A view from the ground: Yesterday's intense strikes in Gaza
Monday marked one year since the war between Israel and Hamas began. It was also a day that saw some of the most intense strikes in Gaza in the last year.
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As the Israel-Hamas war goes on, Israelis honor victims of the 2023 Hamas attack
As Israel marked one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, the war is expanding. In Gaza and Lebanon, Monday was a day of airstrikes and evacuation orders.
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries in machine learning
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning.
A year after Hamas attacked Israel, at least 97 people are still unaccounted for
NPR's A Martinez talks to Abbey Onn, who had five family members kidnapped by Hamas one year ago this week. Two were killed, two were released last month and one remains a hostage in Gaza.
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Disaster relief officials push back on misinformation about hurricane relief. Presidential campaigns turn to podcasts. As Israelis remember Hamas attack victims, airstrikes hit Gaza and Lebanon.
Haiti's interim leader seeks 'urgent' overseas help to shore up security
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Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition
Opposition parties boycotted the election, calling it a sham amid a deteriorating political climate and authoritarian drift in the birthplace of the Arab Spring more than a decade ago.
Voices from Gaza over past year of war capture immeasurable losses
There's no time to pause or reflect in Gaza on day 366 of the war as Israeli airstrikes continue to pummel the territory.
'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight
For Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas militant group, the consequences have been unremittingly difficult, and deadly.