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27 May 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinians inspect the destruction after an Israeli air strike, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, in the Al-Mawasi area, which was bombed with a number of missiles on the tents of displaced people west of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

These “Tent Massacre” Survivors Couldn’t Afford to Leave Rafah. The Next Israeli Attack Nearly Wiped Their Family Out.

Shrouq Aila, Sharif Abdel Kouddous

- June 14

“I felt helpless watching my family dying and not able to help them. It is a nightmare that I will never wake up from.”

Makhtar Diop, managing director of International Finance Corp., during a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

World Bank Financing Arm Rejects Calls to Directly Compensate Victims of Harm at Kenya Schools

Neha Wadekar

- June 12

For the second time, the IFC is bucking recommendations to offer money as reparations to people hurt at a chain of schools it invested in, Bridge International Academies.

Photo Illustration: Fei Liu/Getty Images

Israel’s War on Gaza

Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half of the Dead are Children

Catherine Cartier

- June 12

Nearly 20 years after the Second Intifada, the Israeli military has resumed airstrikes in the West Bank — and killed 24 children.

A visitor enters the Firefox pavilion at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The Mobile World Congress, where 1,500 exhibitors converge to discuss the future of wireless communication, is a global showcase for the mobile technology industry and runs from Feb. 25 through Feb. 28. Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request

Nikita Mazurov

- June 12

Mozilla, the maker of the popular web browser Firefox, said it received government demands to block add-ons that circumvent censorship.

Israel’s War on Gaza

Apple Matches Worker Donations to IDF and Illegal Settlements, Employees Allege

Murtaza Hussain, Sam Biddle

- June 11

In an open letter, a group of self-described Apple workers, former employees, and shareholders are calling on the company to halt donations to nonprofits linked with Israel’s war effort.

A Palestinian girl is walking over debris to get to a building a day after an operation by the Israeli Special Forces in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Inside the Nuseirat Massacre: This Is the Carnage I Saw During Israel's Hostage Rescue

Shrouq Aila

- June 10

I was on the road to the camp when Israel launched its raid — and saw the aftermath in a nearby hospital.

A US army instructor walks behind a row of Malian soldiers holding rifles on April 12, 2018 during an anti-terrorism exercise at the Kamboinse - General Bila Zagre military camp near Ouagadougo in Burkina Faso.

After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups

Nick Turse

- June 6

The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed.

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - MAY 13: Alumni of Columbia law school carry out silent pro-Palestinian protest with keffiyehs and banners, calling for ceasefire during their graduation ceremony in New York, United States on May 13, 2024. (Photo by Fatih Akta/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Columbia Law Review Is Back Online After Students Threatened Work Stoppage Over Palestine Censorship

Prem Thakker

- June 6

The board had proposed appending a statement that would have undermined a Palestinian scholar’s article. The students rejected it.

A view of the Sheikh Zayed Towers destroyed due to Israeli attacks in Gaza City on June 04, 2024. After the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Sheikh Zayed Tower in the north of Gaza City, the great destruction and devastation in the area was revealed. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

A Federal Judge Visited Israel on a Junket Designed to Sway Public Opinion. Now He’s Hearing a Gaza Case.

Shawn Musgrave

- June 5

Activists suing the Biden administration over Gaza policy are demanding the judge recuse himself over the sponsored trip.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan (C) along with his wife Bushra Bibi (C, left) signs surety bonds for bail in various cases, at a registrar office in the High court, in Lahore on July 17, 2023. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)

Imran Khan Remains Imprisoned Over His Wife’s Menstrual Cycles. State Department Says That’s “Something For the Pakistani Courts to Decide.”

Ryan Grim, Murtaza Hussain

- June 4

The charge of an illegitimate marriage is all that’s left after a court acquitted Khan over his handling of a classified cypher.