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Hamas Says It’s Ready to Resume Hostage Releases

The group said that mediators were working β€œto remove obstacles and close gaps” after the cease-fire deal with Israel hit a roadblock. Israel has yet to comment.
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How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals

President Trump says he wants to make a deal for minerals from Ukraine in exchange for aid. That followed a long effort by Ukrainian officials to appeal to Mr. Trump’s transactional nature.
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Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval

Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.
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What We Know About the Hostages Still in Gaza

As Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violating the cease-fire deal, Israel’s prime minister has vowed a return to β€œintense fighting” if hostages are not freed by Saturday.
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How Venezuela Helps Feed the Violence in Colombia

After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.
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Jordan’s King Faces a Bind as He Meets With Trump

King Abdullah II, a close U.S. ally dependent on aid from Washington, is confronting the president’s demands that he take in Palestinians from Gaza, a step the king’s domestic politics will not allow.
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Trump Says He May Cut Aid to Jordan and Egypt if They Don’t Take Gazans

The president turned up the pressure on the two nations to agree to his proposal for them to house the Palestinian population of Gaza and said the Palestinians would not have the right to return to the territory.
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Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Hangs in the Balance Ahead of Trump’s Meeting With Jordan’s King

Hamas and President Trump have threatened to upend the cease-fire. Analysts say those words could prove hollow, but the deal still may not last beyond early March.
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