#washingtonpost.com. × Gazan civilians released from Israeli detention say they endured abuse. Some released detainees have come back to find their homes destroyed and family members killed. Israel says it releases civilians not involved in fighting.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Israel underestimated Hamas before Oct. 7 attack, military probe finds. Unlike the Israeli military, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not launched a comprehensive commission to review the failures of Oct. 7, 2023.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey tells his movement to disarm and dissolve. Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has killed an estimated 40,000 people.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × North Korea sending more troops to fight for Russia, Seoul says. North Korea originally sent 12,000 troops to support Russian forces in Kursk and estimates are that up to a third of them were killed or wounded.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Thailand repatriates 40 Uyghurs to China, despite human rights concerns. Human rights groups warned that the Uyghurs, who were held in Bangkok for more than a decade, will face mistreatment from Chinese authorities back in Xinjiang.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Syrians emerging from dictatorship bristle at new threat from Israel. Israeli attacks are angering Syrians and unsettling the country’s new leaders, who are dealing with multiple crises after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
#Feb.26.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Iran boosts stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium, nuclear watchdog says. The report from the International Atomic Energy Agency comes amid growing concerns that Iran may purse a nuclear weapon.
#Feb.26.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Dispute over disarming Hamas bedevils efforts to extend Gaza ceasefire. With the first phase of the truce set to expire Saturday, Israel and Hamas appear far from reaching an agreement to proceed to the second, decisive phase.
#Feb.26.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Six babies die of hypothermia in Gaza cold snap, health officials say. The deaths highlighted the brutal humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian enclave despite a ceasefire, doctors said.
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Syria holds national dialogue to chart a path after Bashar al-Assad. Nearly three months after Bashar al-Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over what comes next.
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × China, anxious about Trump and Putin, tells Russia it is ‘true friend’. President Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × 4 killed as South Korean highway bridge collapses during construction. Six others were injured when a highway bridge collapsed in Cheonan, a city south of Seoul. The country has one of the highest workplace fatality rates in the OECD.
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump wants Ukraine’s rare metals. Putin just offered Russia’s.. Putin also endorsed President Donald Trump’s proposal for three-way nuclear arms control talks with China.
#Feb.24.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump repeals Biden directive linking U.S. arms to human rights. Rescission of the order, imposed by President Joe Biden as he struggled with the civilian toll caused by Israel’s war in Gaza, comes as Trump puts his mark on U.S. foreign policy.
#Feb.24.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Hezbollah prepares to bury longtime leader, project strength amid setbacks. Hezbollah will formally bury Hasan Nasrallah in an elaborate funeral in Beirut, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × In Suriname, a shadowy hunt for traffickers selling jaguar parts to China. Wildlife trafficking is the fourth-largest source of illicit revenue globally after drugs, human smuggling and counterfeit goods, according to Homeland Security Investigations.
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Live Briefing: Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release, accusing Hamas of ‘repeated violations’. Israel accused Hamas of subjecting its hostages to humiliation, while Hamas said the delayed release of Palestinian prisoners is a violation of the ceasefire deal.
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × How a false DOGE claim ignited a political firestorm in India. Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service said last week it had canceled a $21 million program for “voter turnout” in India. The Post found no evidence of such a program.
#Feb.22.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed. The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad.
#Feb.22.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Joy and mourning as five Israeli hostages are released from Gaza. It is the largest swap under January’s ceasefire agreement, with about 600 Palestinian prisoners also slated to be freed. It comes after Shiri Bibas’s body was returned by Hamas.
#Feb.22.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Arab leaders scramble for alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan. An emerging Arab plan is likely to call for Palestinian technocrats to govern Gaza and substantial funds for rebuilding the shattered enclave.
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Flights diverted off Australia as Chinese navy conducts ‘show of force’. The Chinese naval exercises, in international waters off Australia’s eastern coast, while legal, have nonetheless sparked alarm in Australia and New Zealand.
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump deports hundreds to third countries, leaving them in legal limbo. The U.S. has deported more than 400 migrants — from nations as far as China and Vietnam — to Panama and Costa Rica, leaving them in legal limbo.
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Live Briefing: Israel ramps up operations in West Bank after bus explosions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to conduct “an intensive operation” in the West Bank after the blasts, in which no one was harmed.
#Feb.21.2025 ×
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