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Since the start of the war, more than 33,300 people have been killed in Hamas-run Gaza, according to its health ministry

Biden Says Israel Making 'Mistake' In Handling Of Gaza War

US President Joe Biden issued some of his sternest criticism yet of Israel's war on Hamas, calling its approach a "mistake" as the country faces a Wednesday court deadline to prove it is not throttling aid to hunger-stricken Gaza.
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung addresses  supporters before parliamentary elections on Wednesday

Yoon Faces Rebuke In Divisive South Korea Vote

South Koreans began voting Wednesday in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign focused largely on resentment, personalities -- and onions.
Israeli soldiers work on their tanks in a army camp near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on April 8, 2024

Gaza War Rages As Hamas Studies Truce Proposal

Israel bombed targets in Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the army will destroy Hamas despite ongoing Cairo talks towards a ceasefire and hostage deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a date has now been set for sending troops into the strip's southernmost city Rafah

Hamas Studies Truce Proposal Six Months Into Gaza War

Hamas said Tuesday it was considering a new framework for a truce proposed during the latest round of negotiations in Cairo, as Palestinians returning to southern Gaza confronted the extent of destruction left after Israeli troops' withdrawal.
Biden visited Israel shortly after the October 7 attack by Hamas militants to show resolute US support

Biden's Patience For Israel Thins - Enough To Change US Policy?

President Joe Biden has stood firmly by Israel amid months of mounting domestic and international outcry over the humanitarian toll in Gaza, but the killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli strike seems to have brought him the closest yet to a breaking point.
Debris is seen scattered around the lobby of an apartment building, partially damaged in the April 3 earthquake in Hualien

Taiwan Rescuers Free Nine From Cave After Quake

Rescuers freed nine people trapped in a winding cave in Taiwan's mountainous east on Friday, while locating two others who were feared dead, as they searched for those still missing after the island's biggest earthquake in 25 years.

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