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Updated September 16, 2024 - 8:53 PM EDT

Would-Be Trump Assassin Looks Forward to WWIII

Suspect in Trump Plot Recruited for Ukraine International Force

No Word on Long-Range Strikes on Russia

		*Zelensky Complains West Won't Shoot Down Russian Missiles*
		*Biden Asks Congress to Extend Nearly $6 Billion in Ukraine Aid*

Israel Kills 88 Palestinians in Gaza in Three Days

		*Israeli Army: 'High Probability' Its Strike Killed Three Gaza Captives*
		*US Army Upgrading Israeli Base To Make Room for New Boeing Jets*

Houthis' Long-Range Missile Hits Central Israel

		Israel Drops Leaflets Ordering Residents To Flee Southern Lebanon
		UN Staffer Shot Dead by Israeli Sniper in Occupied West Bank

US: Four ISIS Leaders Killed in Iraq Raid Last Month

Viewpoints

	Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and the Armageddon Agenda by Michael Klare
	US Provoked 1979 Russian Invasion of Afghanistan: Parallel to the Ukraine War? by David Gibbs

	America Should Avoid, Not Fight, Future Nuclear Wars by Doug Bandow
	Would-Be Censors Peddle Yet Another Election Meddle by Thomas Knapp
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Bizarre Verdict in the Tampa Free-Speech Trial
by Jacob G. Hornberger

Frontline

	Man Lit Himself on Fire Outside Boston's Israeli Consulate To Protest Gaza
	Jewish Chronicle Retracts Allegedly Fabricated Articles on Gaza
	Aid Deliveries in War-Torn Sudan Hampered by Heavy Rains and Flooding

Israel Kills 88 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days IMAGO/Ali Hamad/apaimages

Ukraine

	Lithuania Pledges $11 Million for Ukraine Long-Range Weapon Development
	Ukraine's Spy Chief Says North Korean Military Aid to Russia Presents Major Battlefield Problem
	Two People Die in Ukraine's Odesa After Moscow and Kyiv Exchange Drone and Missile Attacks
	Russian Bomb Strikes Kharkiv Apartment Building, One Dead, 42 Injured, Officials Say

Russia

	Russia Revokes Accreditation of Six British Diplomats Over Spying Claims
	Russia and Ukraine Exchange 103 Prisoners Each in Deal Mediated by UAE

United Kingdom

	UK Flooded Ukraine With Obsolete Military Gear: Report
	'Coconuts' Trial: Woman Acquitted Over Palestine Protest Placard
	UK Has 'No Legal Justification' To Continue Licensing Parts for Israeli F-35s, 37 MPs Say

Germany

	Germany Signs Agreement on Migration With Uzbekistan
	Germany Insists It Won't Give Ukraine Long-Range Missiles

Sudan

	Sudan: Fighting Breaks Out in El-Fasher Following RSF Attack
	Sudanese City Pounded as Analysts Report 'Unprecedented' Combat
	Sudanese Army Regains Hospital in El Fasher, Clashes Continue
	Accidental Airstrike in El Fasher Kills Five Sudanese Soldiers

Egypt

	US: Critics Urge Congress To Block Release of $320 Million in Military Aid to Egypt
	Egypt's Military Ties With Somalia Defy Ethiopian Ambitions and Tilt Power Dynamic

Africa

	The President of Comoros Is 'Slightly Injured' in a Knife Attack
	Court in DR Congo Hands Down Death Sentences to 37 People on Coup Charges
	Algerian President Re-Elected With 84.3 Percent of Vote, Officials Say
	Morocco Blocks Mass Migration Attempt Into Spain's Ceuta Enclave
	Nigerian Army Rescues 13 Hostages From Extremist Group
	Senegal President Dissolves National Assembly Amid Political Tensions
	Roadside Explosions in Somali Capital Mogadishu Kill Five
	South Sudan Postpones December Election by Two Years

Pakistan

	Will US Sanctions on Pakistan and Chinese Entities Make Any Difference to Pakistan's Missiles Program?
	Pakistan Envoy Says China Belt and Road Links Growing Despite Terror Attacks on Projects

India

	Two Indian Soldiers Killed Days Ahead of Kashmir Polls
	India's Modi Campaigns in Kashmir Assembly Elections After Soldiers Killed
	Released Indian Opposition Leader Kejriwal To Resign as Delhi Chief Minister

