Saudi's crown prince snubbed the US Secretary of State by making him wait hours for a meeting before postponing it, report says

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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 15, 2023.

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A mediator who worked on a 2011 Israeli prisoner exchange says Hamas' hostage-taking is 'unprecedented': 'What do they even do with them now that they have them?'

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Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, center, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

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Russia is using missiles designed for high-value targets like warships and airfields to hit Ukraine's grain exports, UK says

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A Kh-101 cruise missile fired in Syria in a video shared by Russia's defense ministry in 2017.

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University of Pennsylvania 'should have moved faster' in condemning antisemitism, its president admits, days after Apollo CEO called for her resignation

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University of Pennsylvania campus in 2020.

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A landlord denied demanding a kidnapped Israeli woman's $600 a month rent after WhatsApp screenshots went viral

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People put up fliers and signs with the names and faces of people kidnapped during a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 14, 2023.

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A Columbia professor called Hamas terror attacks 'awesome' and 'astounding' in an article. A petition for his removal has passed 34,000 signatures.

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Supporters of both Israel and Palestine at Columbia University.
Supporters of both Israel and Palestine engage with each other at Columbia University on October 12, 2023 in New York City.

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Putin may be trying to lower expectations around a major assault as Russia looks unlikely to make significant progress, experts say

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Ukrainian service members of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 31, 2023Ukrainian service members of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops
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Patriarch of Jerusalem offers himself up in exchange for child hostages held by Hamas: 'There is total willingness on my part'

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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa in Gaza on June 14, 2021.

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It's a trap, warns UK spy chief, as Israel prepares for months of brutal urban warfare against Hamas in bombed-out Gaza

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Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on October 15.
Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on October 15.

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A 15-year-old aspiring journalist who had made Ron DeSantis squirm with his questioning was thrown out of a GOP event by police

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Quinn Mitchell and Ron DeSantis.

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