Tag: war
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Israel, Hamas sign Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM – Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the two-year war in Gaza that has upended the Middle East. Israelis and Palestinians alike rejoiced after the…
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Putin: Russia has captured nearly 2K square miles in Ukraine this year
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured almost 2,000 square miles of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield. Russia’s 2025 gains would amount to nearly 1% of Ukraine’s land area, and the country controls nearly 20% in total. Putin, addressing a meeting…
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Second anniversary of Hamas-Israel war nears amid prayers for peace
For the second consecutive year, Jewish people and allies from the Colorado Springs area will gather on Oct. 7 to recognize an anniversary they’d rather forget but say they never can. “We felt it was important to come together and remember the loss around Oct. 7 and the barbaric acts that have taken place,” said…
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Judge Timothy Tymkovich speaks about trip to Israel, insights into legal aspect of war
This March, 14 federal judges traveled to Israel to meet with government officials and learn about last year’s terrorist attack and kidnapping that ignited a war in Gaza, with Colorado’s Timothy M. Tymkovich among the delegation. Tymkovich, who sits on the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, believed he was invited on…