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  • After Israeli Withdrawal, Hamas Launches Violent Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza

    A U.S.-brokered cease-fire has hit pause on the war between Hamas and Israel. In its place, a fight between Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip is now under way.

    As Israeli troops pulled back last week to facilitate a deal that freed the living hostages still held in Gaza, Hamas surged security forces in behind them—a public assertion of authority intended to make clear the group remains the enclave’s governing power.

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  • China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump

    In its trade standoff with Washington, Beijing thinks it has found America’s Achilles’ heel: President Trump’s fixation on the stock market.

    China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is betting that the U.S. economy can’t absorb a prolonged trade conflict with the world’s second-largest economy, according to people close to Beijing’s decision-making. China is holding a firm line because of its conviction, the people said, that an escalating trade war will tank markets, as it did in April after Trump announced his so-called Liberation Day tariffs, prompting Beijing to hit back.

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  • Trump Says Argentina Bailout Depends on Milei’s Party Winning Upcoming Elections

    President Trump directly tied the $20 billion lifeline the U.S. is extending to Argentina to President Javier Milei’s success in the upcoming midterm elections.

    “If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina,” Trump said, sitting across a table at the White House from the visiting South American leader, who he also endorsed for re-election in 2027. “If he doesn’t win, we’re gone.”

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  • Israel, Hamas Trade Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations

    TEL AVIV—Israel and Hamas on Tuesday accused each other of violating the cease-fire that was part of the deal that released all 20 living hostages from Gaza, with Israel reducing the humanitarian aid promised under the agreement to increase pressure on Hamas to return more bodies of deceased hostages.

    Israelis celebrated the return of the living hostages on Monday, in what for many marked an end to the two-year Gaza war. But the families of the deceased hostages who are supposed to be returned to Israel as part of President Trump’s 20-point plan for peace said they were angered that only four of 28 bodies had been returned.

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  • Madagascar Becomes the Latest Country to See a Gen Z Revolt

    Its president is in hiding, an army unit has taken control and crowds of protesters are demanding sweeping social change.

    The wave of protests mushrooming around the world has now forced a change of leadership in Madagascar. After weeks of demonstrations over corruption and worsening living standards, the armed forces say they have taken control while President Andry Rajoelina has taken refuge in what he described as a secure, undisclosed location as he tries to shore up enough political support to regain power.

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  • Spain’s Grid Operator Denies Risk of Imminent Power Blackout After Sharp Voltage Swings

    Spain’s electricity-grid operator said there was no risk of an imminent second major blackout in the country after detecting two sharp voltage variations in recent weeks.

    Red Electrica which operates Spain’s grid, and in which the Spanish government owns a 20% stake, said the recent voltage swings didn’t pose a risk to the supply of electricity because they didn’t surpass the acceptable limits.

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  • China Adds Hanwha Ocean’s Units to Sanctions List

    Hanwha Ocean’s 042660 -5.76%decrease; red down pointing triangle shares slid Tuesday after Beijing added five of the South Korean shipbuilder’s subsidiaries to a sanctions list over their alleged role in a U.S. probe into the Chinese shipping industry.

    The stock plunged as much as 9% before paring losses. It closed 5.8% lower at 103,100 won, equivalent to $72.28, compared with the benchmark Kospi’s 0.6% fall.

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  • Can Shotguns, Spy Planes and Lasers Protect Europe From the Next Drone Incursion?

    WYRYKI, Poland—After suspected Russian drones violated NATO airspace in recent weeks, closing airports and rattling citizens, European militaries and governments find themselves in a new era of conflict with an urgent need to bolster their defenses.

    Allied countries are caught between having to develop long-term solutions to address Russia’s continuing hybrid threats, and a more immediate need to help civilians prepare for the next potential wave of drones. The solutions span from multilayered air-defense systems to civilian target practice against drones.

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  • How China and the U.S. Are Racing to De-Escalate the Trade War

    President Trump is trying to publicly de-escalate tensions with China to soothe markets while privately keeping up pressure on Beijing—a difficult balancing act that is being closely watched by Wall Street.

    After threatening additional 100% tariffs on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1, Trump in recent days spoke with senior officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, about sending a message to the world that the U.S. wants to de-escalate trade tensions with China, according to people familiar with the matter.

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  • Opinion | Europe Joins the Steel Tariff Game

    A feature of the Trump era is that while foreign governments object to the American President’s protectionism, in practice they often jump at the opportunity to join him in imposing tariffs. Witness the new levies the European Union proposed on imported steel last week.

