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Updated August 18, 2025 - 5:11 PM EDT

IDF Keeps Killing as It Preps To Purge Gaza City

		*Israeli Forces Kill 60 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours*
		*Nineteen Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza Over Three Days*
		*Freed Israeli Hostages Ask Trump To Stop Netanyahu's Assault on Gaza*
		*Former Israeli General: Palestinians 'Need a Nakba'*

Trump To Meet With Zelensky, European Leaders

Trump on Summit With Putin: We Made Great Progress

Israel Bombs Power Plant in Yemen's Capital

		*Netanyahu Says He Kept Promise To Thwart Palestinian State*
		*Israelis Rally for Gaza Ceasefire and Release of Captives*

Israeli Official Arrested in US for Child Sex Crime

Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas From Gaza After Loomer Meltdown

Syria Preps 50k Troops for Anti-Kurd Offensive

		*Hezbollah Chief: Disarmament May Mean Civil War*
		*US Prepares for Troop Withdrawal From Baghdad: Report*

Viewpoints

	US-Russia Talks: The Choice Between Peace and Escalation by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies
	The Arabs, the Left, and Those Who Remained Silent: History Will Not Forgive You by Ramzy Baroud

	Europe Reveals Itself as Ridiculous in Ukraine by Ted Snider
	Criticizing Israel? This Definition of Antisemitism Takes Care of That. by Jack Hunter
More Viewpoints

Israel's Genocide Isn't Stopping
by Jeremy R. Hammond

Frontline

	New Negotiations Between DR Congo and M23 Rebels To Take Place in Qatar
	Agonizing Heat Wave Hits Gaza Amid Widescale Dehydration and Famine
	Three States Sending 700 National Guard Troops to District of Colombia

The War at Home

	Marine Recruit Suffers Gunshot Wound During Bootcamp Training
	USAF Wants To Move From Tabletop Maps to AI–Driven War Drills
	US Navy Unveils Push To 'Weaponize' Data and AI
	Groups Calls on Delaware To Revoke Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's Corporate Charter Over Complicity in Genocide
	Air Force Veteran Hit With Felony Sandwich Assault in DC
	Trump Aims To Foster Space Industry by Cutting Environmental Regulation
	Venezuelan Crude Oil on Its Way to the US

Russia/Ukraine

	European NATO States to Continue Arming Ukraine
	'Additional Consequences' Await Russia if Peace Effort Fails, Warns US Secretary of State
	Hi–Tech Drones Turn Ukraine's Front Line Into a Deadly Kill Zone
	Hillary Clinton: I'd Nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize if He Secures Putin Ceasefire
	Who Were the Ukrainian Children Killed by Russian Strikes in 2025?

United Kingdom

	UK Aware of Israel's 'Terror' for Over 20 Years
	UK To Prosecute Over 60 People for Backing Palestine Action After Mass Arrests

Europe

	Belgium FM Urges Palestine Recognition Before 'Nothing Left'
	Denmark Considering Sanctions Against Israel as EU Presidency-Holder
	French MEP Questioned by Police for Praising Palestine 'Struggle'
	Germany 'Firmly Opposes' Israeli Plan To Expand Settlements, 'Divide' West Bank in Two
	Israeli Tourists Traveling to Greek Islands Met With Pro–Palestine Protests
	Serbia Revealed as EU Country Behind $1.64 Billion Weapons Deal With Israel's Elbit
	Two Wounded in Shooting Near Mosque in Sweden

Afghanistan

	Afghans in US Mark Taliban Kabul Takeover Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown
	No More 'Acting': Taliban Mark Fourth Year in Power by Dropping Interim Titles

Asia

	South Korea To Restore Pact Halting Military Activity on North Korea Border
	Pakistan Receives Its Third Chinese–Built Submarine
	Indonesians Raise Anime Pirate Flag in Protest as Nation Marks Independence
	Chinese State Media Calls US a 'Surveillance Empire' Over Trackers in Chip Shipments

