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Israeli strike kills Palestinian girl on her way to sit exam

Israeli strike kills Palestinian girl on her way to sit exam

17-year-old Raghad Ashour was walking to school to take an exam when she was killed in an Israeli strike....

Clara VandenbergJun 23
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Biden Waives Iran Oil Sanctions, Unfreezes $12 Billion in Exchange for Inspections

Biden Waives Iran Oil Sanctions, Unfreezes $12 Billion in Exchange for Inspections

The Biden administration waived oil sanctions and released $12 billion to Iran in exchange for nuclear inspections. Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a dangerous gamble?

James WhitfieldJun 23
Blood on the Streets: Three Dead in Montreal Shooting Caught on Video

Blood on the Streets: Three Dead in Montreal Shooting Caught on Video

A cellphone video captures the moment a gunman opened fire in Montreal, killing three — including a police officer — before being gunned down himself.

Clara VandenbergJun 23
Gaza surfers ride waves of defiance as war tries to drown them

Gaza surfers ride waves of defiance as war tries to drown them

Gaza's surf community was nearly wiped out by war. But a handful of surfers still chase waves, refusing to let the sea become another casualty of genocide.

James WhitfieldJun 23
Trump Won't Say If Iran's Oil Money Will Fund Weapons — And That's Terrifying

Trump Won't Say If Iran's Oil Money Will Fund Weapons — And That's Terrifying

Trump hedges on whether Iran will use oil profits for weapons, as Treasury opens U.S. market to Iranian crude. The nuclear clock is ticking faster than ever.

James WhitfieldJun 23
Death Trap: How a Lucknow Animation Studio Became a Funeral Pyre for 14 Students

Death Trap: How a Lucknow Animation Studio Became a Funeral Pyre for 14 Students

14 college students died in a Lucknow animation studio fire. The building had no fire exits, no sprinklers, and no permits. This is how India's system keeps failing.

James WhitfieldJun 23
‘Another day, another leader’: Keir Starmer’s exit leaves Britons shrugging

‘Another day, another leader’: Keir Starmer’s exit leaves Britons shrugging

Keir Starmer's resignation barely registers with a public worn down by a decade of political turmoil. 'Another day, another leader,' one Londoner said.

James WhitfieldJun 23
Judge Slams Brakes on Trump's Subpoena Power Grab in Minnesota

Judge Slams Brakes on Trump's Subpoena Power Grab in Minnesota

A federal judge blocks Trump administration subpoena against Minnesota officials who criticized immigration raids, calling the investigation political retaliation.

James WhitfieldJun 23
Czech Journalists Strike Back as Government Moves to Control Public Media Purse Strings

Czech Journalists Strike Back as Government Moves to Control Public Media Purse Strings

Czech journalists strike against a government bill that would put public media funding under political control — a move critics call a copy of Orbán's playbook.

James WhitfieldJun 23
Hungary’s Orban faces his biggest threat yet — from his own protégé

Hungary’s Orban faces his biggest threat yet — from his own protégé

Peter Magyar, Viktor Orban's former protégé, has launched a constitutional revolution to dismantle Hungary's 'mafia state.' Can the insider who knows all the secrets actually pull it off?

James WhitfieldJun 23
Qatar's Tightrope: How the Tiny Emirate Keeps the US and Iran from Spilling Over

Qatar's Tightrope: How the Tiny Emirate Keeps the US and Iran from Spilling Over

Qatar's PM says safeguards are in place to keep US-Iran talks from escalation. But in the Middle East, every safeguard is a gamble. A veteran journalist on what's really at stake.

James WhitfieldJun 23
15 dead in Lucknow coaching centre fire — India's exam factory burns again

15 dead in Lucknow coaching centre fire — India's exam factory burns again

Fifteen dead in a coaching centre fire in Lucknow — another preventable tragedy in India's unregulated exam factory system. The smoke clears, but nothing changes.

James WhitfieldJun 23