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Today — 19 September 2024Main stream

Second Wave of Hezbollah Devices Explodes in Lebanon, Killing at Least 20

At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 others wounded, Lebanese officials said, a day after pagers exploded across the country and killed 12 people, in an attack widely attributed to Israel.

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Ambulances arriving after a device reportedly exploded during the funeral in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday for people killed when hundreds of pagers exploded across Lebanon a day earlier.

Blinken Visits Egypt, but Skips a Stop in Israel

19 September 2024 at 01:37
The secretary of state is making his 10th visit to the Middle East since the Oct. 7 attacks. Until now, he has met with officials in Israel each time.

© Pool photo by Evelyn Hockstein

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s decision not to visit Israel partly reflects a deadlock in efforts to strike a cease-fire deal in Gaza.
Yesterday — 18 September 2024Main stream

Pager Attacks in Lebanon Puncture Hezbollah’s Image as Powerful Anti-Israel Force

19 September 2024 at 05:03
Two series of coordinated attacks targeting the group’s wireless devices caused thousands of injuries, piercing the group’s rank and file and raising questions about how it will respond.

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Outside the American University of Beirut Hospital on Tuesday, where many people injured in Tuesday’s attack were taken.

Israel’s Pager Attack Was a Tactical Success Without a Strategic Goal, Analysts Say

19 September 2024 at 00:49
By targeting so many pagers at the same time, Israel demonstrated technical prowess and partly restored the aura of its intelligence agencies. But its long-term intent is unclear.

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Inspecting a car in which a pager exploded in Beirut on Tuesday.

Exploding Pagers Targeting Hezbollah Kill 11 and Wound Thousands

The Iranian-backed militant group, which uses pagers to safeguard communications, blamed Israel for the attacks in Lebanon. Israel declined to comment.

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After hundreds of pagers exploded across Lebanon, the wounded were rushed to hospitals in ambulances, like this one in Beirut, on Tuesday.

Second Apparent Assassination Attempt on Trump Prompts International Alarm

18 September 2024 at 14:05
There is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point.

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Former President Donald J. Trump speaking onstage during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July as a photograph of the aftermath of an assassination attempt was emblazoned on a screen.
Before yesterdayMain stream

$50 Billion in Aid to Ukraine Stalls Over Legal Questions

17 September 2024 at 22:49
U.S. and European officials are struggling to honor their pledge to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s leader, and President Biden held a news conference during the Group of 7 Summit in Savelletri, Italy, in June.

Hamas Plans Future in Gaza After Surviving Israel’s Onslaught

17 September 2024 at 17:03
Khaled Meshal, one of Hamas’s most senior officials, said in an interview that the militant group expects to play a decisive role in the enclave when the war is over.

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People walking on a street in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

Ukraine-Russia War Updates: Moscow Hits Back in Kursk as Air War Heats Up

Moscow’s troops have retaken a few villages in a border area that Kyiv’s forces invaded last month and are also advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine.

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Ukrainian soldiers on the move in an armored vehicle in the Donetsk region on Sunday.

Meta Plans to Ban the Russian TV Network RT

17 September 2024 at 13:21
The Facebook and Instagram owner said it would bar Russian media outlets including RT, which the U.S. has accused of acting as an intelligence arm.

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Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said the ban would take place in the coming days.

Suspect’s Self-Published Book Assails Trump, Hinting at Approval of His Killing

17 September 2024 at 04:21
The book, “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” calls the former president a “buffoon” and vents anger over Iran, but saves its most vitriolic language for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

The man suspected to have planned an attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump leaving the federal courthouse Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla.

One Issue Where Israeli Extremists Are Mainstream

16 September 2024 at 22:48
Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live in a one-state reality.

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A Palestinian man in the town of Jit after an attack by Jewish settlers in August.

Israeli Defense Minister Tells U.S. Military Action Against Hezbollah Is Needed

17 September 2024 at 02:19
Meeting with a senior Biden administration adviser, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said “the only way” for Israel to return its displaced citizens to the northern border is through military action against Hezbollah.

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Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted southern Lebanon on Sunday.

In Linda Sun’s Case, Signs of a Familiar China Playbook

16 September 2024 at 12:01
Linda Sun is just the latest member of the Chinese diaspora whom Beijing is accused of recruiting to influence Western democracies.

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Linda Sun, a former senior aide in the New York governor’s office, with her husband after being charged with acting as an agent for China.
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