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What to Know About Austria’s General Election and the Far-Right Freedom Party
Austria voted on September 29, 2024 in a parliamentary election dominated by migration, the cost of living and dissatisfaction with…
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The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader
Park Chae-seo, the South Korean intelligence operative known by the code name “Black Venus,” penetrated North Korea’s political and commercial…
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Zelensky to Meet Trump Amid Fears for Continued U.S. Support for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York on September 27, 2024, as Kyiv sought…
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In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Days of Destruction After Months of Calm
Israeli airstrikes brought sudden destruction to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in late September 2024 after months in which much of the…
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Live Updates: Netanyahu to Address U.N. Amid Doubts Over Cease-Fire Push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2024 as international mediators pressed for…
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Finnish Zoo Returning Pandas to China Because of Cost
Finland’s Ähtäri Zoo agreed in September 2024 to return giant pandas Lumi and Pyry to China more than eight years…
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Why Curbing Hezbollah’s Power in Lebanon Just Became Harder
Calls to curb Hezbollah’s independent military power in Lebanon became harder to translate into policy as war with Israel escalated…
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First It Was Lynch Mobs. Now Police Kill Pakistanis Accused of Blasphemy.
Two men accused of blasphemy were killed by police in Pakistan within one week in September 2024, escalating alarm over…
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Israel’s Displaced Want to Go Home. But Will Attacks on Hezbollah Offer That Path?
About 60,000 residents of northern Israel remained displaced in September 2024 after months of Hezbollah rocket, missile and drone fire.…
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Live Updates: U.S. Pushes Cease-Fire in Lebanon as Netanyahu Says Israel Will Fight On
The United States and France led a call on September 25, 2024 for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon…
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