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Israeli leaders are beginning to talk about the possibility of opening a new front in the north in Lebanon — while the Israeli offensive in Gaza sees a rising death toll.

Israeli bombardment continue in southern Rafah. A historic vote in South Africa. North Korea launches balloons filled with trash.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about how the Iran-backed militant and political group got its start in the 1980s.

Discussions are expected to focus on a cease-fire of up to 45 days — as well as another exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

Iran remains on the sidelines as Israel-Hezbollah fight intensifies. Government watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco. Missouri executes Marcellus Williams for 1998 murder he said he didn’t commit.

We listen back to a 1994 interview with Lynch, who died Jan. 14. His credits include Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. Plus, Isabella Rossellini and Nicolas Cage remember the director.

The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

Alon Ohel was taken hostage on Oct. 7 in a village near Gaza, his family recently held a concert in the hopes that he might hear it.

VP Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic nomination for president. Former President Trump visits the wall along the southern border in Cochise County, Arizona. The FDA approves new COVID-19 vaccines.

Since 2020, voters in Nevada who aren't registered with a party have become the largest voting group in the state. That means it's hard to predict how they'll vote so campaigns are courting them.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP pollster BJ Martino, president and CEO of the Tarrance Group, about what demographic has surprised him the most in the presidential election -- based on exit polls.

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.