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Europe · IranIran hanged at least seven people Saturday, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic Republic further intensified its use of capital punishment, a nongovernmental organization said. Parvin Mousavi, 53, a mother of two grown children, was hanged in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran along with five men convicted in various drug-related cases, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights, or IHR, said in a statement. In Nishapur in eastern Iran, a 27-year-old woman named Fatemeh Abdullahi was hanged on charges of murdering her husband, who was also her cousin, it said.See the Story
Iran hangs 2 women as surge in executions intensifies, group says
42% Left coverage: 12 sources
Benjamin Netanyahu · IsraelNew divisions have emerged among Israel's leaders over post-war Gaza's governance, with an unexpected Hamas fightback in parts of the Palestinian territory piling pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli army has been battling Hamas militants across Gaza for more than seven months while also exchanging near-daily fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah forces along the northern border with Lebanon.See the Story
Israeli leaders split over post-war Gaza governance
44% Right coverage: 9 sources
College Students · ChicagoA group protesting the war in Gaza and demanding that the University of Chicago divest from companies doing business with Israel temporarily took over a building on the school’s campus. Members of the group surrounded the Institute of Politics building around 5 p.m. Friday while others made their way inside, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.See the Story
Israel-Hamas war protesters temporarily take over building on University of Chicago campus
62% Center coverage: 13 sources
Benjamin Netanyahu · GazaThe first distribution of badly needed aid is expected to begin this weekend after rolling off a newly built U.S. pier off the coast of Gaza, even as aid workers warn much more access is needed to the besieged territory where famine might be under way. See the Story
Aid from new pier off Gaza should be distributed this weekend, while pressure grows on Netanyahu
66% Center coverage: 24 sources
Asia · ArmeniaՍահմանազատման արդյունքում ադրբեջանական գյուղերի մոտ երեք տասնյակ տներ մնացել են ՀՀտարածքում @bagramyan26-ի տեղեկություններով՝ սահմանազատման արդյունքում ադրբեջանական Բաղանիս-Այրում, Աշաղի Ասկիպարա և Խեյրիմլի գյուղերի մոտ երեք տասնյակ տներ մնացել են Հայաստանի տարածքում։ Մյուս կողմից՝ Կիրանց գյուղիSee the Story
Սահմանազատման արդյունքում ադրբեջանական գյուղերի մոտ երեք տասնյակ տներ մնացել են ՀՀ տարածքում
Hamas · GazaIsraeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. See the Story
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza’s Jabalia and Rafah
50% Center coverage: 12 sources