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Here’s where things stand on Tuesday, May 27:

Fighting:

• Ukraine says Russia launched a record number of drones overnight on Monday, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describing the attacks as a sign that Moscow is “acting with impunity”.
• Ukrainian air defences downed most of the 355 drones, but several broke through defences, causing casualties, according to authorities. Two elderly women were killed in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, the regional governor said.
• Russia,…

By Enas Wajeeh

Where do I begin?
Do I tell you that this time, I did not survive?
Do I tell you that my youngest brother lost his leg?
That my two eldest brothers lie in hospital beds with severe injuries, while medics fight to keep them alive?
That my sister lost her husband?

During this ongoing Israeli genocide, I survived three massive airstrikes with my family. But this time, I cannot say I truly survived. Everything was shattered in seconds.

Can you name a place in this world…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the US president ‘wants peace’ but will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.

Washington, DC – United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she delivered a message from President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two countries should be aligned on how to approach Iran.

Noem, who concluded a visit to Israel on Monday, told Fox News that her talks with Netanyahu were “candid and…

The Trump administration’s crackdowns on pro-Palestinian activism look eerily similar to a conservative proposal to target universities and international students it claims are part of a “terrorist support network”. Who is behind the plan, and what will its impact be?

In a statement released Monday, the ministry stated that Israel uses food as a weapon. It said the move is part of a larger strategy to displace Palestinians, manipulate civilians, and enforce population shifts under the guise of aid.

“This is not humanitarian relief,” the ministry said. “It’s a calculated scheme to enforce hunger, uproot families, and coerce people through their most basic needs.”

The announcement came just hours after Jake Wood, executive director of the Gaza…

On the morning of May 18, Israeli settlers established an illegal outpost inside the Palestinian shepherding community of Maghayer Al-Dir in Area C of the West Bank, just 100 meters from residents’ homes.

By midweek, before any violent confrontations or incidents of livestock theft, about half the Palestinian villagers had packed up their belongings and fled, with the rest preparing to do the…