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D-6: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in the Polls
SpotlightD-6: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in the Polls

Today, the Democratic candidate returns to Pennsylvania, for a rally in the town of Harrisburg, while the Republican candidate holds two political rallies: the first in the early afternoon in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and the second in the evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Gaza Mediators Propose Ceasefire of Less than a Month
Gaza Mediators Propose Ceasefire of Less than a Month

Mediators seeking a Gaza ceasefire are set to propose a truce of under a month to Palestinian militants Hamas, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Wednesday. The discussions in Doha, which concluded Monday, included Mossad chief David Barnea, CIA director Bill Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim ...

US Military Airstrikes Eliminate 35 Jihadists in Syria
US Military Airstrikes Eliminate 35 Jihadists in Syria

American air strikes killed up to 35 Islamic State group members in Syria earlier this week, the US military said Wednesday. It is the latest in a series of operations in recent months by US and local forces in Iraq and Syria against the jihadists, who once held swathes of territory in both countries. "The strikes hit multiple ISIS locations in ...

Saudi Arabia Open Meeting of New Alliance for Palestinian Statehood
Saudi Arabia Open Meeting of New Alliance for Palestinian Statehood

Saudi Arabia is on Wednesday expected to open the first meeting of a new "international alliance" to press for the establishment of a Palestinian state, state media said. The "International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution" was unveiled last month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Saudi state media reported at the time, ...

Operation Days of Repentance: Israel's Strike on Iran
ExplainerOperation Days of Repentance: Israel's Strike on Iran

According to the Israeli army, this attack involved no less than a hundred aircraft, including F-15s, F-16s and stealth F-35s. Drones were also employed in the offensive. Jordanian Reservations The scale of the resources deployed highlights the complexity of the operation, which was made even more challenging by the distance between Israel and ...

US Offers Reward in 1994 AC Flight 901 Bombing Linked to Hezbollah
US Offers Reward in 1994 AC Flight 901 Bombing Linked to Hezbollah

The bombing of AC Flight 901 in 1994 has been attributed to Hezbollah by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to a media note issued by the Department of State on Tuesday.   The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to the ...

Three Chinese Astronauts Begin Mission to Tiangong Space Station
Three Chinese Astronauts Begin Mission to Tiangong Space Station

Three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space station on Wednesday following an early morning launch into orbit. The Shenzhou-19 mission took off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Xinhua and ...

Bitcoin Close to Record-High, as Investors Keep Eyes on US Election
Bitcoin Close to Record-High, as Investors Keep Eyes on US Election

Bitcoin was close to $73,000 in early Asian trade Wednesday, approaching a record high with investors keeping a cautious eye on the US presidential election. The leading digital currency was trading around $72,400 at 0700 GMT, after climbing as high as $73,563.63 in late US trade, just shy of its all-time peak of $73,797.98 in March. The surge ...

Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Kills Nearly 100
Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Kills Nearly 100

An Israeli air strike on a single residential block killed nearly 100 people on Tuesday, Gaza's civil defense agency said, leaving rescuers scrambling for survivors as Israel pursued its offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel's key ally and backer the United States called the strike – which killed a large number of children ...

Israel-US: Approaching Washington’s Presidential Transition
Op-edIsrael-US: Approaching Washington’s Presidential Transition

Expecting a permanent ceasefire in Gaza or Lebanon just days before the end of President Joe Biden’s term is overly optimistic, if not entirely unrealistic. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to offer a “gift” he withheld for over a year to a president on the brink of departure. Naturally, Netanyahu will be eagerly ...

Kamala Harris Rallies Troops in Washington D.C., Trump in Pennsylvania
Kamala Harris Rallies Troops in Washington D.C., Trump in Pennsylvania

Kamala Harris urged Americans to write the "next chapter" for their country and reject Donald Trump's chaos and division as she delivered a powerful closing argument to voters Tuesday against the glowing backdrop of the White House. The Democratic vice president warned against Trump's lust for "unchecked power" as she addressed a mass rally at ...

'Small Number' of N. Korea Troops in Russia's Kursk Region
'Small Number' of N. Korea Troops in Russia's Kursk Region

A "small number" of North Korean troops have been deployed in Russia's Kursk region, on the Ukrainian border, the Pentagon said Tuesday, expressing concern that they will be used in combat against Kyiv's troops. It is the first US confirmation of a North Korean deployment in the region, where Ukrainian troops have been conducting a ground ...