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A camouflage painted tank is shown with two soldiers shown in the background carrying a box.

Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers

Conflict

Israeli attack helicopters struck observation posts of the militant Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border overnight after shots were fired at Israeli troops operating in the area, the military said Wednesday.

A supporter of the Israeli Likud party kisses an election campaign poster depicting Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the market in Jerusalem.

For many Israelis, this election is all about Bibi

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown sitting with his hands folded and an Israeli flag behind him.

Israel faces new vote as Netanyahu fails to form government

Confetti is shown falling falling with sparkling fireworks shooting up with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara standing on stage.

Israel’s Netanyahu poised to win reelection

Global Politics
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown wearing a blue suit and walking past a blue voting booth.

Israelis go to polls to decide on Netanyahu’s fate

Global Politics
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This natural-color image taken on July 4, 2010, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, shows a sapphire-colored pond springing up as snow and ice melt atop the glaciers in southwestern Greenland.

Greenland’s snow is getting darker, and that’s bad for you and me

Global Scan

Greenland is home to a huge chunk of the Earth’s frozen water. And every winter that ice is covered with snow, usually white snow that reflects sunlight back into space. But new information suggests that pollution and a warming climate are making that snow much darker — and consequently making it melt much faster. That story and more in today’s Global Scan.

This natural-color image taken on July 4, 2010, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, shows a sapphire-colored pond springing up as snow and ice melt atop the glaciers in southwestern Greenland.

Greenland’s snow is getting darker, and that’s bad for you and me

Global Scan

Greenland is home to a huge chunk of the Earth’s frozen water. And every winter that ice is covered with snow, usually white snow that reflects sunlight back into space. But new information suggests that pollution and a warming climate are making that snow much darker — and consequently making it melt much faster. That story and more in today’s Global Scan.

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