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Palestinians at a food distribution center in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on April 7.

A US-backed group says it will deliver aid to Gaza, but humanitarian organizations are skeptical. Here’s what we know

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval. The move would provide some relief for Gazans facing acute hunger from 19 months of war and a two-and-half

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Smoke rises following Israeli strikes

Israel ramps up strikes in Gaza, killing dozens, as Trump floats ‘freedom zone’

By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Eugenia Yosef and Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military intensified operations across Gaza Thursday, killing more than 100 people, and pledged to continue bombings as US President Donald Trump suggested establishing a “freedom zone” in the enclave. Many of the casualties were in Jabalya in northern

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Palestinians at a food distribution center in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on April 7.

A US-backed group says it will deliver aid to Gaza, but humanitarian organizations are skeptical. Here’s what we know

CNN By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval. The move would provide some relief for Gazans facing acute hunger from 19 months of war and a

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At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old insurgency

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency. Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah

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Russian President Vladimr Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia and Ukraine are due to meet. But with Putin a no-show, confusion reigns. Here’s what we know

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Days of speculation that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky could meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Turkey have ended with the Kremlin pouring cold water on the idea, confirming that the Russian leader had decided not to show up for talks he himself suggested. The possibility of direct talks

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Relatives of El Chapo enter US as part of ‘negotiation,’ Mexico’s security secretary says

By Verónica Calderón and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Several family members of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have entered the United States as part of negotiations in a case against one of his sons, Mexico’s Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch told the Mexican network Radio Fórmula on Tuesday. El Chapo’s son Ovidio

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President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One on May 12

Zelensky insists he will only join Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey this week if Putin is present

By Jessie Yeung, Ivana Kottasová and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Jessie Yeung, Ivana Kottasová, Nick Paton Walsh and Andrew Carey, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the stakes ahead of a potential meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday by saying he wouldn’t hold talks with any Russian representative other than the president

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