Opinion | President Trump, You Can Remake the Middle East if You Dare
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Opinion | President Trump, You Can Remake the Middle East if You Dare

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dear President Trump: You may not be interested in Jewish or Arab history, but they are both very interested in you today. This is one of those rare moments — like after World War I, World War II and the Cold War —…

At Least 80 Dead in Colombia Amid a New Surge of Violence
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At Least 80 Dead in Colombia Amid a New Surge of Violence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At least 80 people are dead and more than 11,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce clashes between two rival armed groups on the border with Venezuela. The violence, in a northeast region called Catatumbo, is…

Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold
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Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The sounds of celebration replaced those of explosions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as a fragile cease-fire came into effect after 470 days of war, allowing some hostages to return home to Israel, Palestinians imprisoned in Israel to be released, and displaced…

Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy
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Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “That to me, I think, has a practical answer, which is government-to-government agreements that emplace effective security safeguards and transparency around the hardware, the model weights and the know-how, and that’s what we have worked through in our M.O.U. [memorandum of understanding] with…

As Truce Takes Hold, Gazans and Israelis Express Elation Tinged With Doubt
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As Truce Takes Hold, Gazans and Israelis Express Elation Tinged With Doubt

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As a truce took hold on Sunday in Gaza, potentially ending the longest and deadliest war in a century of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two men used the same metaphor to describe how they felt. “The weight on my chest has lifted,” said Ziad Obeid,…

Trump’s Return Has Unnerved World Leaders. But Not India.
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Trump’s Return Has Unnerved World Leaders. But Not India.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over the past year, a pair of legal bombshells have put India’s growing relationship with the United States to one of its biggest tests yet. Just as the two sides were announcing unprecedented expansions in defense and technology ties, U.S. prosecutors accused Indian…

How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War
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How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Making his final trip as America’s top diplomat last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to a hero’s welcome. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, proclaimed Mr. Blinken “an eminent servant of peace” at a ceremony at the…

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump
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Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment of the country’s problems and support some of his most contentious prescriptions to fix them, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Ipsos. A little more…

How the Oct. 7 Attacks Transformed the Middle East
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How the Oct. 7 Attacks Transformed the Middle East

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Hamas militants led a deadly cross-border raid on Oct. 7, 2023, they triggered a war with Israel that has devastated Gaza. They also set off shock waves that have reshaped the Middle East in unexpected ways. Powerful alliances were upended. Long-established “red…