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14 hours ago | aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim

In tit-for-tat moves this week, India and Pakistan have entered a strategic standoff following Tuesday's attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people. On Wednesday, India downgraded ties with Pakistan, announcing a series of steps, the most important of which is a decision to suspend its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which could seriously restrict Pakistan's water supplies.

16 hours ago | aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim

On Monday, Harvard University sued US President Donald Trump's administration to halt the freezing of $2.3bn in federal funding for the institution. The funding freeze came amid US government efforts to crack down on student protesters and pressure universities into dropping diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.

1 day ago | aljazeera.com | Nick Dearden |Shaista Aziz

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz declared last week that "no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza", effectively announcing his government's intention to continue the collective punishment of the Palestinian enclave's battered and besieged civilian population in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.

3 days ago | aljazeera.com | John Power

US stocks and the dollar have dropped sharply as United States President Donald Trump's attacks on the chief of the central bank shake investors' confidence in the world's top economy. The benchmark S&P 500 fell 2.36 percent on Monday, one of the steepest one-day declines of the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2.55 percent, dragging the index down nearly 18 percent from its position at the start of the year.

6 days ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

By Alastair McCready Hospitals in Gaza working 'beyond capacity' as Palestinian death toll surges amid Israeli attack by air, land and sea. Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 64 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Friday. The UN's World Food Programme issues an urgent warning that "Gaza needs food now" as hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of hunger.