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Golan Heights Winery CEO Assaf Ben Dov (left) and head winemaker Victor Schoenfeld are photographed in one of the winery's cellars in Katzrin, the Golan Heights, on Jan. 8, 2024.

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War in Gaza is testing Israel's economy. A 2nd front against Hezbollah could break it

5:01am January 16, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

Israel's military has closed towns and workplaces near the Lebanon border and 60,000 residents have fled, freezing the regional economy. But a full-blown war with Hezbollah could affect all of Israel.

Swiss Federal President Viola Amherd, left, and her guest, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, President of Ukraine, inspect the guard of honour in Kehrsatz near Bern, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

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Zelenskyy takes center stage in Davos as he tries to rally support for Ukraine

4:38am January 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

Zelenskyy is headlining a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss resort, where officials from the U.S., EU, China and Middle East will also be prominent.

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What Israel says its military has done toward its goal of eliminating Hamas

6:48pm January 15, 2024

by Carrie Kahn

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and claims almost daily they are winning the war. Are they? What has Israel's military achieved and can they defeat Hamas militarily?

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Guatemala finally swears in reformist Bernardo Arevalo as president

5:58pm January 15, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, the political outsider who surprised all by winning the presidential election is finally sworn in, despite last minutes efforts to derail his inauguration by some in the political elite.

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Hisham Matar tells a story of friendship and revolution in new novel, 'My Friends'

5:58pm January 15, 2024

by Bilal Qureshi

British Libyan writer Hisham Matar returns with a story of friendship and revolution called My Friends, a meditation on how political upheaval shapes the most intimate and private relationships.

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14.

Houthi militants struck a U.S.-owned commercial ship off the coast of Yemen

4:04pm January 15, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

No injuries or significant damage was reported from the strike, but the attack is adding to concerns about the war in Gaza spilling into a larger and more complicated regional conflict.

A view of the plume of gas lighted up by the lava from the erupting volcano seen from Suðurstrandavegur, the road that leads to Grindavík, Iceland, on Sunday.

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An Icelandic town is evacuated after a volcanic eruption sends lava into nearby homes

12:18pm January 15, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

The Icelandic Meteorological Office said the eruption began just before 8:00 a.m. local time Sunday about a half mile from the town of Grindavík after a series of intense earthquakes.

Incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony in Guatemala City, early Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

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Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala's president despite efforts to derail his inauguration

2:49am January 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala's president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

Rolando Alvarez, bishop of Matagalpa, gives a news conference regarding the Roman Catholic Church's agreeing to act as "mediator and witness" in a national dialogue between members of civil society and the government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 3, 2018.

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Nicaragua frees a jailed Catholic bishop and 18 priests, hands them to the Vatican

1:13am January 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the other clergy were jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition and Catholic Church by President Daniel Ortega.

Palestinians evacuate wounded in Israeli aerial bombing on Jabaliya, near Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2023.

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Photos: 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war

8:14pm January 14, 2024

by NPR Staff

It's been 100 days since the deadly Hamas attack on Israel, which prompted Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza.