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The New York Times
Benedict XVI, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was elected in 2005 as a doctrinal conservative, but stunned the world by resigning in 2013 — the first to do so in centuries.
Extensive Israeli attacks have blown up Hezbollah munitions and killed many fighters and leaders, but the Lebanese militia is far from incapacitated, analysts say.
President Biden called the death of Yahya Sinwar a “moment of justice” that could open “a path to peace” in Gaza. Earlier, he said the U.S. secretary of state would go to Israel to discuss postwar planning.
Israeli officials said the body of a slain militant was being taken to a laboratory in order to assess whether its DNA matches that of Yahya Sinwar.
The attacks, which also hit southern Lebanon, came after the United States expressed concerns about the bombardment of the Lebanese capital. Israel’s military said it had aimed at Hezbollah targets.
Several people were killed in the attack on the compound where displaced people were sheltering, Palestinian news media said. The Israeli military said Hamas fighters were embedded there.
Weeks after Israel launched a devastating offensive in Lebanon against the militants, their strike south of Haifa showed that they can still inflict damage of their own.
How you can get around the West Bank depends on who you are. We took two bus trips, one with Palestinians and one with Israelis, that tell a story of separate and unequal roadways.
The Times reviewed the minutes of 10 meetings among Hamas’s top leaders. The records show the militant group avoided several escalations since 2021 to falsely imply it had been deterred — while seeking Iranian support for a major attack.
Nepalis have complained that China’s breaches of the border threaten their land and their way of life.
Nihon Hidankyo is a grass-roots movement of survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The group’s efforts have helped establish a “nuclear taboo,” the Nobel committee said.
Established to maintain peace in southern Lebanon, the UNIFIL forces have been increasingly caught in the middle of the Israeli-Hezbollah war.