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Does the West risk charges of complicity by supplying weapons to Israel in light of its plausible genocide in Gaza?

Gaza officials report mounting casualties; Israeli military claims Hamas using medical complex to plan attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would not leave civilians trapped in Rafah when its forces begin a long-expected assault on the southern Gaza city where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering. Earlier Sunday, he said "no amount of international pressure" would stop Israel from…

At least 61 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday, as Israel was preparing to send negotiators to new truce talks in Qatar.

UNICEF reports looting of critical supplies in Haiti amid gang violence and healthcare crisis, urging urgent action.

Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday on the last day of a presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin in a vote that offered them no real alternatives after he ruthlessly cracked down on dissent.

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Kremlin critics called for massive protests at Russian polling stations on Sunday for the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule.

Destruction of buildings, too few ambulances and having to work in ‘red zones’ all adding to trauma