He had just stepped down from a tenure editing the magazine, during which it endorsed both the Iraq War and Joe Lieberman’s ...

The 42-day ceasefire has appeared close to failure since Hamas on Monday unexpectedly announced it would stop releasing hostages, leading Israel to respond with a threat to return to war. Middle ...

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