Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed his defense minister on Monday, exposing deep rifts within the Israeli government as the Middle East entered a high-wire week, suspended between the prospect of a wider regional conflict and intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent one.

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Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation shocked Iran’s political circles and came as President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that his cabinet would include several conservatives and only one woman.

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New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.

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The Pakistani military announced on Monday that it had arrested the former head of its top intelligence agency, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, and initiated court-martial proceedings against the retired general on charges of corruption and political meddling, officials said.

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In Australia, farmers are tapping the superpowers of fungus to pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground to slow global warming.

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Scholars have struggled to identify fragments of the epic of Gilgamesh — one of the world’s oldest literary texts. Now A.I. has brought an “extreme acceleration” to the field.

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The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.

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BREAKING NEWS: A judge said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used a “sham” address for his New York residency and cannot appear on the state’s presidential ballot.

The FBI said it was investigating whether Donald Trump’s campaign had been hacked, days after he said Iran had launched a cyberattack.