International

Trump Hosts Zelensky and Netanyahu on the Same Day as Two Wars Reach a Crossroads

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On Tuesday, July 28, President Donald Trump held back-to-back meetings at the White House with two wartime allies whose conflicts have come to dominate his second term: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Oval Office session with Zelenskyy was scheduled for 9:…

Gunmen Kill 30 in Overnight Raid on Nigerian Village as Kaduna's Banditry Crisis Deepens

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Northwestern and north-central Nigeria have spent recent years under siege from what security analysts now describe as a highly organized criminal economy built on mass abductions, village raids and ransom negotiations, distinct from the Islamist insurgency of Boko Haram and its offshoots that has dominated…

Israel Approves Limited Entry of International Stabilization Force Into Gaza, Testing a Fraying Ceasefire

 World Politics

Background
The move traces back to November 17, 2025, when the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2803, endorsing the U.S.-brokered "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict." That plan established the ceasefire that has held, with periodic violations,…

India's Youth-Led 'Cockroach' Movement Reaches a Turning Point as Wangchuk Ends 26-Day Hunger Strike

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What began as anger over a botched medical school entrance exam has grown into what observers call the biggest youth-led challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government since 2014. The flashpoint was NEET-UG 2026, India's national medical entrance examination taken by an estimated two million students. When…

Islamist Terror Attack at Berlin Pride Kills One, Wounds 29, as Germany Confronts a Security and Political Reckoning

World Politics 

Background
Berlin's Christopher Street Day, Germany's largest and most prominent Pride festival, has for decades stood as a symbol of the country's embrace of LGBTQ rights and its post-war commitment to tolerance and pluralism. Each summer the event draws hundreds of…

Israel Orders 'Wide-Scale' West Bank Military Operation After Deadly Clash Near Nablus

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The occupied West Bank has spent much of 2026 sliding toward its most violent stretch in years, and on July 24 that slow-motion escalation snapped into a sharp new crisis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered what they called a "wide-scale military operation" across…