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“To accuse the Jewish state of genocide is to cross a moral threshold,” France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. …

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Iran says its ballistic missile attack was retaliation against Israel and ISIS for their terror attacks in Iran, but fe…

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The government said it would designate the international Islamist political group a terrorist organization, citing what…

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The strikes damaged the group’s ability to carry out complex missile and drone attacks, U.S. officials said, but identi…

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The decision in Parliament, opposed by environmentalists, will allow prospectors to start surveying the country’s water…

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Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, met separately in Amman with King Abdullah II and Ayman Safadi, Jordan’…

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Ukrainian officials said missile assaults had struck private houses, trapping residents under the rubble, and that the …

Ukrainian officials said missile assaults had struck private houses, trapping residents under the rubble, and that the …

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The Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, rejected a law pushed by Netanyahu allies that limited its authority to…

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Analysts say the announcement could signal a shift to the more limited and targeted war against Hamas that the United S…

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