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Hamas claims credit for a mortar attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as its officials depart cease-fire negotiations in Cairo and Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel are closed down.

The government is banning Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel over its Gaza war coverage. Israel’s Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy.”

The outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met.

In Burkina Faso, a West African nation facing Islamist extremism, a national arts festival attracted troupes from even the hardest-hit areas.

An Israeli defense official indicated aid agencies would receive 48 hours’ notice to evacuate Rafah ahead of a military operation, humanitarian officials said.

The bodies, which were not publicly identified, were in the same area where Carter Rhoad and Australians Jake and Callum Robinson were reported missing.

Palestinian residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp said at least three people were summarily executed or used as human shields, claims Israel’s military denies.

A win by Claudia Sheinbaum, protégée of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, could cement the grip of a party that already controls the presidency, both chambers of Congress and two-thirds of Mexico’s governorships.

The exhibition comes just ahead of a May 9 Victory Day celebration that is very different from last year’s, when Russia was facing battlefield setbacks.

Heavy rainfall brought the highest water levels recorded in more than 80 years to the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told lawmakers last year that authorities were pursuing “credible allegations” linking the Indian government to the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

In a statement that didn’t name Israel, the International Criminal Court said efforts to undermine the court’s work must “cease immediately.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Qatar’s prime minister to expel Hamas’s political leaders if the group rejects Israel’s latest cease-fire proposal.

While the rest of Europe is leaning right this year, Britain looks set to vote for the opposition Labour Party amid disillusionment with the ruling Conservatives.

The remarks signaled a sharp reversal in Britain’s position, which had not allowed Ukraine to target Russian territory with British-supplied weapons.

Israeli air strikes and bulldozers have destroyed key parts of Gaza’s food infrastructure, including agricultural land, olive and fruit trees and greenhouses.

The Chang’e 6 mission will advance Beijing’s ambitions to become a space power and scientific force, but its steady progress has caused concern at NASA and in Congress.

Ukrainian men abroad are under pressure as Kyiv prepares to enforce a mobilization law aimed at conscripting desperately needed soldiers.