Category: World News
Live Briefing: Israel ramps up operations in West Bank after bus explosions
Washington Post Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to conduct “an intensive operation” in the West Bank after the blasts, in which no one was harmed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/21/israel-west-bank-bus-explosions/
Read MoreThree years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has to battle Trump
Washington Post As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, it appears to be a reaching tipping point. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/21/ukraine-three-years-trump-putin-zelensky/
Read MoreRemains of young mom Shiri Bibas, taken hostage and killed by Hamas, not returned despite promise, Israel says
Fox News The mother of two young boys murdered by Hamas terrorists while in captivity was not among the bodies returned to Israel on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Before the return of the remains of the four slain hostages, Hamas said the bodies would include Shiri Bibas and her two toddlers, Ariel…
Read MoreHow to untangle Trump and Zelensky’s claims about U.S. aid to Ukraine
Washington Post The leaders appeared to talk past each other, with Trump skipping over the well-documented understanding of how U.S. aid is counted and where it is spent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/20/us-aid-ukraine-trump-zelensky/
Read MoreThree empty buses explode in Israel in suspected terrorist attack
Washington Post Blasts rocked three empty buses in a Tel Aviv suburb, and explosives were found at other sites, authorities said https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/20/israel-bus-explosions/
Read MoreIsrael’s UN ambassador slams Hamas’ ‘evil and depraved’ display of hostages’ coffins
Fox News The bodies of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas and Oded Lifshitz were returned to Israel more than 500 days after the four of them were taken hostage. Hamas, though, was not finished disrespecting and using the hostages. Coffins containing the remains of the four murdered Israeli hostages were put on display in a…
Read MoreTerror attack rocks Israel; three buses reportedly explode
Fox News Three buses in a parking lot reportedly exploded in Israel Thursday night in what appears to have been a terrorist attack. No one was injured. Several other bombs were reportedly discovered on other buses, according to TPS-IL, an Israeli news agency. Israeli officials have ordered all bus and train services halted while all…
Read MoreMarian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned against silence, dies at 98
Washington Post Mr. Turski, a Polish journalist who survived Auschwitz as a teenager, urged the world not to be indifferent to the persecution of minorities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/02/20/marian-turski-dead/
Read MoreFearing Trump will cross border militarily to pursue cartels, Mexico moves to reform constitution
Fox News Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that she will propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting the country’s sovereignty over concerns the U.S. military could cross the border to pursue Mexican drug cartels. Sheinbaum made the remarks after the Trump administration designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, stoking fears that…
Read MorePhilippine village offers cash for mosquitos amid dengue outbreak
Fox News A village in the densely populated Philippine capital region launched a battle against dengue Wednesday by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitoes — dead or alive. The unusual strategy adopted by the Addition Hills village in Mandaluyong City reflects growing concern after the nearby city of Quezon declared an outbreak…
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