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After years of spoiling for a fight with Israel, the group is torn between maintaining its credibility as a defender of the Palestinians, and its hesitation to drag Lebanon into a full-scale war.

“I want them to know they are not alone,” New York’s governor said of the students, after posts on a student forum called for violence against Jews.

The authorities in Seoul were out in force over the weekend, but the crowds in the typically bustling neighborhood were sparse.

As El Niño arrives, heralding dry weather, it feels like the whole country is on edge. We’d like to hear from readers in Australia.

Hamas has spent years stockpiling desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammo and weapons, in the miles of tunnels it has carved out under Gaza.

The meetings with high-ranking members of the group that attacked Israel underscored how Russia is trying to present itself as an alternative platform for possible mediation.

Hurricane Otis defied forecasts when it quickly transformed from a tropical storm into a Category 5 storm and slammed into the coastal city of Acapulco.

The coastal city took a direct hit by a storm that “explosively intensified” in just a few hours. The storm could continue to drop as much as 10 inches of rain across the region.

Forecasters warned of a “nightmare scenario” of destructive winds, flooding and mudslides in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca.

Oil prices could surge. Disagreements between nations could worsen. The conflict complicates already fragile global diplomacy ahead of crucial climate talks.