Sudan

	Shelling Kills 31 in Sudan's El Fasher, Activists and Doctors Say
	Sudan Army Destroys 4,500 Mines, Shells Near Khartoum

DR Congo

	Suspected Islamist Rebels Kill 30 in DR Congo's North Kivu Province
	DR Congo Government Rejects Kenya's Naming of Consul to Occupied Goma

Africa

	Egypt Slams Israeli Plan To Expel Palestinians as Ethnic Cleansing
	African Union Joins Calls To End Use of Mercator Map That Shrinks Continent's Size
	Mali's Military Arrests Generals, Suspected French Agent in Overthrow Plot
	BDS Calls for Probe After Pro–Palestine Moroccan Activist Found Unconscious With Head Injuries
	'Armed Bandits' Said To Have Killed 20 Civilians in West Niger
	Nigeria Says Has Arrested Two Leaders of Jihadist Group

Gaza

	'They Want Us Homeless and Hungry': Residents of Gaza City Brace for Israeli Invasion
	'Will I Make It Back Alive?': Gaza Journalists Fear Targeting by Israel
	Israeli Media 'Completely Ignored' Gaza Starvation – Is That Finally Changing?
	Some Gazan Families Turn To Drinking Unclean Water as They Battle Heat, Thirst
	Nobel Prize–Winning Economists Demand Netanyahu Stop Gaza Occupation, Forced Starvation
	Gazan Woman Evacuated to Italy in a 'State of Severe Physical Deterioration' Dies in Hospital
	UNRWA Warns of 'Manmade Famine' in Gaza, Urges Return to UN–Led Aid System
	Hamas Rejects Israel's Gaza Relocation Plan

Israel/Palestine

	ICJ Vice–President: 'The Lord Is Counting on Me to Stand on the Side of Israel'
	Israeli Settlers Shoot Palestinians and Torch Cars in Latest West Bank Assaults
	ICC Arrest Warrant Applications Ready for Israel's Ben Gvir and Smotrich on Apartheid Charges
	Israeli Fans' Holocaust Banner Slammed by Poland as 'Stupidity'
	Israel Anxious Over Chinese Support for Iranian Missile Program: Report
	Israel's Netahyahu Has Become a 'Problem', Says Danish PM
	CAIR Letter to Marco Rubio: We're Being Targeted for Palestine Advocacy
	Microsoft Launches Inquiry Into Claims Israel Used Its Tech for Mass Surveillance of Palestinians
	Israeli Attacks on Palestine Churches Part of Campaign To 'Eradicate Christian Presence'
	Arab, Islamic Countries Condemn Netanyahu's 'Greater Israel' Remark
	Palestinians Bury West Bank Teen Killed by Israeli Army Near Ramallah
	Israeli Police Use Water Cannons, Arrest Dozens as Protesters Demand Hostage Deal
	Israel To Accelerate Missile Defense Development Following Iran War
	Photos: Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Flood Tel Aviv Demanding a Hostage Deal To End Gaza War
	Tensions Rise After Israel Freezes Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Accounts in Jerusalem
	Hundreds Protest Outside Likud Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Clash With Police
	Israel's Largest Protest in Over a Year Was a Clear Warning to Netanyahu. Will It Matter?
	Six Palestinians Injured in Settler Attacks; 15 Detained in West Bank Raids

Iraq

	Iraq's Electoral Body Disqualifies Hundreds Over Ba'ath Ties, Criminal Records
	Berlin Backs Yazidi Recovery, Prioritizes Rebuilding in Sinjar, Iraq
	Iraq Exhumes Large Mass Graves of ISIS Victims
	Iraqi Government, Kurds Agree on New Oil Export Mechanism, but Doubts Linger Over Implementation

Middle East

	Jihadist Gunmen Kill Iranian Police Officer in Shootout in Volatile Southeast Province
	Jordan's Crown Prince Announces Reactivation of National Military Service Program
	Foreign Islamists Petition Syrian State for Citizenship