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Israel numbers Palestinian detainee foreheads: What we know
Palestinian news outlets reported a man with the number ‘44’ written on his forehead following a raid in Qabatiya.
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Meta lawsuits: Is social media facing a global legal reckoning?
Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.
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What to watch in Tuesday’s Florida primary elections
Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, Trump’s politics and Israel’s war on Gaza figure prominently in the elections.
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Can China’s new Arctic sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?
Beijing’s new ‘Ice Silk Road’ cuts through a melting Arctic, and could prompt new tensions with the US, analysts say.
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Why Kushner met Hamas leaders, and what it means for Trump’s Gaza roadmap
Jared Kushner to meet Netanyahu next, after Israel rejected Trump’s 15-point Gaza roadmap.
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Trump scales down war games with South Korea: Why it matters
US president cites Seoul’s reluctance to back his war on Iran, and his warm ties with North Korea’s leader as reasons.
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Is the world experiencing more earthquakes now than before?
Al Jazeera examines a decade of earthquake data to see how 2026 compares and explains how and where earthquakes strike.
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USS Lincoln crisis: How it compares to past aircraft carrier deployments
The USS Abraham Lincoln crisis highlights the toll of lengthy deployments on crew morale and operational readiness.
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How China-India border tensions are rising again over encroachment claims
India and China are tangled in yet another border dispute, angering locals in the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
CCTV footage shows Israeli settlers throwing rocks on the road in Qusra in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [Reuters]
Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian families inside their homes in Qusra, cutting off water and electricity in a campaign residents describe as an attempt to steal their land. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
Palestinians use their phones to film Israeli settlers and military personnel outside a Palestinian home in Qusra. [Reuters]
Trapped residents say Israeli soldiers have failed to disperse the settlers despite intervening earlier in the day. [Ali Sawafta/Reuters]
Israeli soldiers stand guard next to settlers in front of Palestinian homes that they have blockaded in the village of Qusra. [Nidal Eshtayeh/AP Photo]
A mosque in Qusra was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers on July 26, 2026 [Leo Correa/AP Photo]
Activists try to bring food and water to besieged Palestinian families in Qusra as Israeli soldiers block the road leading to their houses. [File: Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]
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Can Trump really make Strait of Hormuz a US territory?
US president has yet another outlandish threat for Iran, with no end to war in sight.
