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Russian President Putin makes first trip since inauguration to critical ally China

4:41pm May 15, 2024

President Putin starts his first foreign trip of this new term: a two-day visit to China to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Here's the significance of this trip and what we can expect from it,

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Gaza will be 'one big displacement camp' for the foreseeable future, journalist says

1:38pm May 15, 2024

by Terry Gross

The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom explains why some Arab leaders hate Hamas, fear Iran and have some sympathy for Israel — although not for how Israel is waging the war.

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A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6.

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Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza

11:26am May 15, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.

An Israeli army soldier walks past a main battle tank stationed at a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on April 30.

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How Israel's military investigates itself in cases of possible wrongdoing

5:15am May 15, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

Since last October, complaints have included Israeli soldiers firing on unarmed Palestinian refugees and the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers when Israeli drones fired on their convoy.

Thai activists hold a portrait of Netiporn Sanesangkhom, a member of the activist group Thaluwang outside of Criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday.

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A monarchy reform activist in Thailand dies in detention after a hunger strike

3:00am May 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Netiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, was a member of the activist group Thaluwang, known demanding reform of the monarchy and abolition of the law that makes it illegal to defame members of the royal family.

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Hospitals in Gaza are near collapse despite protections under international law

4:54pm May 14, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leonard Rubenstein of Johns Hopkins University about the unprecedented Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, and what international law could do to protect them.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Independence Square during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

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Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Joanna Kakissis

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.

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Flanked by union members, President Biden signs orders that increase tariffs on imports of electric vehicles and other strategic goods from China.

Biden announces new tariffs on imports of Chinese goods, including electric vehicles

3:06pm May 14, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden is keeping the tariffs on Chinese imports put in place by his predecessor and 2024 opponent, former President Donald Trump. And he's adding new ones for things like electric vehicles.

Viewers in Tel Aviv gather to watch the joint Memorial Day ceremony honoring victims from all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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Israelis and Palestinians held a joint memorial for all victims of the ongoing war

1:07pm May 14, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

It's rare for Israelis and Palestinians to join together for any reason during these days of war. But some did so this week for a ceremony honoring victims from all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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A damaged United Nations vehicle is seen in front of a hospital in the Gaza Strip after a U.N. employee was killed in an attack on Monday.

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Strike kills U.N. aid worker, injures another in southern Gaza

11:56am May 14, 2024

by Hadeel Al-Shalchi

The United Nations said that one of its aid workers was killed and another injured when their vehicle was struck on Monday in Rafah in southern Gaza.