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After decades of support, Israel now finds itself with few allies
Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians amid the devastation in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas continues. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israelis mark subdued Independence Day under shadow of war in Gaza
Draped in an Israeli flag a kid walks barefoot on the grass during Israel's Independence Day celebrations at a park in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Israelis are marking 76 years since Israel's creation. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg).
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Palestinians in Israel demand refugee return on ‘Nakba’ anniversary
Palestinians living in Israel hold Palestinian flags as they take part in the annual Return March to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the "catastrophe" of their mass dispossession in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation, near Haifa, in northern Israel, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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War-displaced Ukrainians call on Ottawa for a simplified pathway to permanent residency
Natalia Nykonenko poses for a photograph in a classroom at a school where she teaches English, in Toronto, Tuesday May 14, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
For Palestinians, the disaster unfolding in Rafah triggers painful memories
Raja G. Khouri
world
Blinken tries to rally sagging Ukrainian spirits in Kyiv as Russia makes new military gains
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) attends a meeting with Ukrainian president in Kyiv on May 14, 2024. US military aid for Ukraine is "now on its way" and will "make a real difference," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to Kyiv on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, battles rage in northern Gaza
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani looks on as he attends a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar, January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/ File Photo
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Northern Israelis evacuated in October wonder if they’ll ever return home as Hezbollah attacks continue
"Rubi Bar" and her son Yonatan in their room at the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem where they have been staying for more than six months. Ruby and her family were evacuated from the settlement of Shlomi in northern Israel
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For many Israelis and Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas are an obstacle to peace
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak during an event about the Middle East peace talks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
world
Hamas says Gaza ceasefire efforts are back at square one
An injured Palestinian kid looks on as mourners stand next to the bodies of Palestinians (not pictured) killed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
world
U.S. due to render first-of-its-kind verdict on whether Israel following law in war in Gaza
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
opinion
In the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, no one’s a winner
Adrian Lee
world
Russia warns Britain and plans nuclear drills over the West’s possible deepening role in Ukraine
(FILES) Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers parade through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to hold nuclear weapons drills involving the navy and troops based near Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
report on business
Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel after rising tensions
A picture shows a view of the Al Jazeera television network offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on May 5, 2024. Israel's Prime Minister said on May 5 that his government has decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera, with which his administration has had a long-running feud. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelensky on its wanted list
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspects the fortification lines in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress
Israeli tanks are parked near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
art and architecture
In Venice, Canadian artists add their projects to a crowded Biennale
Goose! (still) Note that The black above and below the scrolling video in Goose! is part of the work. Ydessa Hendeles, Goose! (still), 2023 Video with sound Found documentary footage, dated March 1939, from Munkács, Hungary Sequence of moving images, looped and paired with a recording of “Oyfn Pripetchik,” a Yiddish folksong published in 1899 by Mark Warshawsky (1848–1907), performed by Michał Hochman (Polish-American, b. 1944) Display dimensions: 36 x 65 cm (14 x 25 inches) Courtesy the Artist © Ydessa Hendeles
world
Hopes for Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal take severe blow as Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah
A youth drives a donkey-drawn cart along a busy road at a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Polls of Gazans show Hamas has enough support to influence plans for future government
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip on April 29, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
The brutal conflict in Sudan is not a civil war. It’s a war on civilians
Khalid Mustafa Medani
world
Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests as White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, April 29, 2023. Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast at the annual event on Saturday, April 27, 2024, before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians against the backdrop of growing protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
explainer
What is going on in Sudan? A country torn by civil war is on the verge of famine
ADRE, CHAD - APRIL 19: Zahra Tarreel Adam, 19, and her 1 Year old Abdallah who fled from their village of Kandobe in Darfur, Sudan, on April 19, 2024 in Adre, Chad. Since the beginning of the recent conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the the Sudanese Armed Forces, (SAF), which began in March 2023, over 600,000 new refugees have crossed the border from Darfur in Sudan, into Chad. The total number of refugees, including those from previous conflicts, now stands at 1.2 million. Aid agencies, including The World Food Programme, (WFP), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR), already struggling with accute supply shortages, have warned that the life-saving programmes in Chad, will ‘grind to a halt in a matter of weeks without urgent funding’. Chad is now home to one of the largest and fastest-growing refugee populations in Africa. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
world
China to host Hamas, Fatah for Palestinian unity talks
FILE PHOTO: People hold Fatah flags during a protest in support of the people of Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo
world
Ship comes under attack off coast of Yemen as Houthi rebel campaign appears to gain new speed
DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI - JANUARY 17: The bulk carrier, Lila II seen at sea on January 17, 2024 in Djibouti, Djibouti. Attacks on commercial ships by Yemen's Houthi rebel group, who say they are acting in protest of Israel's war in Gaza, have imperilled a vital global shipping route through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait that lies between Yemen and Djibouti and connects the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. The disruption has forced more shipping companies to divert around the Horn of Africa, upending supply chains and increasing costs. (Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images)
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Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza’s Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Morning Update: Medical schools call for reforms to stem family doctor shortage
FILE PHOTO: People walk on the grounds of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
world
Israel says Rafah assault looms; Gaza air strikes end weeks of relative calm
Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
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Ukraine suspends consular services for military-age male citizens until May 18 in draft push
FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba looks on, on the day of a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured), at the NATO Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo
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Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas attack on Oct. 7
FILE PHOTO: A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
world
Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, has died
FILE - Terry Anderson, who was the longest held American hostage in Lebanon, grins with his 6-year-old daughter Sulome, Dec. 4, 1991, as they leave the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, following Anderson's release. Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, died Sunday, April 21, 2024. He was 76. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon, File)
arts
American dystopia Civil War continues box-office campaign at number one
This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from "Civil War." (A24 via AP)
world
Israeli air strike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children
A Palestinian child salvages belongings from the rubble of a house hit by overnight Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel, Iran play down apparent Israeli strike. The muted responses could calm tensions – for now
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
world
Russian war correspondent for Izvestia killed in Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen of the mobile air defence unit of the 117th Mechanized Brigade wait for potential air threats at a position in the Zaporizhzhia region, on April 6, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)
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West Bank’s Palestinian farmers pushed from agricultural land as Israeli settlements expand
Samhan Mohammad Shreiteh is photographed at his home in Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya on April 13, 2024. Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail
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Reuters’ Mohammed Salem wins 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award
FILE PHOTO: Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embraces the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. Reuters photographer Mohammad Salem was in Khan Younis on Oct. 17 at the Nasser Hospital morgue, where residents were going to search for missing relatives. He saw Inas squatting on the ground in the morgue, sobbing and tightly embracing Saly's body. "I lost my conscience when I saw the girl, I took her in my arms," Inas said. "The doctor asked me to let go... but I told them to leave her with me." Mohammed Salem won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this image. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo