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During the Second Intifada, the former PM’s spokesman forever changed how Israel interfaced with the international press, foreseeing the major role it would play in future wars

Police and Shin Bet investigating; note calls on Netanyahu to reconquer Gaza Strip, bring home captives; apparently unrelated to judicial overhaul disputes

Working on bridging the gaps between white people and people of color is an ever-long process of trial and error. Often, our friend groups can look largely the same, and our interracial friendships can lack depth and longevity because a

At first glance, the deeply Catholic Philippines can seem surprisingly LGBT-friendly. In a nation of 110 million people, more than 110,000 showed up last week to Quezon City’s Pride festival, making it by far the largest LGBT congregation in Southeast

Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was on Friday described as a “sexual bully”, as prosecutors opened their case against him in London for a string of sexual offense charges. “Kevin Spacey Fowler is an actor; many of you will already

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found U.S. deaths involving xylazine, known on the street as Tranq, had already risen 35-fold by 2021. (Image credit: Matt Rourke/AP)

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Friday he could block access to Facebook in Cambodia, after the company said it would remove a video in which he threatened to beat up political opponents. The warning came ahead of a July 23

A Thai doctor endorsing a dubious diabetes treatment, a Filipino physician touting crotch-enhancing underwear, a US doctor sparking off anti-vaccine conspiracies — they are all victims of identity theft plaguing health professionals. AFP’s fact-checkers have exposed a slew of cases

Drag queen Hurricane Kimchi has torn through Seoul’s nightlife scene like their meteorological namesake for a decade, part of a burgeoning LGBTQ community fighting for their rights in socially conservative South Korea. It’s not the K-pop image that South Korea

Even as Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to agree over the policy’s aim, they harshly criticized each other’s conclusions on what to do.