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Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce

Israel announced on Wednesday its first ground incursions in months into parts of southern Lebanon, an escalation aimed at further weakening Hezbollah as the militant group faces mounting pressure to disarm and avoid another war.

Putin, Undeterred by Trump’s Words, Escalates His War Against Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin of Russia is brushing aside President Trump’s professed disappointment in him and is pushing ahead in Ukraine with renewed intensity, having already priced in the possibility of new U.S. pressure, analysts and people close to the Kremlin said.

In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle

The imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., declared in a video that his group’s armed insurgency against the Turkish state was over and would be replaced by a peaceful political struggle.

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