has received approval that was denied to Maroon 5 and Bon Jovi. China’s economic woes might be why. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/YKa3vnC via IFTTT

Derna is quickly being reconstructed after a flood that killed thousands. But questions linger about the process, and residents say new buildings cannot erase their trauma. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/TUeGHI8 via IFTTT

Gibbons move with rhythm and intention. Dare we say style? from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/jw6dVrO via IFTTT

The U.S. military said those killed in a joint assault by U.S. and Iraqi forces last month included the group’s leading bomb maker and its head of operations in Iraq. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/0oSJw6y via IFTTT

Here is what to know about Israel’s deadly raid on a Hezbollah weapons production facility in Syria. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/UHjY6Zr via IFTTT

The topic will be on the agenda Friday with the first visit to Washington by Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ZvcC4lm via IFTTT

An investigator hired by the global antidoping regulator found no bias toward China in a case that has outraged Olympic athletes and led to an F.B.I. investigation. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/DQGUNtJ via IFTTT

The courts have become one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over planet-warming emissions. Here are prominent cases to watch. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FmMCHvb via IFTTT

Plus, a video game provokes outrage. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/e0pV34K via IFTTT

The climbers from Italy and South Korea were found on Tuesday after they went missing three days earlier during a period of bad weather on the peak. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/dgvtsxV via IFTTT

The political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood won a sizable share of seats in Parliament, though not enough to challenge the government’s pro-Western tilt. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/c7hkB4f via IFTTT

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Plus, the great films of James Earl Jones. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/XSYbwDj via IFTTT

The prosecutor, Karim Khan, asked the court to make its decision on the warrants with the “utmost urgency” because of “the worsening situation in Palestine.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/4agGP3L via IFTTT

The large size of the two craters left in the aftermath of the attack suggest that Israel used the powerful bombs, according to experts and a New York Times analysis. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Mcbw4vK via IFTTT

Plus, is it A.I. or real life? from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/SJE3MBk via IFTTT

Here is what to know about the powerful doomsday preacher Apollo Carreon Quiboloy and his arrest. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/PUX25ir via IFTTT

The increased Palestinian attacks, coupled with the expansion of Israeli military raids and increased settler violence, have created a spiral of violence that analysts say is set to worsen. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/an9qxVd via IFTTT

X-ray videos showed that some young Japanese eels demonstrated that they were not content to become a predator’s meal. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/yx08HLP via IFTTT

Syria blamed Israel for what appeared to be one of the deadliest waves of attacks in the country in months. Israel did not immediately comment. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/8cKG2pV via IFTTT

The Roman Catholic Church played an important part in East Timor’s independence struggle. But one of its heroes from that time has been accused of sexual abuse. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/hByY1wz via IFTTT

Plus, rural women in China fighting for land rights. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CyIF35J via IFTTT

Every week, lonely retirees in the city gather in a public park — and an Ikea canteen — with one goal in mind: finding true love. Alexandra Stevenson shared their stories. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/zTayMwx via IFTTT

The Persian Gulf nation has instituted rolling blackouts to cope with surging summer electricity demand, stirring frustration among citizens. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/vpHS5JQ via IFTTT

Growing numbers of Chinese women are challenging a longstanding tradition that denies them village membership, and the lucrative payouts that go with it. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/hUsS61T via IFTTT

With witnesses and Palestinian officials accusing Israeli soldiers of firing the fatal shots, “an Israeli investigation is not adequate,” the family said in a statement. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/hrz0TEl via IFTTT

The storm is on track to become the most powerful to make landfall in northern Vietnam, where one person has died. Two were killed on the Chinese island of Hainan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/kFNO5Hp via IFTTT

A seminary on Flores, a Catholic-majority island in Indonesia, ordains so many priests that a lot of them go abroad to serve the faithful. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/J02Cfo4 via IFTTT

Her trip to the West Bank, where she was shot on Friday, was Ms. Eygi’s latest effort in years of activism that began nearly a decade ago when was still a teenager. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/tBN47Yz via IFTTT

A 10-day raid by Israeli troops into the occupied territory has been one of the most devastating in years, with at least 39 people killed, according to Palestinian officials. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/dLScx46 via IFTTT

Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, the operator of 7-Eleven, has rebuffed a buyout offer that would have been the largest foreign-led acquisition of a Japanese company. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FJPeMC8 via IFTTT

As the mass vaccination campaign shifted Thursday from central to southern Gaza, an Israeli strike reportedly killed four in an area where inoculations had just concluded. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/5EJ0oOC via IFTTT

Plus, the clothes that changed men’s fashion. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/szh1y6W via IFTTT

More than 50 African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit aimed at projecting the influence of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in the developing world. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/xa0UHX2 via IFTTT

Seven survivors were rescued from the boat that sank after leaving Libya. A crackdown by Italy has reduced migration, but not the high death rates that come with crossing the Mediterranean. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/6hOav3k via IFTTT

Plus, Daniel Dae Kim takes a risk. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/EqObuSA via IFTTT

Release of the video of Carmel Gat, 40, and Alexander Lobanov, 32, appears designed to inflame divisions in Israel. In the past Hamas had denied taking hostages. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/rF2NqXE via IFTTT

A sharp decline in major U.S. stock indexes reverberated through Asia on Wednesday, with investors still rattled by last month’s market meltdown. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/v4cUEV7 via IFTTT

Yahya Sinwar, the group’s political chief, was charged with carrying out the terrorist attacks that resulted in the killing of at least 43 Americans. Five other Hamas senior leaders were also charged. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/x27Uzpq via IFTTT

Plus, a quiz to test healthy brain habits. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/RaQFW1r via IFTTT

The number of insurgent attacks has increased, officials say, as Iraq and the United States negotiate a plan to wind down the U.S.-led military mission. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/JVLuMTN via IFTTT

In his first news conference since the bodies of six killed hostages were recovered, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to budge on his conditions for any truce in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Q2HEI7F via IFTTT

Plus, Europe’s overwhelmed destinations. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/A9ngMZL via IFTTT

It was reminder of the perilous situation facing dozens of remaining hostages still thought to be alive in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/gK4AT2H via IFTTT

The 11-day trip, a signal that Francis does not intend to slow down, requires nearly 45 hours of air travel and meetings in tropical climates. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/bwRP8y9 via IFTTT

Some vegetables cost more than they have in five years. Top Chinese officials have made a point of showing that they’re doing something about it. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/dc4ZXAv via IFTTT

The Israeli military said Sunday that Hamas had killed the hostages before they were discovered by Israeli troops on Saturday. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/HDpXwaE via IFTTT

Demonstrations broke out in cities around the country after the Israeli military announced the recovery of six dead hostages. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/fgU0yic via IFTTT