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Over 1,000 Air Reservists Threaten to Stop Serving, as Israel’s Political Crisis Grows

More than a thousand pilots and other personnel in the Israeli Air Force reserve said on Friday that they would stop reporting for duty next week if the government pushes through a contentious plan to reduce judicial power without broader consensus.

What We Learned From the British By-Elections

Britain’s Conservative Party, having feared it would lose all three parliamentary by-elections held this week, managed to cling to victory in one of them. But the Conservatives lost the other two seats by wide margins. Here are four takeaways from the vote.

In Spain’s Election, Left and Right Answer for the Company They Keep

Ahead of a general election in Spain on Sunday, a debate over the leading parties’ allies has dominated the campaign. The focus on political bedfellows has obscured critical issues such as housing, the economy and employment.

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