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Israel Hits Gaza With Airstrikes as Hamas Increases Rocket Fire

ASHKELON, Israel — Cross-border fighting between Israel and militant groups in Gaza intensified on Tuesday, with Israel carrying out deadly airstrikes in the Palestinian territory and Hamas firing heavy barrages of rockets at Israeli cities.

Entrevista para Al Jazeera con Ana Esther Ceceña sobre las implicaciones geopolíticas del Corredor Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec

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Russian Spy Team Left Traces That Bolstered C.I.A.’s Bounty Judgment

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Colombia Police Respond to Protests With Bullets, and Death Toll Mounts

The eruption of anger in Colombia, where at least 24 have died as the government cracks down on the protests, could spread to other countries in the region that share the same combustible conditions.

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Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network’s Ban of Trump

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Many Families Torn Apart at the Southern Border Face a Long and Uncertain Wait

Some parents are opting to try, once again, the dangerous trek north to rejoin the children who were kept in the U.S. by the Trump administration.

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North Korea Warns Biden Against ‘Hostile Policy’

SEOUL — North Korea said on Sunday that President Biden had made “a big blunder” by calling its nuclear arsenal a threat last week, and it warned that the United States would face “a very grave situation” if it maintained its “hostile policy” toward Pyongyang.

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India Covid crisis: first US relief supplies arrive as cases hit new record

The first US emergency aid to India has arrived as the country battles a devastating surge in Covid-19 cases which has which has overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. More than 400 oxygen cylinders and other hospital equipment and nearly 1m rapid coronavirus tests landed at Delhi’s international airport.

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French soldiers to face military court over letter warning of ‘civil war’

At least 18 soldiers who signed an open letter warning of the risk of “civil war” in France and the need to fight the “perils” of “Islamism” and “anti-racism” are to face military sanctions, amid a bitter row between the government and the far-right. 

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U.S. Built the Afghan Military Over 20 Years. Will It Last One More?

As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, it leaves behind broken and battered Afghan security forces to defend the country from the Taliban and other threats.