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issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip." title="The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip." subtitle="" class=" size-hp_takeover" sizes="(max-width: 40em) 620px,(min-width: 40em) and (max-width: 50em) 780px,(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 65em) 1020px,(min-width: 65em) and (max-width: 80em) 865px,(min-width: 80em) 955px,1020px" srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel_Palestinians_Generals_Plan_56764.jpg?w=525 620w,https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel_Palestinians_Generals_Plan_56764.jpg?w=660 780w,https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel_Palestinians_Generals_Plan_56764.jpg?w=863 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(AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File) " title="FILE – Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. 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title="Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/24/hezbollah-fires-about-250-rockets-and-other-projectiles-into-israel-in-heaviest-barrage-in-weeks/" title="Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war." title="Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-feature_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lebanon_Israel_72889_4cf1b8.jpg?w=132" data-srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Lebanon_Israel_72889_4cf1b8.jpg?w=132 140w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h2 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/news/world/">World News | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/24/hezbollah-fires-about-250-rockets-and-other-projectiles-into-israel-in-heaviest-barrage-in-weeks/" title="Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks"> <span class="dfm-title metered"> Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks </span> </a> </h2>  <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/associated-press/">The Associated Press</a></div> <time datetime="2024-11-24 13:49:00">November 24, 2024 at 1:49 p.m.</time> </div> </header> <div class="excerpt"> Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people... </div> </div> </article> <article class=" tag-search-view archive-view has-image post-6842132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-headlines category-news category-world tag-joe-biden tag-nuclear-weapons tag-russia tag-ukraine tag-vladimir-putin feature-twitter type-of-work-news" data-id="6842132" data-timestamp="1731982226" > <figure> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/19/putin-lowers-the-threshold-for-using-his-nuclear-arsenal-after-bidens-arms-decision-for-ukraine/" title="Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/19/putin-lowers-the-threshold-for-using-his-nuclear-arsenal-after-bidens-arms-decision-for-ukraine/" title="Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles." title="President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-feature_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Russia_Putin_80852_1e1c9e.jpg?w=132" data-srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Russia_Putin_80852_1e1c9e.jpg?w=132 140w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h2 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/news/world/">World News | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/19/putin-lowers-the-threshold-for-using-his-nuclear-arsenal-after-bidens-arms-decision-for-ukraine/" title="Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine"> <span class="dfm-title metered"> Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine </span> </a> </h2>  <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/associated-press/">The Associated Press</a></div> <time datetime="2024-11-19 21:53:41">November 19, 2024 at 9:53 p.m.</time> </div> </header> <div class="excerpt"> President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear... </div> </div> </article> <article class=" tag-search-view archive-view has-image post-6841307 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-headlines category-news category-world tag-argentina tag-brazil tag-china tag-donald-trump tag-emmanuel-macron tag-gaza tag-gender-equality tag-hong-kong tag-human-rights tag-iran tag-israel tag-joe-biden tag-middle-east tag-russia tag-trump tag-ukraine tag-venezuela tag-vladimir-putin tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy tag-xi-jinping feature-ticker feature-twitter type-of-work-news" data-id="6841307" data-timestamp="1731880920" > <figure> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/brazils-g20-summit-produces-a-broad-declaration-thats-short-on-specifics/" title="Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/brazils-g20-summit-produces-a-broad-declaration-thats-short-on-specifics/" title="Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="The G20 in Rio de Janeiro is being held amid two major wars and around two weeks after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election." title="The G20 in Rio de Janeiro is being held amid two major wars and around two weeks after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-feature_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Brazil_G20_Summit_14462.jpg?w=132" data-srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Brazil_G20_Summit_14462.jpg?w=132 140w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h2 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/news/world/">World News | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/brazils-g20-summit-produces-a-broad-declaration-thats-short-on-specifics/" title="Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics"> <span class="dfm-title metered"> Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics </span> </a> </h2>  <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/associated-press/">The Associated Press</a></div> <time datetime="2024-11-19 22:07:18">November 19, 2024 at 10:07 p.m.