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Israel Struck Twice in Its Attack on Al-Mawasi, Videos and Photos Show

The Israeli military launched an additional airstrike near emergency responders during a deadly barrage on a villa in Gaza this weekend aimed at the top Hamas military commander in the territory, videos and photographs reviewed by The New York Times show. After several Israeli munitions hit the grounds of the

They Were Told They Were in a Safe Area. Then Came the Missiles.

When the explosions began on Saturday, many Gazans were sitting down to meager breakfasts, or drinking tea. They were waking up their children, or walking down the road. Suddenly, the sound of destruction was booming through Al-Mawasi, the once sparsely populated part of southern Gaza where tens of thousands of

Israel’s Attempted Assassination of Hamas Leader Followed Surveillance of Deputy

For weeks, Israel kept watch on a palm-tree-dotted villa in southern Gaza where it believed a top Hamas lieutenant was staying with his family, but it held off on a strike, according to three senior Israeli defense officials. The Israelis had a bigger target in mind: Muhammad Deif, the elusive

They Were Told They Were in a Safe Area. Then Came the Missiles.

When the explosions began on Saturday, many Gazans were sitting down to meager breakfasts, or drinking tea. They were waking up their children, or walking down the road. Suddenly, the sound of destruction was booming through Al-Mawasi, the once sparsely populated part of southern Gaza where tens of thousands of

With Rivals Restricted, Kagame Looks Set for Another Term in Rwanda

The winding roads to this town in northern Rwanda were lined with election posters for the man who has been president for decades: Paul Kagame. Businesses were ordered shut and women swept the streets before the president’s convoy swooshed by, heading for a huge rally in a stadium bedecked

How Janet Yellen Became an Unlikely Culinary Diplomat

There was mayonnaise mixed with ants at a gastronomic taqueria in Mexico City. The garlic at a Persian restaurant in Frankfurt was aged 25 years. And, yes, the magic mushrooms in Beijing were hallucinogenic. This isn’t an Anthony Bourdain travel show but rather a taste of what Janet L.

Ukraine Is Targeting Crimea, a Critical Base for Russia’s Invasion

In a clear night sky above the shores of Odesa, the faint glow from missiles streaks over the Black Sea. For much of the war, it was one-way traffic, with Russia using the occupied Crimean Peninsula first as a launchpad for its full-scale invasion and then as a staging ground

How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza

They hide under residential neighborhoods, storing their weapons in miles of tunnels and in houses, mosques, sofas — even a child’s bedroom — blurring the boundary between civilians and combatants. They emerge from hiding in plainclothes, sometimes wearing sandals or tracksuits before firing on Israeli troops, attaching mines to their vehicles,

What NATO’s Warning to China Means

China’s tight bond with Russia is facing renewed condemnation from Washington and its allies after NATO issued its strongest accusation yet that Chinese technology is sustaining Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Leaders from the NATO alliance, meeting in Washington, declared that Beijing “cannot enable the largest war in Europe

‘We Want Our Real Lives Back’: For Gazans, Egypt Is Safe, but It’s Not Home

In Gaza, they owned olive trees, flower gardens, factories, stores and homes they had built and tended for decades. They had memories bound up in family photos, in knickknacks, in embroidered shawls. They had cars to drive, classes to attend, the beach minutes away. Now, in the Egyptian capital of

Many in Gaza City Ignore Israel’s Calls to Leave

The Israeli military acknowledged on Thursday that it had made wide-ranging failures that allowed Hamas-led militants to commit a massacre in the Israeli border village of Be’eri during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, even as it exonerated a general’s decision to authorize tank fire on a

Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next

Lee Saedol was the finest Go player of his generation when he suffered a decisive loss, defeated not by a human opponent but by artificial intelligence. Mr. Lee was beaten by AlphaGo, an A.I. computer program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit. The stunning upset, in 2016, made headlines

Three West African Countries Exit Regional ECOWAS Bloc

Three West African countries have broken away from a 15-member regional bloc that has long ensured free movement of people and goods among its tightly knit economies, further destabilizing an area that is home to nearly 400 million people and threatened by violent insurgents. The leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali

Middle East Crisis: Israel Urges Gaza City Residents to Evacuate, Calling It a ‘Combat Zone’

It was a moment of respite and levity in Gaza: Boys played soccer in the courtyard of a school building as a crowd looked on. The moment did not last. Video shared by Al Jazeera and verified by The New York Times recorded the instant an Israeli airstrike hit outside

A Children’s Hospital in Ukraine Becomes a Scene of Destruction

Daryna Vertetska was sitting with her 8-year-old daughter in Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital on Monday morning when Russian missiles began to ring out in the sky. Her daughter, Kira, was receiving treatment for her cancer as the explosions boomed across the capital, Kyiv. “We decided not to interrupt

Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Is Stepping Up Efforts to Preserve Memories

The pictures are haunting: black-and-white prints of a snow-covered barracks and paintings bordered by wire fences and skeletal trees, grim depictions of a World War II camp in France where Jews were interned before being transported to concentration camps. The artist, Jacques Gotko, created one picture using a background of

Middle East Crisis: At Least 25 Reported Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Southern Gaza

Top News An Israeli airstrike near a school building being used as a shelter by displaced Palestinians killed at least 25 people and injured more than 50 on Tuesday outside of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, the Gaza Ministry of Health said. Many of the injured were in critical condition,

Russia and North Korea’s Defense Pact Is a Told-You-So Moment in Asia

With ballistic missiles regularly flying nearby, Japan and South Korea need little reminder of the threat that North Korea and its nuclear arsenal pose to its neighbors. But the stunning revival of a Cold War-era mutual defense agreement during a visit this week by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia

When the Only Escape From War in Gaza Is to Buy a Way Out

The only way for almost all people in Gaza to escape the horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas is by leaving through neighboring Egypt. And that is usually a complicated and expensive ordeal, involving the payment of thousands of dollars to an Egyptian company that can get Palestinians

Middle East Crisis: White House and Netanyahu Spar Over His Complaints About U.S. Support

Israel is putting key responsibilities in the occupied West Bank under an administrator who answers to a hard-line government minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who favors annexation of the territory, in what analysts and human rights activists describe as the latest step toward the far right’s aim of expanding Israeli settlements

Russia and North Korea’s Defense Pact Is a Told-You-So Moment in Asia

With ballistic missiles regularly flying nearby, Japan and South Korea need little reminder of the threat that North Korea and its nuclear arsenal poses to its neighbors. But the stunning revival of a Cold War-era mutual defense agreement during a visit this week by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia

When the Only Escape From War in Gaza Is to Buy a Way Out

The only way for almost all people in Gaza to escape the horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas is by leaving through neighboring Egypt. And that is usually a complicated and expensive ordeal, involving the payment of thousands of dollars to an Egyptian company that can get Palestinians

Middle East Crisis: Divisions Between Israel’s Military and Government Spill Into Open

Growing divisions between Israel’s military commanders and the civilian government over the war in Gaza spilled into the open this week, raising questions about how Israel will conduct the next phase of the war. The rift has grown quietly for months, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies

Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in their second sinking - The Associated Press

Description: A bulk carrier sank in the Red Sea days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board. The Tutor is the second ship to be sunk in the rebel campaign. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations cente… Author:

French stocks face worse to come from political risk, Goldman strategists say - CNBC

Description: French blue-chip stocks on the CAC 40 index suffered their worst week since 2022 amid political uncertainty. Author:Jenni Reid Link to original post