Asia

	From Afghanistan to the US: Afghan Boy's Journey and Lifelong Bond With His Surgeon
	Papua New Guinea Women, Girls Flee Tribal Fighting That Left 20 Dead
	North Korea Reveals First Photos of Uranium Enrichment Facility
	North Korea's Kim Holds Talks With Russia's Security Chief
	Myanmar Junta Makes Rare Request for Foreign Aid To Cope With Deadly Floods
	Philippines Sends Replacement Ship to Sabina Shoal, Vows Continued Presence

The Americas

	Canadian Military Admits New Sleeping Bags Are Not Suited to Canadian Winters
	Chile Asks To Join South Africa's ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel
	Mexico's Violent Sinaloa State Logs 19 Homicides in Five Days

Gaza

	Israel Recruits African Refugees for Gaza Operations in Exchange for Settled Status
	This Gaza Artist Drew Portraits Depicting a Lifetime of Wars
	Rebuilding After Destruction: Palestinian Artist Aya Zaqout Starts a New Life After Escaping Gaza
	UAE Says It Will Not Back Post-War Gaza Plans Without Palestinian State
	Gaza Medicine Stocks 'Near Empty' as Israeli Siege Continues
	Eleven Members of One Family Killed in Israeli Strike in Gaza
	A Rabbi Protested the War in Gaza. Her Activism Came at a High Price.
	'Please Take Us to Mum': Families Torn Apart by Israel's Occupation of Rafah Crossing
	Hamas Has 'High Ability' To Continue Gaza War Despite Losses, Official Says

Israel/Palestine

	Illegal Israeli Settlers Escorted by Security Forces Storm Old City of Hebron in Southern West Bank
	Israel's Ben-Gvir, Smotrich Clash in Heated Cabinet Meeting Over Prison Funding
	'Light in Any Room': Friends Hail Aysenur Eygi, US Citizen Killed by Israel
	Poll Finds Netanyahu's Coalition Would Lose Power in an Election
	Senior Saudi Royal Urges US To Cut Financial and Military Support to Israel
	Israeli Border Officer Wounded in Jerusalem Stabbing, Alleged Attacker 'Neutralized'
	Palestinians Condemn Construction of Israeli Settlement on Historic Bethlehem Site
	Ben-Gvir Names Israeli Officer Who Challenged Al-Aqsa Status Quo as New Jerusalem Chief
	Israeli Protesters Call on Netanyahu To Secure Gaza Hostage Deal
	Palestinian Authority To Take Israel to ICC Over Death of Activist Aysenur Eygi

Lebanon

	Hezbollah Rockets, Drones Swarm Northern Israel After Killing of Lebanese Civilians
	Hezbollah Warns of 'Large Losses' if Israel Expands Conflict in Lebanon
	'Massive' Hezbollah Rocket Volley Hits Strategic Israeli Army Base
	Leading Lebanese Novelist Elias Khoury Dies at 76

Iran

	Iran Launches New Research Satellite Chamran-1 Into Orbit
	Iranian President Ends First-Ever Visit To Iraqi Kurdistan With Call To 'Resolve Problems'
	Iran Says It Is Open to Talks but Rejects Pressure as US, EU Impose Sanctions

Middle East

	Salvage Operations of Oil Tanker Off Yemen Make 'Slow' Progress: Greek Military
	Nightlife Now Rules in Iraq's Former ISIS Bastion
	Turkey Flexes Naval Muscles as Neighbors Fear Escalating Arms Race
	UAE Does Not Plan To Re-Open F-35 Fighter Jet Talks With US

China

	China Frees American Pastor Who US Claims Was Wrongly Jailed, State Dept Says
	China Calls on US To Axe Tariff Increases on EVs, Solar Cells and Semiconductors
	Peace 'Only Way Out' of Wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Chinese Defense Chief Says

The War at Home

	They Protested a Military Base Expansion. So the FBI Investigated Them as Terrorism Suspects
	Boeing Workers Strike Will Hit Pentagon Programs
	Hollywood Union Members Condemn 'McCarthyist Repression' of Pro-Palestinian Voices in Industry
	Massachusetts Man Shot in Scuffle With Pro-Israel Crowd as Video Emerges of Another Who Self-Immolated