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The lawsuit comes as the Red Cross has come under mounting political pressure from Israelis and their leaders.

Sahar Kalderon, 16, spent 52 days as a hostage. She says she cannot enjoy her freedom until her father, Ofer, is free.

The country’s trade with Russia this year has exceeded $200 billion, and makers of cars and trucks are the big winners.

American officials are quick to say that Israel is in the driver’s seat in the Gaza war, but they are increasingly urging a change in course.

Jimmy Lai, who published an antigovernment newspaper, faces up to life in prison if convicted on national security charges that rights activists have called baseless.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban used E.U. rules on unanimous decisions to sink a $52 billion package strongly backed by larger countries.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine welcomed the breakthrough as talks on joining the bloc officially opened. Securing more financial aid will have to wait.

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has suggested he will block both financial support and membership talks for Ukraine. There are workarounds on aid, but they are cumbersome.

A Thai farmworker clung to hope during her nearly 50 days of captivity in Gaza by befriending a young Israeli girl and dreaming of reuniting with her boyfriend, who had also been abducted.

The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower Indigenous people, wielding data as a tool for racial equity.