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Chinese leader Xi tells Dutch PM that restricting technology access won't stop China's advance

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that attempts to restrict China’s access to technology will not stop the country’s advance.

Some NATO countries ‘don’t understand urgency of stopping Russia,’ says Swedish FM

NATO is not doing enough for Ukraine and some countries in the alliance don’t “understand that the conflict is here and that we need to deal with it,” Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Euractiv on March 27.

A Southern Lebanese Town Just Stopped Hezbollah Trying To Fire Rockets From Near A School

Tension escalated in Rmeish as Hezbollah operatives attempted to deploy rockets near residential areas, prompting concern among locals.

Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas

57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.

Estonians in favor of taking away voting rights from Russian citizens

Currently, all permanent residents of Estonia, regardless of citizenship, are eligible to vote in local elections.

Russia executed Ukrainian POWs, UN report says

The United Nations issues damning report about conduct of Vladimir Putin’s troops in eastern Ukraine.

Macron angered US officials with statements about sending troops to Ukraine – Bloomberg

French President Emmanuel Macron has infuriated US officials with his statements about the possible deployment of foreign troops to Ukraine, as they fear such a move could lead to a clash with Russia.

Thousands of protesters rally in Budapest against PM Orban after audio recording release

Thousands of protesters gathered in Budapest on Mar. 26 after former Hungarian government insider Peter Magyar releases audio recording that he says is proof of official misconduct within high levels of the government of populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The audio features what appears to be the voice of former Justice Minister Judit Varga describing government officials manipulating court records to cover up evidence implicating them in a corruption case. (AP Video by Bela Szandelszky)

Chinese-owned oil tanker hit by Houthi missiles in Red Sea

‘The Houthis attacked the MV Huang despite previously stating they would not attack Chinese vessels,’ the US military said in a statement.

Kremlin calls Zelensky 'peculiar kind of Jew' over IS attack claim

Russian officials continue to allege Kyiv was somehow involved in Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 139 people, an assertion Zelensky has denounced as absurd. 

Two Quebecers become the latest Canadian foreign fighters to die in the Ukraine-Russia war

UN: At least 32 Ukrainian POWs executed in Russian captivity during winter

At least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW), recently captured by Russia, have been executed between Dec. 1, 2023, and Feb. 29, a report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on March 26.

Israel truce team leaves Doha, official blames Hamas for 'dead end'

IDF confirms senior Hamas member Marwan Issa was killed in strike

The IDF also eliminated Ghazi Abu Tama’ah, a senior member of Hamas’s military council.

Lukashenko contradicts Putin, says Moscow terrorists were fleeing to Belarus, not Ukraine

Although the ISIS jihadist group claimed responsibility for the Crocus music hall attack, Russia’s president blamed Kyiv.

A decadelong secret partnership between the CIA and Ukraine has been critical for lethal operations against Russia

Ten years ago, the CIA cautiously partnered with Ukraine to help gather intelligence on Russia.The agency initially made clear that it would not help

Ukrainian navy says a third of Russian warships in the Black Sea have been destroyed or disabled

Ukraine's navy spokesman says that Ukrainian forces have sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea, a major blow to Moscow’s military capability as the war has dragged into a third year.

First Human Patient to Receive a Neuralink Brain Implant Used it to Stay Up All Night Playing Civilization 6 - IGN

'I was sexually assaulted in Hamas captivity,' ex-hostage Amit Soussana goes public with her story

Released hostage told the New York Times that she was sexually assaulted by one of her captors and was also beaten; She decided to go public with her traumatic story to tell her story to raise awareness about the plight of the hostages remaining in Gaza