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Zelensky says Ukraine, US to discuss postwar reconstruction as part of peace push

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, in Rome, Italy, July 9, 2025.

Abu Shabab's death sparks wave of anti-Hamas militia recruitment

 HUNDREDS OF Gazans chant anti-Hamas slogans, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, last week. There was no holding back as they screamed, ‘Hamas, get out,’ the writer reports.

UN official warns funding cuts threaten human rights efforts worldwide

Volker Turk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses the Human Rights Council on his report on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, F