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Updated July 18, 2025 - 9:03 AM EDT

Israeli Tank Hits Gaza's Catholic Church, Killing 3

		*Israeli Forces Kill 93 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours*
		*British Surgeon in Gaza Reports 'Unprecedented Malnutrition'*

500 Killed in Days of Violence in Syria's Suwayda

Netanyahu Reiterates Demand for South Syria to Be Demilitarized

France, Italy Won't Buy US Weapons for Ukraine

		*US-Ukraine Discuss Weapons for Drones Deal*
		*Russia Would Target Multinational Forces in Ukraine*

Israel Kills Two in South Lebanon Strikes

US: Iran Could Resume Enrichment in Months

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Frontline

	Bedouin Villages Build Bomb Shelters Without Israeli Permission
	Pope 'Deeply Saddened' by Gaza Church Strike, Urges Ceasefire
	Trump Administration Reins in Criticism of Foreign Elections

The War at Home

	Senate Passes $9 Billion in Spending Cuts - Including Cuts to Public Broadcasting and USAID
	25th Infantry Division Switching Out Howitzers for HIMARS in Hawaii
	Senate Panel Backs Plans for $456 Billion VA Budget Next Year
	The Army Has a Plan for Enemy Drones: Shoot Them With Tanks
	Veteran and US Citizen Arrested by ICE Warns It Could Happen to Anyone

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Returns Remains of 1,000 Ukrainian Soldiers as Talks Continue
	Ukraine's Parliament Approves New Government in Major Cabinet Reshuffle
	Ukraine, US Launch Joint Gunpowder Production
	Patriot Missiles To Reach Ukraine 'Very Shortly': German Chancellor
	Ukraine To Boost Domestic Arms Production, Says Zelensky

Europe

	Belgian Court Orders Flanders Region To Stop Military Exports to Israel
	European Missile Group MBDA Selling Parts for Bombs That Have Killed Children in Gaza
	UK, German Leaders Hail 'First-of-Its-Kind' Treaty Since WWII
	Italy Slams Israel Over Deadly Attack on Catholic Church
	In EU first, Slovenia To Ban Israeli Ministers Ben-Gvir, Smotrich Over 'Unbearable Situation' in Gaza

United Kingdom

	Jeremy Corbyn To Host 'Inquiry' Into UK Role in Gaza Atrocities
	UK Special Forces, MI6 Spies and Military Officers Named in Afghan Data Leak
	UK Armed Police Threat to Pro-Palestine Protester Branded 'Dystopian'

France

	Lebanese Pro-Palestine Activist To Be Freed After 40 Years in French Jail
	France Leaves Senegal Ends Military Presence in West Africa

Africa

	ECOWAS Team Leaves Guinea-Bissau After Threat of Expulsion
	Cameroon President Biya Reshuffles Top Military Ranks Days After Announcing Re-Election Bid
	Protests Rock Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya Amid US Humanitarian Aid Cuts
	Five Immigrants the US Deported to Eswatini in Africa Held in Solitary Confinement

Asia

	No Shelter, No Dignity: Afghan Women and Children Suffer After Deportation From Iran
	Bangladeshi Forces Clash With Supporters of Ousted Leader Hasina, at Least Four Dead
	US Designates Group That Claimed Kashmir Attack Terrorists
	Myanmar Junta Recapture of Town Near Military Academy

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinians Warn of 'Dangerous' Israeli Plan To Hand Ibrahimi Mosque to Settlers
	Israel Has Refused To Renew Visas for Heads of at Least Three UN Agencies in Gaza
	Five Israeli Soldiers Wounded, Al-Qassam, Saraya Detail Operations in Gaza
	In Final Statement, Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress Calls for Suspension of Israel From UN
	Chinese Firm Autel Denies Selling Drones to Israel. Why Are They Roaming Gaza?
	Settler Leader Daniella Weiss Tells Piers Morgan: 'Gazans Finished Their Chapter of History'
	Israel Indicts Soldier on Charges He Spied for Iran
	New Satellite Data: Gaza Devastation Scale Greater Than Estimated, at Least 70 Percent of Buildings Leveled
	Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Kneecap Announce Alliance of Musicians Speaking Out Over Gaza
	Israel's Eilat Port To Shut Down Operations on July 20 Amid Debt Crisis

Syria

	Syrian Kurdish Official Rejects Turkish Calls To Lay Down Arms, Says SDF Seeks Integration Instead
	Syrian President Accuses Israel of 'Sowing Discord,' Vows To 'Protect' Druze
	US Says It Opposed Israeli Strikes in Syria
	Syria's Druze Seek Access to Northeast Syria as Kurds Send Humanitarian Aid
	Turkish President Says Israel Using Druze as Pretext To Expand Into Syria
	Dozens of Israeli Druze Remain in Syria After Border Breach

Turkey

	Turkey Doesn't Have Many Options Against Israel in Syria
	Most Turkish People Say Turkey Should Obtain Nuclear Weapons in New Poll
	Turkish FM Charges Israel With 'Policy of Destabilization' Across West Asia