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Gaza death toll surpasses 53,000 as Israel continues its genocidal war

US House panel demands Pfizer records over 2020 COVID vaccine announcement timing

Fast-spreading wildfire near Jerusalem’s Route 9 threatens residential areas

Europe must remember its visionary ideals – with Türkiye alongside, says Albanian Premier Rama

Unprecedented bombardment of Gaza felt as far as Beersheba: Israeli media

INTERVIEW – Gaza facing critical hunger as Israel blocks aid and decimates local agriculture: Expert

Russia claims to have taken control of 6 settlements in Ukraine over past week

UPDATE - Iranian, European officials meet in Istanbul for nuclear talks

US secretary of state discusses Ukraine, Iran with national security advisors of UK, France, Germany in Istanbul

Florida bans fluoride in public drinking water, becoming 2nd US state to do so

Japan to supply water tanks, evacuation tents to earthquake-hit Myanmar

New York University withholds diploma after student criticizes US, Israel in graduation speech

US President Trump departs UAE, concludes Gulf tour

Turkish businesspeople focus on Istanbul peace talks to reach $100B trade target with Russia

New Zealand quarantines dozens of people with measles infection

Japan to recover remains of WWII soldiers at Pacific island

UPDATE 2 - High-level US-Ukraine-Türkiye talks conclude under leadership of Turkish foreign minister

UPDATE 2 - US-UAE business dialogue launches in Abu Dhabi with US President Trump in attendance

UPDATE - Trump says he will meet with Putin ‘as soon as we can set it up’ to end Russia-Ukraine war

British MPs to debate amended Assisted Dying Bill as final vote looms in June

UPDATE - High-level US-Ukraine-Türkiye talks conclude under leadership of Turkish foreign minister

US singer Smokey Robinson faces criminal probe after allegations of sexual assault

Families of Israeli captives express deep concern amid intensified army attacks in Gaza

Mount Everest sees 2nd death this season

China calls for 2-state solution with Palestinian state to move past Nakba

Germany's Merz vows new EU sanctions on Russia

US-UAE business dialogue launches in Abu Dhabi with US President Trump in attendance

Ukraine loses F-16 fighter jet, pilot survives

Illegal Israeli settlers torch 15 Palestinian vehicles in occupied West Bank

Resolve differences in trade issues through equal dialogue, Chinese vice president tells US

Israel kills over 100 Palestinians in northern Gaza attacks

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Morning Briefing: May 16, 2025

Australian veteran loses appeal over war crimes defamation case

South Korean court sentences 2 men over courthouse riot

Colorado air traffic controllers lose contact with pilots of some planes

Delegations for peace talks between Russia, Ukraine in Istanbul determined

UPDATE - Arab foreign ministers meet in Iraq, outline agenda for Baghdad summit

Israeli police arrest 9 people over demonstration against war on Gaza

Former FBI chief accused of calling for Trump’s assassination

Syrian security forces seize large cache of explosives in Latakia

UPDATE 2 - Israeli army kills 5 Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Palestinians killed in Gaza commemorated in dozens of European cities

US judge dismisses charges against nearly 100 migrants in border zone trespassing case: Report

US senators urge Trump administration to step in for Gaza humanitarian aid

UN warns rising number of missing persons in conflict zones poses threat to peace

WRAPUP - What happened on 1st day of Istanbul talks?

Rubio affirms US support for sanctions relief in meeting with Syrian foreign minister