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A two-state solution remains the goal of the United States and the West, but many in the region say the devastation in Gaza and the lack of effective Palestinian leadership make it a remote prospect.

King Charles, visiting the former British colony where he retains the ceremonial title of head of state, was shouted at by an Indigenous Australian senator.

The Israeli military said it had conducted dozens of attacks overnight on the militia’s financial arm in Lebanon. Two top U.S. diplomats were working to calm Israel’s conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas.

The Russian leader hopes to use the meeting of the so-called BRICS group, which includes China and India, as a counterweight to the West.

Mr. Gulen, who lived in self-imposed exile in the United States, was accused of plotting a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in 2016.

The trip by the U.S. defense secretary comes as Russian forces steadily gain territory in eastern Ukraine.

The Sani family in northern Nigeria has six children, more than the parents can afford but fewer than their own parents had. Birthrates, and the decisions couples make about family size, are changing across Africa.

Palestinian officials said dozens of people were dead or wounded after the overnight Israeli strike in the town of Beit Lahia. In Lebanon, Israeli jets attacked a Hezbollah stronghold south of the capital, Beirut.

A video of Shaaban al-Dalou burning to death after an Israeli strike at a hospital has stoked criticism from Israel’s allies and highlighted the plight of people trapped in Gaza.

Before Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, Saudi Arabia was open to forging stronger ties with the Israelis. Now, a year into the war in Gaza, it is warming up to its traditional enemy, Iran.