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US Senate Majority Leader Schumer criticizes China for not supporting Israel after Hamas attack

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer has told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that he was very disappointed by China’s statement on the recent Hamas attack because it didn’t show any sympathy or support for Israel.

Senior Taliban officials visit villages struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people
Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake hit a densely populated area in Herat and was followed by strong aftershocks in what was one of the deadliest temblors to strike the country in two decades.

What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel’s intelligence prowess after Hamas attack
Israel’s intelligence agencies have gained an aura of invincibility over the decades because of a string of intelligence achievements against its enemies both near and far.

The winner of the Nobel memorial economics prize is set to be announced in Sweden

The winner or winners unveiled by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences follow the awards in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, and peace that were announced last week.

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes and battles to repel Hamas, with over 1,100 dead in fighting so far
Israel’s military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday, as it pounded the Gaza Strip from the air and mustered for a campaign its prime minister said would destroy “the military and governing capabilities” of the militant group.

Indian rescue copters are flying into region where flood washed out bridges and killed at least 52
Air force helicopters have been able to land to rescue people in India’s Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open last week in intense rain, flooding a valley with glacial lake water and washing away bridges and homes as thousands fled.

Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000
Men dug through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in western Afghanistan on Sunday in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage of earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 people.

Israel and Hamas battle around Gaza as Netanyahu warns of ‘long and difficult war’
Israeli troops fought to expel Palestinian militants from Israeli territory for a second day Sunday, battling in firefights between homes, ducking under rocket fire, and striking Gazan cities from the sky in retaliation for the militants’ assault, which officials described as the worst attack on Israel in decades.

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Five things to know as Israel declares war on Hamas

Israel has declared war, bombarding the Gaza strip with airstrikes in retaliation for a major surprise attack by the militant group Hamas.

Israel declares war against Hamas as casualty figures rise

Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Gaza, while the nation officially declared war. Hundreds were reported dead, with more missing and wounded.

Hamas attack at music festival led to chaos and frantic attempts to escape or hide

Hamas militants attacked a large music festival in the desert near the Gaza-Israel border, killing at least 260 people and causing chaotic escape efforts as revelers tried to run or hide from gunfire.

Gaza reels from Israeli airstrikes and braces for all-out war

The Israeli military says it has hit more than 500 sites across Gaza over the past two days. More than 400 people have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, including 78 children.

A shaken Israel is forced back to its eternal dilemma

The most sweeping invasion of Israeli territory in decades, conducted by a Hamas force that had been widely seen as a ragtag collection of militants, has delivered a psychological shock to Israel so great that its very foundations are being questioned: its army, its intelligence services, its government, and its capacity to control the millions of Palestinians in its midst.

After Hamas attack, US to send weapons and warships to support Israel

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he had ordered the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and five guided-missile cruisers and destroyers, which are in the Mediterranean Sea, to the eastern part of the sea, near Israel. Officials said the ships were en route but would take a few days to arrive.

Entire villages razed as death toll soars from quakes in Afghanistan

The death toll from two major earthquakes in northwestern Afghanistan rose to at least 813 people Sunday, according to local authorities, making the dual shocks one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit the country in decades.

‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future.

Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food, or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface.