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Updated April 16, 2025 - 8:58 PM EDT

US May Back Ground Offensive in Yemen

Dozens of US Airstrikes Reported in Yemen

Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 17 in 24 Hours

		Hamas Says It Lost Contact With Guards of US-Israeli Captive
		Father and Baby Son Killed in Their Sleep by Israeli Strike

Witkoff: Iran Must 'Eliminate Nuclear Enrichment'

Khamenei: Talks With US Went 'Well' but May Lead Nowhere

US Tells Israel It Will Drawdown Troops in Syria

Syrian State Forces Continue Sectarian Killings of Alawites

Witkoff Says Progress Made in Talks With Putin

Israeli Strike Kills One in Southern Lebanon

UN: RSF Attacks in Sudan's Darfur Kill 300

Dan Caldwell Put on Leave in Pentagon Leak Probe

Viewpoints

	Trump and Netanyahu Plot Gaza's Future Without Palestinians by Derek Albert Schurbon
	Sights Set on Somaliland: Threat of a Total US-UK-Israeli Takeover by Kit Klarenberg

	Downplaying Ukraine Connection in Latest Trump Plot by Joe Lauria
	Are Chinese Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine? by Ted Snider
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Is Trump Orbit Rolling Out Red Carpet for Israeli Extremist Ben Gvir?
by Connor Echols

Frontline

	The US Army Is About To Get Smaller, Especially in Europe
	Big Bend National Park Turned Into 'Military Zone' Near Texas Border
	'We Just Ran': Survivors Recount Escape From Famine-Hit Sudan Camp

Israeli Strikes in Gaza
Kill 17 Palestinians Over 24 Hours
Hatem Khaled/Reuters

The War at Home

	Judge Orders Trump Admin To 'Not Remove' Venezuelans After ACLU Says They Were 'Persecuted' as Criminals
	DHS Mistakenly Orders Another Boston Immigration Lawyer To Leave the US, Attorney Says
	White House Bars AP Reporter, Defying Court Order
	Trump Administration Announces $2.2 Billion Freeze in Grants After Harvard Rejects Request for Policy Changes
	'The Federal Government Will Find You': Massachusetts-Born Immigration Lawyer Gets Demand To Self-Deport
	Pentagon Seeks Feedback on How To Structure $48 Billion Tech Research Recompete
	Pentagon's 'SWAT Team of Nerds' Resigns En Masse

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia's Naryshkin Warns NATO: The Response to Any Aggression Will Affect the Entire Bloc
	Norway Allocates $945 Million To Equip and Train Ukrainian Brigade
	Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills One in Russia's Kursk: Authorities

France

	Wave of 'Coordinated Attacks' Targets French Prisons
	France Recalls Its Envoy to Algeria, Expels 12 Algerian Officials as Tensions Escalate

Europe

	JD Vance: Europe Can't Be a 'Permanent Security Vassal' of the US
	Germany's New Coalition Partners Are Already Disagreeing
	Swedish Report Fails To Find Evidence of Sabotage by Chinese Bulker
	Armenian, French Top Diplomats Discuss South Caucasus Peace Effort
	Police To Question Muslim Association of Britain Chair Over Palestine Solidarity Protest

Africa

	Morocco Port Workers Call To Block Maersk's 'Arms Shipment' to Israel
	Mozambique Carried Out a Brutal Crackdown on Post-Election Protests, Amnesty Says
	Could Unrest in Egypt Northwest Threaten International Projects?
	War in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Has Left Many Disabled Veterans Without Care
	Gambian Ex-Soldier Convicted at US Trial of Torturing Suspected Backers of a Failed 2006 Coup

Afghanistan

	Afghanistan and the Scourge of Landmines: A Call for Global Support
	Taliban Denies Smuggling of US-Origin Weapons to Pakistan

Pakistan

	Pakistan Weighs First-Ever US Oil Imports To Evade Tariffs
	Roadside Bomb Kills Three in Southwest Pakistan as Two Polio Workers Are Abducted in the Northwest
	Pakistan Accelerates Deportation of Afghans: UN

Palestine/Israel

	Israeli PM, Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian State
	Photos: A Ruined University in Northern Gaza Becomes a Refuge
	Israeli Fighter Jet Accidentally Drops Bomb Near Kibbutz, on Way to Gaza
	Fed Up With Israeli Displacement Orders, Palestinians in Gaza City Refuse to Leave
	Israel Bombs Gaza's Kuwaiti Field Hospital, Kills a Medic
	Shin Bet Official Arrested on Suspicion of Leaking Classified Information to Media, Minister
	UN: Situation in Gaza 'Worst It Has Been' Since Start of War
	Israeli Foreign Minister Meets David Lammy in London in Unannounced Trip
	Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar To Visit UK This Week
	'Abandon Fantasies': Zamir Warns Netanyahu Over Shortage of Soldiers in Gaza

Iraq

	Iraq Marks 37 Years Since 'Anfal Genocide' Amid Justice Demands
	40% Landmine Areas Remain to Be Cleared in Iraqi Kurdistan Region
	Iraq's Halabja Declared a New Governorate

Middle East

	Lebanese President Vows To 'Bring All Weapons Under State Control' in 2025
	Conflicting Reports About Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Requesting Asylum
	Turkey Puts the Brakes on F-16 Deal in Favor of F-35s

Sudan

	Photos: Millions Displaced as Sudan War Enters Third Year
	Two Years Into Sudan's War, Here Are Its People's Stories
	UN Chief Says Stop Flow of Weapons to Sudan
	Rape Used Systematically as a Weapon of War in Sudan: UN
	Flow of Sudan Civil War Refugees Puts Chad Camp Under Strain
	Sudan's Two Years of War Have 'Shattered' Children's Lives: UNICEF
	London Hosts Conference on Sudan War, Sudanese Government Not Invited
	UN Report Cites 'Multiple Flights' From UAE to Chad, Possibly Arms Transfers to Sudan's RSF
	Mass Displacement From Sudan's Zamzam Camp as Survivor Recounts Attack
	Germany Pledges $142 Million for Sudan on Eve of Aid Meet
	US Condemns 'Escalation' of RSF Violence in West Sudan

China

	Trump Says China 'Reneged' on Boeing Deal as Tensions Flare
	China Accuses US of Launching Cyberattacks During Asian Winter Games

Asia

	Indonesia To Offer To Buy $10 Billion of Additional US Energy Goods To Reduce High Tariffs
	Maldives Bans Entry of Israeli Tourists 'in Resolute Solidarity' With Palestine
	US Deploys B-1B Strategic Bombers for Joint Drill With South Korea