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February 19, 2025 5:41 PM

After decades in exile, Syria’s Jews visit Damascus

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the handwritten text as if still in awe they were back hom...

February 19, 2025 2:26 PM

Gaza Arab plan may involve up to $20 billion regional contribution

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to travel to Riyadh on Thursday, two Egyptian security sources said, where he is due to discuss an Arab plan for Gaza that may include up to $20 billion from the region for reconstruction. Arab stat...

February 19, 2025 2:26 PM

Lebanese search for dead in devastated villages as Israel withdraws

Residents of south Lebanon returned to devastated villages on Tuesday, searching for the bodies of relatives killed in last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, as Israeli troops withdrew from most of the territory. Israeli Foreign Minister Gide...

February 19, 2025 2:28 PM

Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro charged in alleged coup plot

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was charged on Tuesday with overseeing a plot to overturn his 2022 election loss with a coup, further complicating the far-right firebrand's already narrow hopes of pulling off a political comeback. Prosecutor ...

February 19, 2025 2:28 PM

US, Russia forge ahead on peace talks, without Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Tuesday it had agreed to hold more talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine after an initial meeting that excluded Kyiv, a departure from Washington's previous approach that rallied U.S. alli...

February 19, 2025 9:29 AM

Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European allies and set veteran advisers to the task of isolat...

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