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FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks after meeting with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut
Daily News Lesson September 29 2025

UN Security Council prepares for sanctions against Iran for nuclear program

Learn why members of the United Nations are set to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program
Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre inside Gaza, as seen from Israel
Daily News Lesson September 19 2025

U.N. commission accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Lawyers offer opposing views on findings

Examine the history of the term genocide using a reading from CFR Education
FILE PHOTO: Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif
Daily News Lesson August 13 2025

Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israeli drone strike in Gaza

Learn about a strike on journalists covering Gaza
A city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir
Daily News Lesson May 07 2025

India strikes sites in Pakistan in response to attack on tourists

Learn about conflict between two major powers in South Asia
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Lesson Plan April 28 2025

Lesson plan: Civil war in Syria and the human impact

Learn about the Syrian Civil War through news reports and comics
Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip
Daily News Lesson January 28 2025

200,000 displaced Palestinians walk home to northern Gaza after 15 months of war

Gazans were ordered to move south early in the war
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Daily News Lesson December 09 2024

Rebels seize Damascus, forcing out ruling government of Syria

Learn how rebels finally toppled the reign of the Assad family, and discuss what might come next for Syria
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Daily News Lesson October 30 2024

Israel bans U.N. agency helping Palestinians in northern Gaza, healthcare system collapses

Hundreds of thousands remain trapped and no substantial food or aid has been allowed into the besieged area for weeks
International Court of Justice holds public hearings on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, in The Hague
Lesson Plan July 31 2024

Lesson plan: Examining the U.N.'s International Court of Justice's rulings in world affairs

Learn more about what the U.N. is and its attempts to influence world affairs
The Wider Image: Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa's cocoa crisis deepens
Daily News Lesson April 30 2024

Climate effects in West Africa cause chocolate prices to soar worldwide

Learn why weather in West Africa is sending chocolate prices soaring in the U.S. and across the world
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