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Updated February 5, 2025 - 9:47 PM EST

Trump Says US Will 'Take Over' the Gaza Strip

		*Report: Jared Kushner Behind Trump's Call To 'Take Over' Gaza*
		*Trump: Palestinians in Gaza Should Be Removed 'Permanently'*
		*Trump Floors Supporters With US 'Own' and 'Rebuild' Gaza Plan*

Trump Signs 'Maximum Pressure' Order for Iran

US Hypes Iran Nuclear Ambitions Despite CIA Conclusion

US Bombers Fly Near Chinese-Controlled Shoal

China To Impose Tariffs on US Products, Launches Probe Into Google

Lebanon Brings Israeli Truce Violations to UN

Trump Withdraws From UN Human Rights Body, UNRWA

Virginia House Passes Defend the Guard Act

Sen. Murphy Says USAID Funds 'Freedom Fighters'

Zelensky: Give Us Nukes or NATO Membership

Trump Sends First Migrants to Guantanamo Bay

Viewpoints

	'Scorecard, Scorecard, You Can't Tell al-Qaeda Without a Scorecard' by Dennis Kucinich
	Japanese-Americans Returned From Prison Camps 80 Years Ago to a 'Great Swindle' by Patt Morrison

	'Red Hand' Revolt in Serbia: People Power or Color Revolution? by Nebojsa Malic
	Russia, Iran, and the Caucasian Chalk Circle by Pietro A. Shakarian
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

End the Aid Charade
by James W. Carden

Frontline

	Erdogan Hosts Syria's De Facto President, Offers 'Support To Rebuild'
	ICJ President 'Plagiarized 32 Percent of Pro-Israel Dissenting Opinion'
	Rubio Asks if Aid Groups 'Sabotaging' Projects Over US Fund Freeze

Alongside Netanyahu, Trump Says Palestinians in Gaza Should Be Removed 'Permanently' Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Russia/Ukraine

	Finnish Firm Unveils 'Steel Eagle ER' Drone Developed for Ukraine
	Azerbaijan Airlines Plane That Crashed on Its Way to Russia Was Riddled With Holes, Report Says

United Kingdom

	Cats Won't Be Banned in Scotland, the Government Confirms
	UK MPs Urge Government To Send Team To Inspect Israeli Prison Sites

Europe

	EU and Moldova Agree on an Energy Security Plan To Wean the Country Off Russian Supplies
	Former NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg Returns to Government in Norway as Finance Minister
	At Least 10 Dead in Shooting at Adult School in Sweden's Orebro

Sudan

	Half of Sudan's Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity, MSF Warns
	Paramilitary Shelling Kills Five at Sudan Hospital: Medical Source
	Amid Army Gains in Central Sudan, Thousands Finally Head Home
	Dozens Killed, Injured in Shelling of Hospital in Sudan's Omdurman
	Fresh Clashes Kill Dozens in South Kordofan Capital
	Sudanese Armed Forces Intensify Airstrikes in Nyala, Dozens of Civilians Killed

DR Congo

	DR Congo Calls Rebels' Ceasefire Declaration 'False Communication' as Reports of Fighting Continue
	Food Prices Skyrocket in DR Congo's Goma After M23 Takeover

Chagos Islands

	UK Waits Nervously for Trump to Back Chagos Islands Deal
	Mauritius Says 'New Deal' Reached With UK on Chagos Islands

Asia

	Taliban Suspend Women's Radio Station in Afghanistan
	What Tariffs Is China Imposing on the US – and Why Are They Significant?
	Japanese Man Who Threw Pipe Bomb at Ex-PM Kishida Tells Court He Didn't Intend To Kill
	Sri Lanka Marks Independence Day as New President Pledges To Rebuild the Country
	Myanmar Junta Bans Possible Conscripts From Foreign Travel
	Taiwanese Army Begins Training on US-Supplied Abrams Tanks
	Five ISIS Prisoners Killed Trying To Escape From Tajik Jail

The War at Home

	Advocates Warn Trump's Threat To Deport Pro-Palestine Students Harms All
	Democrat Places Blanket Hold on Trump's State Department Picks Over Targeting of USAID
	Senate Committee Advances Tulsi Gabbard's Nomination as Intel Chief
	Google's New AI Policy Removes Promises Not Work on Weapons or Surveillance
	Rubio Escalates Hardline Policy Toward Cuba, While Havana Fails to Honor Prisoner Release Pledge
	Trump's New Missile Shield for the US – Challenges and Dangers

Mexico

	Gun Battles Disrupt Flights in Mexican Border City, Trigger US Consulate Warning
	Mexico Begins Deployment of 10,000 Troops on US Border

Gaza

	Hamas Says Israel 'Blocking Humanitarian Protocol' as Talks Begin for Phase Two of Gaza Ceasefire
	Gazans Dreamed of Returning to Rafah. The Reality Is a Nightmare
	Why Did Israel Kill a Young Man With Down Syndrome?
	Israeli Fascist Ben-Gvir Introduces Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Bill
	Trump Says 'No Guarantees' Gaza Truce Will Hold
	Thousands of Sick, Injured Gazans Await Evacuation at Rafah
	70 Palestinians Deported in Gaza Deal Remain Stranded in Egypt
	Thousands Killed: New Chief of Staff Reveals Israeli Army's Losses in Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Gen Z Blamed as Consumers Spurn Made in Israel Goods in BDS Win
	A Thousand Days of Israeli Impunity, Still No Justice for Shireen Abu Akleh
	Israeli Military Operation Turns Jenin Refugee Camp Into 'Ghost Town'
	Some Palestinian Prisoners Freed in Ceasefire Arrive in Turkey
	Report: Jordan Ready for War With Israel if Palestinians Are Expelled Into Its Territory
	High Court Orders Police and IDF To Again Let Palestinians Return to West Bank Hamlet
	In West Bank, Israel Denies Jenin Families Right To Bury Loved Ones at Home
	After Over 30 Years of Ties, Israel Opens Its First Embassy in Moldova
	Palestinian Statehood 'Key To Resolve All Issues' in West Asia: Lavrov
	Palestinian Man, Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in West Bank Attack
	Israeli West Bank Offensives Displace Thousands: Officials
	West Bank's Jenin Camp Going in 'Catastrophic Direction': UNRWA
	'Very Disrespectful': Palestinian Americans Slam Trump for Netanyahu Visit

Iraq

	Iraq Monthly Roundup: 101 Killed in January
	Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Exports To Resume After Subsidy Deal Reached
	Back in Iraq: BP To Invest $25 Billion in Kirkuk Oil Fields
	Iraq's Ex-PM Nouri Maliki Calls for 'Shia Intervention' in Syria

Lebanon

	Lebanon Demands 'Firm Stance' From UNSC Over Israeli Ceasefire Violations
	South Lebanon Slowly Rebuilds as Israel Repeatedly Violates the Ceasefire
	In Southern Lebanon, Protests Are Growing Against the Israeli Occupation

Syria

	Manbij Car Bomb Attack Suspends SDF-Damascus Talks
	Syria's Al-Sharaa Aims To Restore US Ties, No Contact Yet With Trump Administration
	Syria's Sharaa Says Elections Will Take 4-5 Years To Hold

Turkey

	Turkey Receives Palestinian Prisoners Exiled by Israel
	Turkey Says Found Body of Soldier Killed by PKK in Iraq Two Years Ago
	Turkish Defense Firm Aselsan Hits Record $1 Billion Defense Export Deals in 2024