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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to reporters following a procedural vote on the nomination of Polly Ellen Trottenberg to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation at the U.S. Capitol on April 12, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Bernie Sanders introduces Senate resolution to block $735 million weapons sale to Israel

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Al-Monitor Staff

Palestinians inspect damage to buildings in Gaza City on May 20, 2021 in Gaza City, Gaza.

Israel, Hamas declare cease-fire after 11 days of fighting

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UN chief calls for cease-fire to end 'hell on earth' for Gaza's children

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Multan Sultans' Mohammad Rizwan (L) plays a shot during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 cricket match between Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans at the National Stadium in Karachi on March 3, 2021.

Abu Dhabi to host Pakistani cricket competition

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Israeli howitzer

Hamas sees possible cease-fire with Israel within days

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Police officers secure evidence at the Al-Irschad Mosque during a raid on April 30, 2020, in Berlin, Germany, as dozens of police and special forces stormed mosques and associations linked to Hezbollah in Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund and Muenster in the early hours of the morning. The German government said it was banning all activities of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Germany, calling it a "Shiite terrorist organization."

Germany bans and raids organizations for alleged Hezbollah ties

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Gaza school

50 Gaza schools damaged in Israeli strikes, Save The Children says

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An Iraqi Kurdish man walks past a fountain in front of Arbil's Citadel in the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, on April 15, 2021.

Kurdish journalists in Iraq criticized after Iranian immolates himself on camera

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Lebanese soldiers stand guard in the southern Lebanese town of Qlaile on May 14, 2021. Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel, a Lebanese military source said. Israel's army confirmed the attack and said the rockets landed in the sea.

Rocket fire continues on Israel-Lebanon border

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Spain hit by massive wave of migrants from Morocco

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Journalists sit on to the rubble of Jala Tower, which was housing international press offices, following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on May 15, 2021. The airstrike demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip.

US requests evidence after Israeli airstrike destroys foreign media offices in Gaza

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Dubai greenlights concerts, sporting events

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