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Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire

Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire

Jan 05, 2025

Gaza’s health ministry said that 88 people had been killed over the past day. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar.

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A Gas Cutoff Sends Shivers Through a Russian-Backed Breakaway Region

A Gas Cutoff Sends Shivers Through a Russian-Backed Breakaway Region

Jan 05, 2025

A renegade part of Moldova once boasted it would become a Russian-speaking Switzerland. Now without gas, its leader assured residents, “We will not allow a societal collapse.”

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As Democrats Reel, Two Front-Runners Emerge in a Leadership Battle

As Democrats Reel, Two Front-Runners Emerge in a Leadership Battle

Jan 05, 2025

The race to lead the Democratic National Committee centers on the favorites, Ken Martin and Ben Wikler, but the party’s infighting over them looks nothing like a broad reckoning with its 2024 defeats.

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In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Spaces and Freedoms After al-Assad’s Fall

In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Spaces and Freedoms After al-Assad’s Fall

Jan 05, 2025

Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again.

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