Corinne Baum

Corinne Baum is a freelance writer and editor. She moved to Israel in August 2023 from Fort Worth, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute, where she specialized in cross-platform editing and production and minored in Russian. In her spare time, you can find her reading or at a yoga class. She currently lives in Jaffa.

A Likud billboard with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem on August 16, 2026.

Likud election billboard puts Mamdani alongside Erdogan, Khamenei, and Qassem as Israel's enemies

 Rescuers work at a site of a residential building damaged by a missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on April 29, 2022.

Ukraine could launch ballistic missiles in three months, former defense minister says

Luigi Mangione attends a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York City, US, August 11, 2026.

Could double jeopardy end Luigi Mangione's New York state murder case? - explainer


Palestinians say settlers want to ‘expel us, kill us’ as Jewish extremists return to Kusra

Palestinian residents who remain in the area told KAN News that they still feel threatened by Jewish extremists in the area.

Israeli settlers gather outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.

IDF kills 11 in southern Lebanon after three Israeli soldiers seriously wounded in Hezbollah attack

IDF reportedly conducted additional strikes early Sunday morning • IDF: Three soldiers wounded in strike from explosive Hezbollah drone

Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.

Zelensky halts drone strikes on Black Sea oil tankers in Russian port after demand from US VP Vance

Ukraine agreed to not target non-Russian ships, so long as they were not sanctioned by Ukraine or carrying any Russian cargo.  

A member of "Timur's Special Forces Unit" of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine waits on a military boat next to Snake Island, also known as Zmiinyi Island, located in the Black Sea, on August 14, 2025.

Russia 'monitoring' as historian critical of Zionism vanishes upon landing in Israel

Russian journalist and former State Duma representative Daria Mitina claimed Artyom Kirpichenok was being held by the Shin Bet.

Artem Kirpichenok.

CENTCOM: US forces strike Panamanian vessel in Gulf of Oman over alleged breach of blockade on Iran

A US official told the WSJ that the ship's crew was transferred to another vessel after the attack, and all members were accounted for.

Warships sail during the joint Navy exercise of Iran, China and Russia in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, March 12, 2025.

At least 50,000 North Korean troops headed to Russia, Zelensky says

"A decision has been made for 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans to be deployed on the territory of Russia,” Zelensky announced on Sunday. He did not say where he got the estimate.

North Korean service members march during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2026.

The 51st state? Alberta set to vote on whether to pursue separation from Canada - explainer

Notably, this vote will not immediately start the secession process if Albertans vote in favor of separating from Canada, but will lead to a larger referendum on separating.

Alberta separatists rally outside the offices of Elections Alberta before turning in a petition to trigger a referendum on separating from the rest of Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2026.

Russia, China could take advantage of low US weapons stockpiles to start war with America - NYT

Sources told the NYT that the shortage could last beyond the Trump administration’s tenure in office, leaving future presidencies vulnerable to Russian and Chinese attacks.

US Navy and US Marine Corps aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are arrayed on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 10, 2026.

After Trump walks back pledge to give Ukraine Patriot license, Russian attacks kill nine people

Only one Russian ballistic missile was intercepted overnight on Friday, Zelensky said, “simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot systems.”

Residents look at a burned car at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 1, 2026.

AI burns books? Tech giants are buying, shredding books to train smarter chatbots

AI Tech giants have been working on a secret project to buy millions of books and destroy them to feed their new models.

Some of the 5 million books in the NLI collection.