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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in north Gaza on Tuesday
WORLD
Aug 14, 2025
Israel pounds Gaza City, with 123 dead in last 24 hours
The 24-hour death toll was the worst in a week and added to the massive fatalities from the nearly two-year war.
The U.S. State Department's 2024 Human Rights Report was delayed for months as appointees of President Donald Trump altered an earlier draft dramatically to bring it in line with "America First" values, according to government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
U.S. State Department softens criticism of some countries in human rights report
The 2024 Human Rights Report's section on Israel was much shorter than last year's edition and made no mention of the severe humanitarian crisis or death toll in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians wait to collect food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Palestinian mother 'destroyed' after image used to deny Gaza starvation
For Faiza Najjar, the fact that her family's reunion got caught up in a misinformation campaign was devastating.
Palestinians scramble to collect aid supplies from trucks that entered through Israel, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Israel's overnight bombardment of Gaza City kills at least 11
Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya is in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan.
Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on Aug. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Hamas hostage videos silenced Israeli media's talk of Gaza aid crisis
The mood in Israel hardened dramatically when Hamas released a video of a skeletal Israeli hostage followed by a video of another who said he was being forced to dig his own grave.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a news conference in Canberra on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Australia's Albanese says Netanyahu 'in denial' over suffering in Gaza
The Netanyahu government's reluctance to listen to its allies contributed to Australia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, Albanese says.
Doaa al-Obeid, the widow of soccer player Suleiman Al-Obeid holds his shorts while sitting next to her son in Gaza City on Sunday.
SOCCER
Aug 11, 2025
Family and fans remember 'Palestinian Pele' killed in Gaza
The Palestinian Football Association said Obeid was killed in an attack by the Israeli military in southern Gaza while waiting to collect aid at a distribution point.
Palestinians carry aid supplies they collected from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025
Australia to recognize Palestinian state at United Nations next month
Australia’s move follows similar stances from France, Britain and Canada.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025
Netanyahu defends Gaza plan condemned at home and abroad
Foreign powers are already upset about the hunger crisis besetting Palestinians in Gaza, while relatives of hostages are calling for a general strike to protest the latest plans.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike where Al Jazeera says its journalists Anas Al Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh and three photojournalists were killed, in Gaza City on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2025
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader
Calling Al Sharif "one of Gaza's bravest journalists," Al Jazeera said the attack "is a desperate attempt to silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza."
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah prior to a friendly on Aug. 4.
SOCCER
Aug 10, 2025
'Tell us how he died': Salah criticizes UEFA tribute to 'Palestinian Pele'
The Palestine Football Association said that al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli strike targeting civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Einav Zangauker, mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, sits on the shoulders of Michel Illouz, father of deceased hostage Guy Illouz, as they attend a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday calling for the release of hostages.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2025
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan
A day earlier, Israeli officials had decided to seize Gaza City, expanding military operations in the devastated Palestinian territory.
A protest in solidarity with children in Gaza in Berlin
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2025
As Gaza faces starvation, reluctant Germany starts to curb support for Israel
The shift reflects how Germany's support for Israel, rooted in its historical guilt over the Nazi Holocaust, is being tested like never before.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 29.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2025
Germany suspends arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said It was "increasingly unclear" how Israel's latest military plan would help disarm Hamas and save the remaining hostages.
Palestinians sit on a hill looking out over the Mediterranean Sea and a camp for displaced people in Gaza City on June 2.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2025
'How much worse could it get?' Gazans fear full Israeli occupation
Fear and despair have spread in the enclave amid rumors that Israel might decide on a full occupation of Gaza.
Smoke rises from Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2025
Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza City
The plan reportedly involves evacuating Palestinian civilians from Gaza City and launching a ground offensive there.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on April 14.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
U.S. to ease criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, says report
The Trump administration has increasingly moved away from the traditional promotion of democracy and human rights.
A Palestinian girl carries buckets of water in Gaza City on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
Israeli military chief opposes Gaza war expansion, raising pressure on Netanyahu
Taking the rest of Gaza could trap the military in the territory and could lead to harm to the hostages being held there, the military chief warned.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (center) chairs a meeting of a Cabinet session to discuss the issue of disarming Hezbollah at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut, on Aug. 5.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2025
Lebanon plans to disarm Hezbollah by year-end
The unprecedented move forms part of a November ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hezbollah following months of hostilities.
Israeli tanks near the border fence with the Gaza Strip earlier this month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering whether to deploy the Israel Defense Forces into the 25% of the Palestinian territory not already under its control.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2025
Israel weighs full Gaza takeover despite concerns of armed forces
The plan would likely face considerable opposition by international governments fearful of the worsening humanitarian situation in the strip.

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