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Aug 6, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Bassem Mroue |Samuel Weinstein
Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. (Adel Hana/AP) BEIRUT — The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of Sinwar, a secretive figure who leads Hamas’ hardliners and is close to Iran, was a defiant step.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Samuel Weinstein
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, is welcomed with military honours by Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna Austria, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Modi’s visit to Austria is the first by an Indian prime minister in 41 years.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Fadwa Hodali |Fiona MacDonald |Samuel Weinstein
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and David Barnea. (U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/Wikimedia Commons) The head of Israel’s Mossad will travel to Qatar on Friday to try to finalize a cease-fire deal with Hamas, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Farnoush Amiri |Samuel Weinstein
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 6, 2024. The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader.
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May 29, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Alberto Nardelli |Samuel Weinstein
The proposal, which may require the EU to expand its listing criteria, aims to target one of the main providers of insurance to tankers hauling Russian oil after the Group of Seven introduced price caps on most Russian seaborne crude and fuels in late 2022 and early 2023, according to people familiar with the matter.
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May 7, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Samuel Weinstein
While the endowment has raised and received the funds necessary for their intrepid endeavor, it still needs one thing – you! (Call of Duty Endowment) For fifteen years, Call of Duty’s Endowment has been helping veterans find new careers. It has helped a total of 125,000 veterans find jobs after dutifully serving their nation.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
stripes.com | Samuel Weinstein |Brian Bowers |Kyle Alvarez
A screenshot from Call of Duty Modern Warfare III. (Activision) Since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II came out last year, the excitement for the new one has been palpable.
The last campaign for Call of Duty left gamers wanting more, and it left players teased by the reintroduction of the ultimate bad guy in the Call of Duty universe, Vladimir Makarov.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
stripes.com | Samuel Weinstein
The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom will compete in this year’s CODE Bowl. (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III ) As of this moment, I have logged 468 hours on Call of Duty. It’s all in the secret hope that I have the opportunity to challenge the editorial team of our British counterparts at Soldier Magazine at this upcoming CODE Bowl. However, this year’s Code Bowl will be a whole lot different.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
stripes.com | Samuel Weinstein
Protesters hold a flag depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during a rally supporting Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia, in Lukavica, Bosnia, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Several hundreds of Serb supporters of Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia have gathered at several entity lines in Bosnia, demanding a stop to what they call illegal criminal persecution of their leadership by state prosecution.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
stripes.com | Liz Langley |Samuel Weinstein
Buying plane tickets is one of life's rich little pleasures, like a bite of baklava or another bite of baklava. Rising through the clouds, into the big blue sky and thinking "See ya, suckers!" is a joy that never gets old. That thrill was compounded when I scored an $86 round-trip fare for a trip from Orlando to St. Louis to visit a friend for a few days.
