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Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful but cautious over latest cease-fire proposal

A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes across the Middle East and beyond that eight months of fighting could soon come to an end.

US reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, to stand trial, officials say
Gershkovich was detained while on a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg in March 2023 and accused of spying for the United States. The reporter, his employer, and the US government denied the allegations, and Washington designated him as wrongfully detained.

G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as EU’s traditional powers recalibrate
A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with agreement reached on a US proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral.

What are the main sticking points in the cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas?

The latest proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has the support of the United States and most of the international community, but Hamas has not fully embraced it, and neither, it seems, has Israel.

Iranian authorities release French national Louis Arnaud, imprisoned for over 20 months
French President Emmanuel Macron posted on the social media platform X on Wednesday that “Louis Arnaud is free” and thanked Oman, an interlocutor for the West with Iran, and “all those who helped bring this happy outcome.”

NATO defense ministers thrash out new security aid and training support plan for Ukraine
NATO defense ministers are trying to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine.

European Court of Justice fines Hungary 200 million euros for failing to comply with asylum rules
The court had ruled in December 2020 that Hungary had failed to abide by the bloc’s policies for granting international protection and returning illegal migrants.

Aspects of US restrictions on asylum-seekers may violate international protections, UNHCR head says
The head of the UN refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required in international law.

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Blinken says some of Hamas’s proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are ‘workable’ and some not

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the region to push a cease-fire proposal with global support that has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas.

Blinken calls Hamas changes to cease-fire proposal unworkable

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he would continue to press urgently for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip despite a counterproposal from Hamas that he said included unacceptable demands.

Ukraine says it shot down most of a Russian missile and drone barrage

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Defiant Macron predicts chaos if France succumbs to extremes

Declaring himself an “incorrigible optimist,” President Emmanuel Macron of France appealed on Wednesday to all French people “who reject the extremes” to vote for centrist parties in snap elections and so save the Republic from the bigotry of the far right and the antisemitism of the extreme left.