</time> </div> </header> <div class="excerpt"> The G20 in Rio de Janeiro is being held amid two major wars and around... </div> </div> </article> <article class=" tag-search-view archive-view has-image post-6840625 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-headlines category-news category-world tag-russia tag-ukraine tag-vladimir-putin tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy feature-twitter type-of-work-news" data-id="6840625" data-timestamp="1731847738" > <figure> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/russia-ukraine-1000-days-war/" title="Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/russia-ukraine-1000-days-war/" title="Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Ukraine is struggling to minimize losses, maintain morale and convince allies that, with more military aid, it can turn the tide." title="Ukraine is struggling to minimize losses, maintain morale and convince allies that, with more military aid, it can turn the tide." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-feature_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Russia_Ukraine_War_1000_Days_Battlefield_90479.jpg?w=132" data-srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Russia_Ukraine_War_1000_Days_Battlefield_90479.jpg?w=132 140w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h2 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/news/world/">World News | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/russia-ukraine-1000-days-war/" title="Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war"> <span class="dfm-title metered"> Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war </span> </a> </h2>  <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/associated-press/">The Associated Press</a></div> <time datetime="2024-11-17 12:50:32">November 17, 2024 at 12:50 p.m.</time> </div> </header> <div class="excerpt"> Ukraine is struggling to minimize losses, maintain morale and convince allies that, with more military... </div> </div> </article> <article class=" tag-search-view archive-view has-image post-6840700 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-headlines category-national category-news category-politics category-world tag-joe-biden tag-joe-biden-administration tag-politics-national tag-russia tag-ukraine tag-vladimir-putin tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy feature-twitter type-of-work-news" data-id="6840700" data-timestamp="1731843352" > <figure> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/biden-authorizes-ukraine-to-use-us-supplied-longer-range-missiles-for-deeper-strikes-inside-russia/" title="Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/biden-authorizes-ukraine-to-use-us-supplied-longer-range-missiles-for-deeper-strikes-inside-russia/" title="Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter." title="President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-feature_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Brazil_Biden_52910.jpg?w=128" data-srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Brazil_Biden_52910.jpg?w=128 140w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h2 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/news/world/">World News | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/17/biden-authorizes-ukraine-to-use-us-supplied-longer-range-missiles-for-deeper-strikes-inside-russia/" title="Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia"> <span class="dfm-title metered"> Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia </span> </a> </h2>  <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/associated-press/">The Associated Press</a></div> <time datetime="2024-11-17 21:35:38">November 17, 2024 at 9:35 p.m.</time> </div> </header> <div class="excerpt"> President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside... </div> </div> </article> <article class=" tag-search-view archive-view has-image post-6835989 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-headlines category-news category-world tag-china feature-twitter type-of-work-news" data-id="6835989" data-timestamp="1731395092" > <figure> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/12/china-fatal-car-crash-driver-upset-divorce/" title="Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce." class=""></a> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/12/china-fatal-car-crash-driver-upset-divorce/" title="Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce."> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="In addition to the 35 people killed, police said 43 were injured." title="In addition to the 35 people killed, police said 43 were injured." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-feature_small" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/China_Crash_into_Crowd_58391.jpg?w=132" data-srcset="https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/China_Crash_into_Crowd_58391.jpg?w=132 140w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h2 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/news/world/">World News | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/12/china-fatal-car-crash-driver-upset-divorce/" title="Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce."> <span class="dfm-title metered"> Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce. </span> </a> </h2>  <div class="entry-meta"> <div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/associated-press/">The Associated Press</a></div> <time datetime="2024-11-12 07:52:17">November 12, 2024 at 7:52 a.m.</time> </div> </header> <div class="excerpt"> In addition to the 35 people killed, police said 43 were injured. </div> </div> </article> <article class=" tag-search-view archive-view has-image post-6834979 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-headlines category-news category-world tag-benjamin-netanyahu tag-donald-trump tag-egypt tag-gaza tag-human-rights tag-iran tag-israel tag-joe-biden tag-lebanon tag-syria tag-trump feature-ticker feature-twitter type-of-work-news" data-id="6834979" data-timestamp="1731203915" > <figure> <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/10/israeli-strikes-kill-dozens-in-lebanon-and-isolated-northern-gaza-while-netanyahu-and-trump-speak/" 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