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Covid-19 live updates: Muslim world celebrates the end of Ramadan still under the covid cloud
Muslims marked Eid al-Fitr with dawn prayers but many of the traditional feasts, home visits and family gatherings have been discouraged because of the spreading number of cases.
Hamas launches more rockets, Israeli jets strike Gaza as casualties mount
Sirens blared through the night across Israel with at least one rocket striking a suburb of Tel Aviv, causing injuries and significant damage, according to Israeli officials.
Netanyahu says Israel will escalate military campaign against Hamas
Death toll climbs and Arab-Israeli unrest intensifies as Israel and Gaza slip toward war.
Covid-19 live updates: CDC endorses use of coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds
While numbers are declining in every other region globally, cases in India are still soaring and made up half the new cases worldwide over the last week.
What’s behind the violence in Israel and Gaza?
Violence in Gaza Strip escalated Tuesday after a night of Israeli airstrikes.
For first time in two decades, mass protests erupt among Israel’s Arab citizens
Demonstrations in support of Palestinians in Jerusalem and Gaza are posing a new challenge on Israel’s home front.
Photos: Death toll climbs and Arab-Israeli protests intensify as Israel and Gaza slip toward war
TEL AVIV — Millions of civilians in Israel and the Gaza Strip endured a second night of deadly rocket attacks and airstrikes as the worst violence in years between the Israeli military and Gaza militants continued to escalate Wednesday.
Their parents were dying of covid in India. For 12 frantic days, two sisters tried to save them.
A husband and wife in India were partially vaccinated but died nine days apart.
Upsurge in violence could prove political boon for Netanyahu and Gaza’s Hamas leaders
The fighting has stalled talks over replacing Israel’s prime minister and boosted Hamas’s standing among Palestinians.
Uruguay, once a coronavirus model, struggles against a deadly wave
South America leads the world in new cases and deaths per capita. Uruguay leads South America in both.
CDC director urges parents to vaccinate children
In testimony before a Senate committee, the CDC director encouraged children to ask for the vaccine if their parents are hesitant.
A mysterious, devastating brain disorder is afflicting dozens in one Canadian province
Symptoms include hallucinations, muscle and brain atrophy and Capgras delusion, a belief that family members have been replaced by impostors.
As violence in Israel and Gaza plays out on social media, activists raise concerns about tech companies’ interference
Footage of a collapsing apartment building and rockets streaking through the night sky quickly reached a worldwide audience.
Lester L. Wolff, Democrat who influenced U.S.-Taiwan policy, dies at 102
He was the oldest former congressman and a onetime lobbyist for Myanmar’s military government.
Here’s how rockets from Gaza test Israel’s Iron Dome
Amid spiraling violence sparked by clashes in Jerusalem, a familiar sound has returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.
In Iraq, powerful militias assassinate protesters with impunity
The killings take place in public, but no prosecutions follow. Activists blame groups linked to Iran.
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Expert panel says mistakes led to coronavirus pandemic, but stops short of holding countries, leaders to account
Reading between the lines in a new report on the mistakes that led to the coronavirus pandemic.
A sweeping coronavirus lockdown in Turkey sets off arguments and economic anxiety
The restrictions, from the well-intentioned to the bizarre, landed on a public in no mood for more rules this late in the pandemic.
An escaped leopard is eluding its would-be captors in China. Officials sent hundreds of drones to find it.
Two of the three big cats that escaped from a safari park in April have been recaptured, but one remains on the loose.
Weary Gaza marks Muslim feast as violence spreads in Israel
Weary Palestinians prepared for a somber feast Thursday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
Virus, Mideast turmoil stifle Eid al-Fitr celebrations
Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year as the COVID-19 pandemic again forces mosque closings and family separations on the holiday marking the end of Ramadan
Albanian tries to set himself on fire at Eid al-Fitr prayers
Albanian police say a man tried to set himself on fire during Muslim prayers for Eid-al-Fitr in the capital Tirana
Nowhere to run: Fear in Gaza grows amid conflict with Israel
Palestinians hurled from their beds by Israeli airstrikes this week faced an all-too-familiar question: Where should we go
As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances
As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below
