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As he fights for his political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on keeping troops on a narrow strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border has become the main obstacle to a cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas, according to current and former officials from mediating countries.

Venezuela’s attorney general’s office filed an arrest warrant Monday against opposition candidate Edmundo González, who the United States and other countries say clearly beat the country’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, in the July 28 presidential election.

JERUSALEM – Israelis over two days staged the largest anti-government demonstration since Oct. 7, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets and joining a general strike Monday that brought much of the country to a halt as the last of six hostages recovered from Gaza over the weekend was laid to rest.

Britain is suspending some arms exports to Israel, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Monday, citing “a clear risk” that the arms might be used in “serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

A beluga whale suspected of being a Russian intelligence asset - before winning the hearts of Norwegian fishermen with his toothy grin - was found dead over the weekend. The mammal, affectionately known as “Hvaldimir,” was estimated to be 14 to 17 years old.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday made his first visit to a member state of the International Criminal Court since he was indicted on a charge of war crimes last year but faces little threat of arrest in Mongolia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin received assurances ahead of a planned visit to Mongolia that he won’t be arrested for alleged war crimes under a warrant from the International Criminal Court, according to two people familiar with the Kremlin’s preparations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed holding a summit in India aimed at ending the war with Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet crashed, killing its pilot, as it was fending off a barrage of Russian missiles, Ukraine’s military said Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition agreed on a package to strengthen regulations on weapons including knives and to lower hurdles to deport criminal asylum seekers following a deadly knife attack last week.

Israel’s army said it killed five gunmen at their hideout in a West Bank mosque, adding to the death toll from an unusually large military operation in the Palestinian territory.

President Joe Biden approved the plan for delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via a floating military pier despite warnings from within the U.S. government that rough waves could pose significant challenges and objections from officials who feared the operation would detract from a diplomatic push to compel Israel to open additional land routes into the war zone, according to an inspector general report published Tuesday.

Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to combat what the army said was terrorist activity, the latest surge in hostilities in the Palestinian area since the start of the war in Gaza. Ten Palestinians have been killed and 11 have been injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, which said Israeli soldiers blocked access to hospitals and destroyed ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a "pause" in the relationship with the United States and Canadian embassies after the ambassadors from those countries criticized his plan to dramatically overhaul the justice system.

Israeli security forces have rescued a male hostage who was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 and taken to Gaza.