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  1. Why rights groups say so many Palestinians in the West Bank are being attacked with impunity

    Abdullatif Abu Alia kneels over a pillow soaked with dried blood from where his cousin, 25 year old Jehad, bled to death after being shot in the head during an attack on his home by Israeli settler.

    When word came over the weekend that Israel's closest ally, the United States, reportedly plans to hold members of an Israeli military battalion accountable for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, rights groups saw it as progress.

  2. U.S. prepares to rush $1B in military aid to Ukraine

    A wartime military enlistment advertisement is seen at a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, heading for a vote on final passage days after the House of Representatives abruptly ended a months-long stalemate and approved the assistance in a rare Saturday session.

  3. National Enquirer publisher testifies he used tabloid to suppress unfavourable Trump stories

    A cleanshaven, older man in a suit and tie is shown sitting at a desk inside a courtroom.

    The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might have hurt Trump's 2016 presidential bid.

  4. Eerie, orange skies engulf Athens as dust clouds blow in from Africa

    A man walks down a hill over a cityscape with an orange sky

    Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks.

  5. U.S. government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI's botching of Larry Nassar allegations

    A man looks on.

    The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7-million US settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016.