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Israeli lawmaker resigns over ‘harassment’ of Palestinians, plunging government into parliamentary minority

By CNN’s Rob Picheta, Kareem Khadder, and Amir Tal, and journalist Lauren Izso Israel’s fragile government lost its parliamentary majority on Thursday after an Arab-Israeli lawmaker resigned from the ruling coalition, accusing its leaders of fueling tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and condemning the violent intervention of police at the funeral of slain journalist Shireen

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Setbacks in Ukraine trigger rare criticism of Russia’s war effort by Russian bloggers

By Tim Lister and Taras Zadorozhnyy, CNN The Russian army’s performance in Ukraine has been less than impressive according to Western intelligence assessments — and that viewpoint is gaining ground among some in Russia itself. Three Russian military bloggers have suddenly launched into damning criticism of the operation, and especially the debacle of a failed

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Hezbollah’s coalition loses parliamentary majority in Lebanon’s first vote after uprising, financial collapse

CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo and Ben Wedeman, CNN The Iran-backed political and militant group Hezbollah has lost its parliamentary coalition majority in a Lebanese election that delivered significant gains to its rivals as well as to a protest movement that swept the country in a 2019 uprising, final results showed Tuesday. Reformist political

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Hezbollah’s coalition loses parliamentary majority in Lebanon’s first vote after uprising, financial collapse

By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo and Ben Wedeman, CNN The Iran-backed political and militant group Hezbollah has lost its parliamentary coalition majority in a Lebanese election that delivered significant gains to its rivals as well as to a protest movement that swept the country in a 2019 uprising, final results showed Tuesday. Reformist political groups

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The battle for Mariupol nears end as Ukraine declares ‘combat mission’ over

By Tim Lister, Taras Zadorozhnyy, Victoria Butenko and Jack Guy, CNN Ukrainian forces have completed their “combat mission” in Mariupol, according to a statement by the country’s military, bringing the months-long battle for the besieged city close to an end. Commanders of units stationed at the city’s massive Azovstal steelworks plant have been ordered “to

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