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Iran Extends Government Shutdowns Amid Soaring Heat and Power Cuts
BySanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon August 22, 2025

Amid suffocating temperatures, the Iranian authorities are closing public offices and cutting water and electricity as the country struggles with an energy crisis.

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Iran Extends Government Shutdowns Amid Soaring Heat and Power Cuts
BySanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

Amid suffocating temperatures, the Iranian authorities are closing public offices and cutting water and electricity as the country struggles with an energy crisis.

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Netanyahu Faces Pressure From Far Right Over Cease-Fire Proposal
ByAdam Rasgon August 19, 2025

Some members of Israel’s coalition have ruled out a proposed hostage deal with Hamas, but the prime minister has yet to state his position.

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Netanyahu Faces Pressure From Far Right Over New Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Proposal
ByAdam Rasgon August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

Some members of Israel’s coalition have ruled out a proposed hostage deal with Hamas, but the prime minister has yet to state his position.

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Netanyahu Faces Pressure From Far Right Over Cease-Fire Proposal
ByAdam Rasgon August 19, 2025

Some members of Israel’s coalition have ruled out a proposed hostage deal with Hamas, but the prime minister has yet to state his position.

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Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu and the Gaza War
ByIsabel Kershner August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

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Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu and the Gaza War
ByIsabel Kershner August 18, 2025

Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

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Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur August 16, 2025

Turkey has arrested at least 390 people associated with the political opposition since March.

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Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says
ByBen Hubbard and Safak Timur August 16, 2025August 16, 2025

Turkey has arrested at least 390 people associated with the political opposition since March.

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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows
ByEphrat Livni August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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