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SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Almost two-and-a-half years after the U.S-backed Afghan government crumbled and the Taliban regime resumed power in Afghanistan, Chinese investors are maneuvering into the country – most notably to reap the benefits of Afghanistan’s abundant and in-demand national resources. Has China emerged as the ultimate winner of the…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Streets and homes across India were aglow Sunday night as millions of people celebrated Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The celebration broke a record for the largest display of earthen oil lamps — 2.2 million — lit in the…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save TEL AVIV — The first clues came from the bodies of slain terrorists: maps, drawings, notes and the weapons and gear they carried. In Beeri, a kibbutz town overrun by Hamas on Oct. 7, one dead fighter had a notebook…

Health-care infrastructure in Gaza City is facing near-total collapse as fierce fighting erupts around hospitals with dwindling food, fuel and water supplies. The largest hospital, al-Shifa, came under Israeli attack Saturday, the director general of the Gaza Health Ministry told The Washington Post. Israel denied that its forces were targeting…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save NAZARETH, Israel — The 21-year-old computer science student was beamed into the small wood-paneled courtroom from jail via video link. She had dark circles under her eyes after 11 nights in detention. To save on personnel during Israel’s war against…

Doctors and nurses are trapped at al-Shifa Hospital, the largest in Gaza City, where a barrage battered hospitals and their surroundings, and some patients died without electricity needed for ventilators, aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Saturday. Its staff said thousands of displaced people are still sheltering at al-Shifa,…

Updated November 11, 2023 at 5:12 p.m. EST|Published November 6, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST Jhaidul, a Bangladeshi refugee, looks out to his yard in suburban Melbourne. He was recently released from immigration detention and has spent more than a third of his life locked up, here and in Bangladesh,…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save BEIRUT — Gaza’s embattled hospitals faced near total collapse Saturday as fuel, power and water dwindled, fighting raged outside and Israeli tanks and troops advanced deep into residential neighborhoods in the heart of Gaza City. The rapid deterioration is occurring…