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Updated April 9, 2024 - 9:17 PM EDT

Netanyahu Says He Set Date for Rafah Invasion

		*Hamas, Israel Say No Progress Made in Ceasefire Talks*
		*Poll: 71% of Israelis Think Netanyahu Should Resign*
		*Nicaragua Tells ICJ Germany Is 'Facilitating' Genocide in Gaza*

500,000 Democratic Voters Protest Gaza Slaughter

		*Israel Seeks To Sell Weapons Used in Gaza Slaughter*
		*Israel Razes Agricultural Land Across Gaza, Lebanon*
		*World Marks 6 Months of 'Relentless Death and Destruction' in Gaza*

Iran's FM Opens New Consulate in Damascus

Israel Kills Hezbollah Commander, 3 Others in S. Lebanon House

US Says It Conducted 94 Missions Against ISIS This Year

US To Expand Naval Base in Papua New Guinea

Viewpoints

	Ukraine in NATO: What Blinken Says Versus What Blinken Means by Ted Snider
	Enlisting in the Military: A Very, Very Bad Idea by Fred Reed

	Mitch McConnell Cannot Stop the Non-Interventionist Tide by Ron Paul
	The UN Security Council Is a Sham by Wendell Griffen
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Biden's Inaction on Gaza Puts US Troops at Risk
by Adam Weinstein & Trita Parsi

Frontline

	Will Democrats Hold Biden Accountable for Arming Israel?
	Sen. Warren Says She Believes Israel's War in Gaza Will Be Considered Genocide
	Russian, Chinese Top Diplomats Holding Working Meeting in Beijing

Netanyahu Says
'There Is a Date' for Rafah Invasion

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia to Raise Issue of Attack on ZNPP at UNSC Meeting on Ukraine: Envoy
	Russia Launches 24 Attack Drones, Infrastructure Hit, Ukraine Says
	Kremlin: US Military Presence in Japan Impedes Any Peace Treaty With Tokyo
	More Russian Liquefied Natural Gas Being Exported to Europe Than Asia
	Russia Seeks Gasoline From Kazakhstan in Case of Shortages, Sources Say

United Kingdom

	UK Has 'Duty' to Support Israel Despite It Killing British Aid Workers, Minister Says – as Row Rages Over Arms Sales
	Collaboration Talks Between AUKUS and Other Nations To Begin This Year, UK Says

Europe

	EU Agrees on Tougher Restrictions on Farm Imports From Ukraine
	WWII Incendiary Bomb Removed at Home of US European Command in Germany
	German Defense Giant Rheinmetall Builds First Hybrid Defense-Civil Plant in Hungary

Afghanistan

	Two Political Parties, 75 Social Organizations Dissolved by Taliban Ministry
	Afghans With Documents Being Arrested in Pakistan: Consul

Pakistan

	Saudi Arabia Reiterates Commitment To Expedite $5 Billion Investment in Pakistan
	Police Officer Killed and Six Others Wounded in Grenade Attack at a Mosque in Southwestern Pakistan

China

	China Says It Will Not Seek To Gain From War in Ukraine
	Janet Yellen in China: 'Difficult Conversations' and an Overcapacity Spat Put Hopes for Common Ground in Question

Asia

	An American Who Has Helped Clear 815,000 Bombs From Vietnam
	Third Indian Shipyard Signs Maintenance Agreement With US Navy
	What's Expected at Japanese PM Kishida's US Visit? A Major Upgrade in Defense Ties
	South Korea Launches Its 2nd Military Spy Satellite Amid Animosities With North Korea

Sudan/South Sudan

	Sudanese Army Advances in Al-Jazirah, RSF Vows Response
	South Sudan Opposition Leaders Urge Inclusion in Sudan Peace Process

The War at Home

	Key US Lawmakers Unveil Landmark Data Privacy Bill
	Military Pharmacies Resume Regular Operations After February Cyberattack

The Americas

	Protesters in Southern Mexico Set State Government Building Afire and Torch a Dozen Vehicles
	Brazil Supreme Court Strikes Down Military Intervention Thesis
	Canada Will Increase Defense Spending Under US Pressure
	Ecuador Faces Outrage After Storming Mexican Embassy to Arrest Former VP

Gaza

	Israeli Army Bombs Khan Younis as Troops Pull Out
	Photos: Khan Younis 'Smells Like Death' as Palestinians Return to Devastated Homes
	Top Israeli Officials Panic Over Wind-Down of Gaza War
	Nearly One-Third of Americans Say Israel Has Gone Too Far in Gaza: Poll
	Oil Prices Fall as Israel Withdraws Some Troops From Gaza
	Palestinians Returning to Khan Younis After Israeli Withdrawal Find an Unrecognizable City
	White House Presses Israel To Allow More Aid Trucks Into Gaza
	Gaza Nurse's Body Found Two Weeks After Israeli Al-Amal Hospital Assault
	Turkey Says Israel Denied Its Request To Join Gaza Aid Airdrops

Israel/Palestine

	Calls To Suspend Military Aid to Israel Gather Strength Among US Democrats
	UN Security Council Refers Palestinian Application To Become Full UN Member to Committee
	How Israel Weaponizes Water
	Israeli Forces Shoot and Kill Palestinian Woman, Detain Dozens in West Bank Raids
	Protests in Israel Grow Louder as Anger Over Gaza Captives and Netanyahu Converge
	Ireland's Sovereign Investment Fund to Divest From Six Israeli Firms
	Palestinians Fear for Homes as Ben Gvir Gets New Powers
	Israel Opposition Leader, in US, Calls for Hostage Deal
	Amnesty International Urges Israel To Return Body of Ailing Palestinian Who Died in Custody
	Israel Faces Uncertain Economic Future After Six Months of War

Lebanon

	Israel Says Readiness Advances for 'War' on Lebanon Border
	Parliament Speaker Berri Stresses Lebanon Won't Be Dragged to War Despite Israeli Provocations
	Prominent Lebanese Forces Political Leader Kidnapped

Iraq

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: Seven Killed
	Iraq Set To Reopen Own Pipeline as Kurdish Talks Stall

Middle East

	Bahrain Releases 1,584 Prisoners After Pardon
	EU Red Sea Navy Mission Commander Hopes for More Ships to Repel Houthi Attacks
	Turkey Plans To Attack North and East Syria This Summer: SDF Spokesperson

Africa

	Algeria, Niger Clash Over Deportation of Migrants to Borders
	Experts Say Chad Opposition Figure Was Likely Shot at Point-Blank Range, Contradicting Officials
	Egypt Releases 14 Pro-Gaza Activists Facing Terror Charges
	Where Rwanda's Genocide Perpetrators and Survivors Live Side by Side
	Fears of Violence Grow as Somalia Scraps Power-Sharing System
	Mortar Fire Kills Three Tanzanian Soldiers in DR Congo