Medics trapped in a clinic tending to the wounded. A father holding a door shut so gunmen can't get in. Two brothers running a freelance rescue operation. Inside the life-and-death struggle during the Hamas assault that set off a major war.
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Istoryk, a 26-year-old soldier in eastern Ukraine, finally managed to fall asleep one morning, exhausted from the relentless battles against Russian forces in the pinewood forests near Kreminna.
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Wall Street's main stock indexes gained on Friday after data pointing to slowing job growth and an uptick in the unemployment rate boosted investor expectations that the Federal Reserve was done with its monetary policy tightening campaign.
- WorldUN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges
Before UN peacekeepers abandoned their Kidal base on Tuesday, they made a costly call: with insurgents stationed nearby, they destroyed sensitive equipment to avoid it falling into the wrong hands.



