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Israeli officials said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet was set to convene Tuesday to discuss a proposed ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. They added that it remained unclear whether the cabinet would vote to approve the deal. Read our liveblog to follow developments in the Middle East.

A simmering monthslong feud between the president and vice-president of Philippines, each part of separate political dynasties, erupted over the weekend with an apparent public death threat. For good measure on Monday, Vice-President Sara Duterte insinuated that the dictator father of current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was behind the 1980s assassination of a politician from … Read more

For months, Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has been pushing for a department to slash United States government spending. On November 12, President-elect Donald Trump made his wish come true and announced that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and failed Republican presidential candidate, would lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE appears … Read more

Washington governor-elect Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, announced Monday that he is creating a subcommittee in his transition team that will have the sole purpose of fighting Project 2025. The transition team expects Project 2025 to be pushed by the Trump Administration despite President-elect Trump’s efforts during his campaign to distance himself from the controversial proposal. … Read more

Signage atop the Adani Group headquarters in Ahmedabad, India, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Bonds of the Indian billionaires flagship firm plunged to distressed levels in US trading, and the company abruptly pulled a record domestic stock offering. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adani Group is facing fallouts on several fronts as investors and … Read more

An independent candidate with a nationalist background has stunned Romania and alarmed its allies by coming first in the initial round of the presidential elections on Sunday. Calin Georgescu is a 62-year-old expert on sustainable development and agriculture, with no party of his own, but a background in the Alliance for the Union of Romanians … Read more

Ambassadors from Ukraine and NATO’s 32 members meet Tuesday in Brussels following Russia’s hypersonic missile test in Dnipro. President Putin said the Oreshnik missile strike responded to Ukraine’s use of US and UK weapons. He warned Moscow may target military facilities in states supporting Ukraine.

A tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea on Monday after warnings of rough waters and 16 people were missing, Egyptian officials said. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were airlifted to receive medical … Read more