Geopolitical tensions continue to surge across multiple regions. In Gaza, Israel has launched new ground operations in Rafah and resumed airstrikes after a truce collapse. A proposed 50-day ceasefire tied to the release of five Israeli hostages has been met with a counteroffer from Israel, signaling fragile diplomacy amid escalating violence. Anti-hamas protests erupted across Gaza with Hamas turning their terror tactics on Palestinians to quiet them.
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In Ukraine, President Zelensky faces growing pressure as Russia intensifies drone attacks and the Trump administration offers a controversial economic pact that would give the U.S. first rights to Ukrainian natural resources—an offer Kyiv is expected to reject.
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Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Greenland stoked a diplomatic rift with Denmark, accusing it of failing to secure the Arctic territory. With Trump declaring Greenland essential for global security and Putin bolstering Russian forces in the Arctic, the region is rapidly becoming a high-stakes chessboard for global power.

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