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US Votes 2024
Biden seeks diplomacy in prisoner swap, Putin may see different lesson
Eleven days after his remarkable decision to drop out of the US election, America’s now lame-duck president had one of the most important breakthroughs of his time in office.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Days away from a crucial decision: Who will Harris choose as her running mate?
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women
Somehow, the former president has managed to choose a vice presidential candidate whose views on women are even more Draconian and mean-spirited than his own.
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
A new leader, an assassination and the nuclear option: Why world is sweating on Iran
The new Iranian president had been in power for just 10 hours when a senior Hamas leader was killed on the country’s soil. The world has held its breath for retaliation since.
David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi
The threat of an all-out regional inferno hangs over the Middle East
Israel’s decision to kill a top leader of Hamas on Iranian soil poured petrol onto a bonfire. The ramifications could be far-reaching and painful for us all.
Amin Saikal
Professor of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Islamic Studies
North America
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women
Somehow, the former president has managed to choose a vice presidential candidate whose views on women are even more Draconian and mean-spirited than his own.
- by Maureen Dowd
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Biden seeks diplomacy in prisoner swap, Putin may see different lesson
Eleven days after his remarkable decision to drop out of the US election, America’s now lame-duck president had one of the most important breakthroughs of his time in office.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
A reporter, a Russian killer and everyone else freed in the prisoner swap
- by Ivan Nechepurenko, Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina
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Crime
Suspect charged over UK mass stabbing attack named after restrictions lifted
- by Martin Evans
Teen charged over fatal UK dance school attack as social media fuels more riots
- by Brian Melley and Jill Lawless
Asia
World of photos, August 3, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Kim Jong-un ‘training’ his young daughter to be his successor
Believed to be about 11 years old, Kim Ju-ae, was first revealed by her father in November 2022 and has since been mingling with top generals at major military events.
- by Nicola Smith
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The bomb that killed Hamas leader was lying in wait for ‘months’
The assassins of a top Hamas leader snuck past Iran’s Revolutionary Guard months ago to plant the bomb that killed him.
- by Ronen Bergman, Mark Mazzetti and Farnaz Fassihi
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A new leader, an assassination and the nuclear option: Why world is sweating on Iran
- by David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi
Hamas terror chief boasted of his freedom. Hours later, he was dead
- by James Crisp and Akhtar Makoii
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel says it killed senior Hezbollah commander in airstrike on Beirut
- by Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose and Simon Lewis