    Brussels plans to cut in half the volume of steel allowed to enter the EU tariff-free each year, to 18.3 million tons. For imports above that level, the tariff rate will rise to 50% from 25%. This is a gift to struggling European steel makers that have long begged for protection.

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  • Trump Declares Gaza War Over During Middle East Victory Lap

    President Trump declared an end to the Gaza war Monday after more than two years and vowed to extend his peacemaking to the wider Middle East, taking a victory lap in a region still facing deep divisions and numerous unresolved conflicts. 

    “This isn’t only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and death,” Trump said in an address to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”

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  • Dutch Government Takes Control of Chip Maker From Chinese Parent

    The Dutch government wrested control of a Netherlands-based semiconductor company from its Chinese owner, a new flare-up in tensions between China and the West over key technologies and materials.

    Officials at the Dutch Economic Affairs Ministry said Sunday that they had assumed the power to block or reverse decisions at Nexperia 600745 -10.00%decrease; red down pointing triangle, which is owned by China’s Wingtech Technology, to keep Europe from losing “technological knowledge and capabilities” necessary for its economic security.

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  • Frozen in Time Since Hamas Attacked, a Kibbutz Awaits Hostages Living and Dead

    NIR OZ, Israel—Inside the bomb shelter of a small house in this kibbutz near the Gaza border, a heart is scrawled on the wall around the letters “AA,” short for Ariel and Arbel.

    Above it is a note written by one of them, a former hostage, to the other, her fiancé still in captivity: “I will wait for you, I love you more.”

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    Feliz Solomon

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  • China’s Exports Rise at Fastest Pace in Six Months Despite U.S. Tariffs

    China’s exports rose at the fastest pace in six months in September, beating market expectations and underscoring the sector’s continued role as a key growth driver for the world’s second-largest economy.

    Outbound shipments rose 8.3% from a year earlier, accelerating from August’s 4.4% increase and exceeding the 6.0% growth forecast by economists in a Wall Street Journal poll, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs.

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  • As Russian Aggression Turns West, Poland Says It’s Ready

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    Karolina Jeznach

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    WARSAW—For more than a decade, Poland has prepared for the worst-case scenario: becoming the front line in a war between Russia and the West.

    With an eye on growing Russian aggression in Europe, Warsaw’s military planners built out the country’s armed forces, turning it last year into the largest European military in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It ramped up military spending to 4.7% of gross domestic product this year—the highest in the alliance. A multibillion-dollar spending spree has put Poland among the biggest buyers of U.S. weapons.

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    Thomas Grove

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  • Trump May Send Tomahawks to Ukraine

    President Trump threatened to send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, should Russian President Vladimir Putin continue to decline his efforts to negotiate a peace deal in the region.

    “I might say, look, if this war’s not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday as he flew overseas to Tel Aviv, where he is set to take part in a ceremony for a landmark peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

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  • Israel Prepares to Receive Its Last Living Hostages Held by Hamas

    Israeli authorities were preparing to receive the last hostages still alive in Gaza, after Hamas told mediators it had 20 living captives in its custody and was ready to begin setting them free.

    The message, which the militant group sent to Israel through intermediaries, marked the first time Hamas has confirmed the number of hostages it holds. It also addressed uncertainty about whether Hamas, in its battered and fragmented state, could quickly assemble all the living hostages and pointed to a possibly accelerated timetable for their release.

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  • A Coordinated Squeeze Play Forced Hamas to Accept a Deal It Didn’t Want

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH—When Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya first saw President Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza, which demanded his group disarm with few concrete steps to make sure Israel would end the war, his immediate reaction was no.

    The plan, heavily amended by Israel and presented to Hamas by the Qatari prime minister and Egypt’s spy chief, looked nothing like what Hayya had been led to expect, officials familiar with the discussions said. Hayya, who less than a month earlier had been a target of Israel’s audacious attack on Hamas in Qatar, told his visitors the group would keep its Israeli hostages until it had enforceable guarantees the war would end.

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  • Trump’s Fresh Tariff Assault Threatens China’s Fragile Economy

    Beijing was already seeing growth slow before Trump announced the latest 100% tariff increase, part of a trade-war flare-up that China has blamed on the U.S.

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  • China Detains Prominent Underground Pastor, Complicating Ties With U.S.

    BEIJING—Under intense pressure from authorities in China, Ezra Jin persisted for years in building one of the nation’s largest underground Christian churches, with branches in 40 cities across the country. Online prayer groups he helped lead at times reached 10,000 people.

    Even after his wife relocated to the safety of the U.S. to be with their three children—all American citizens—Jin stayed behind in China to lead Zion Church, aware of the risks he faced.

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    Brian Spegele

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