Nation & World

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The U.S. and several other world leaders boycotted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s swearing-in ceremony for his fifth term on Tuesday, though the ceremony did draw a few famous faces. Putin was sworn into his fifth presidential term at a Kremlin inauguration on Tuesday, ushering in the beginning of at least another six years as Russia’s…

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The United Nations and aid groups are urgently asking Israel to reopen Gaza’s border crossings and reduce military operations in the southern city of Rafah to deal with a humanitarian crisis affecting over one million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.  U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres made desperate pleas for Israel to ease its…

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Israel’s military seized control of the Rafah border crossing in Gaza Tuesday, according to officials. The Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) tanks rolled into the southern city of Gaza, which houses around 1.3 million people early Tuesday. The seizure of the border crossing, critical for delivering humanitarian aid, comes after militant group Hamas said it would…

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An American soldier was arrested in Russia last week, as confirmed by a spokesperson from the National Security Council on Monday. The spokesperson told The Hill in a statement that the State Department is currently working to get consular access to the individual, who was not in Russia representing or associated with the U.S. government. The spokesperson directed additional inquiries about…