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With a tactic known as “resort politics,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been accused of using brute force to take over Indian state governments.

Key details still needed to be worked out between Israel and Hezbollah, and disagreements could scuttle or delay any deal, the officials said. But some cited reasons for cautious optimism.

An I.C.C. arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza spurred outrage across Israel’s political spectrum. But in the long term, it’s not a good look…

The International Criminal Court rejected Israel’s challenges to its jurisdiction, and also issued a warrant for a top Hamas official. Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes…

So far, direct attacks between the two adversaries have been precise and calculated. Whether that lasts is another question.

The U.S. veto at the U.N. came as the Biden administration’s envoy in Lebanon reported “additional progress” on cease-fire talks in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

The United States, which has blocked four other resolutions, said it vetoed the most recent version because it did not make the release of hostages a precondition for a truce.

The decision is the latest in a series of moves by the U.S. and Russia that have escalated tensions between the two.

Middle East Airlines has managed to fly through regional and civil wars since the 1960s. And it is still in the skies today.

If confirmed, the strike would be first time that Ukraine had used the weapons system, known as ATACMS, to strike inside Russia.