How the Putin family's 'blood sacrifice' may be driving the high Russian casualty rate in Ukraine

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The coffins of Russian troops displayed in the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk.

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'Civil order' is starting to break down in Gaza, warns UN agency, after thousands break into aid centers for food and supplies

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Palestinians storm a UN-run aid supply center, that distributes food to displaced families following Israel's call for more than one million residents in northern Gaza to move south for their safety, in Deir al-Balah on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.
Palestinians stormed a UN-run aid supply center in Deir al-Balah on Saturday.

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7 global leaders who used body doubles to avoid dangerous, or uncomfortable, situations

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The promotional card for Clifton James' production, "I was Monty's double."

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The US is updating its nuclear arsenal amid growing security fears

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The US Department of Defense announced plans to construct a new variant of the B61 gravity bomb.

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Israel's 'urgent plea' to evacuate Gaza can't be seen by residents of Gaza due to an internet blackout

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A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot shows flares fired by the Israel Defense Forces over the northern Gaza Strip.

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New Yorker suspended from work by his Jewish dad after he was filmed ripping down Israeli hostage posters

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A sign erected by protesters stands identifying hostages held by Palestinian militants since the October 7 attacks
A sign erected by protesters stands identifying hostages held by Palestinian militants since the October 7 attacks.

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Bush-era diplomat joins elite chorus urging Israel not to launch a full-scale invasion of Gaza

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A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. T

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Fears Ukrainian POWs have been coerced to fight against their fellow citizens by Russia, says ISW

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Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Uspenovskyi training ground outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on September 4, 2022.

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On Ukraine's frontlines, soldiers show steely determination. But they also experience burnout, depression, divorce, 'and a lot of PTSD'

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A Ukrainian soldie poses for a portrait, in an undisclosed location near the town of Orikhiv, in the Zaporizhzhia region, on October 1, 2023.

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A former Israeli soldier says serving in the last Gaza invasion made him an 'antiwar' activist

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An Israeli army officer walks through a tunnel said to be used by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip.

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