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Palestinians recount deadly abuse in Israeli prisons: ‘It is Guantánamo’

One Palestinian inmate died with a ruptured spleen and broken ribs after being beaten by Israeli prison guards.Another met an excruciating end because a...

Region braces for Netanyahu to decide Israeli response to Golan Heights strike

JERUSALEM — Civilians on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border braced Monday for the Israeli army to launch a counterstrike — of a scale,...

Column | In Sudan’s catastrophe, food runs out as guns flow freely

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Warring parties in Sudan accused of carrying out wave of rapes

Fighters on both sides of Sudan’s civil war have carried out a wave of rapes, including attacking women in front of their families, sexually...

Edna O’Brien, groundbreaking Irish novelist, dies at 93

Edna O’Brien, a groundbreaking Irish writer whose novels portrayed young women struggling for happiness and freedom in a male-dominated world, died July 27 at...

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