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Israeli Woman Held for Months in Iraq by a Shiite Militia

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli researcher that has been missing for months in Iraq, is being held by a Shiite militia, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

West Bank Teenagers Are Writing Out Their Last Words

In one of the deadliest periods in years in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, young Palestinians drawn into the struggle against Israel are writing farewell messages to their loved ones.

Kim Jong-un Wants a Satellite in Space. Seoul Says He Has a Long Way to Go.

The satellite that North Korea attempted to put into orbit in May was so rudimentary that it could never serve as a functioning spy satellite as North Korea wished, the South Korean military said on Wednesday.

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