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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Yasmeen Serhan  ## Yasmeen Serhan Yasmeen Serhan is a staff writer at TIME, based in the London Bureau. She covers foreign affairs with an emphasis on the future of democracies and rising authoritarianism around the world.  ## Yasmeen Serhan *  Dec 18, 2024 ### [Israel's Use of AI in Gaza Draws Scrutiny](https://time.com/7202584/gaza-ukraine-ai-warfare/) Experts share the reported concerns of Israeli intelligence officers about the inclination to defer ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 10, 2024 ### [The Documentary Netanyahu Tried to Ban](https://time.com/7200159/the-bibi-files-documentary-police-interrogation-netanyahu-corruption-trial/) The spine of "The Bibi Files" is leaked tapes of police interviewing Israel's prime minister on corr... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 4, 2024 ### [Report: Gaza Protests Widely Suppressed](https://time.com/7199769/pro-palestine-protests-suppressed-democratic-countries/) Countries known civic freedoms have joined authoritarian regimes in thwarting public expressions of ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 27, 2024 ### [With Trump on Deck, Europe Reaches For Its Checkbook](https://time.com/7198786/with-trump-on-deck-europe-reaches-for-its-checkbook/) This time around, Europe knows what to expect from Donald Trump [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 15, 2024 ### [Does Israel Plan to Occupy North Gaza?](https://time.com/7176657/the-questions-israels-plans-for-north-gaza-endgame/) By ordering civilians out of one third of Gaza, Israel has fed Palestinian fears and raised settlers... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 6, 2024 ### [What Trump's Win Means for the World](https://time.com/7173560/what-trumps-win-means-for-the-world-ukraine-gaza-china-foreign-policy/) The President-elect has said he wants the wars in Gaza and Ukraine to end, but would start a trade w... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 2, 2024 ### [The Overseas Vote Could Decide Election](https://time.com/7171387/overseas-absentee-votes-could-decide-the-presidential-election/) 4.4 million U.S. citizens are eligible to vote from overseas, and if the "voter's home" is a swing s... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 30, 2024 ### [Jailed Nobel Winner Fights for Life](https://time.com/7159230/imprisoned-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-fights-for-life-iran/) The family of Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities want to "eliminate" the activist by deprivin... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 26, 2024 ### ["Terrorist" Label Makes Reporters Target](https://time.com/7098857/israel-labels-six-gaza-journalists-terrorists-international-press-groups/) International press groups say Israel's accusation against Al Jazeera staff appears intended to sti... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 23, 2024 ### [Trump's Complaint Against the U.K. Labour Party, Explained](https://time.com/7096467/donald-trump-election-interference-complaint-uk-labour-party/) U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer dismissed the Trump campaign's allegations that his party has engag... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 11, 2024 ### [No need for radio / We are the news](https://time.com/7085658/gaza-poet-mosab-abu-toha-new-book-life-in-gaza/) An interview with the acclaimed Gazan poet Mosab Abu Toha, whose new book distills the experience of... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 8, 2024 ### [Activist Barred from Leaving Pakistan](https://time.com/7071983/mahrang-baloch-pakistan-prevented-from-traveling/) Mahrang Baloch was placed on a security list the day after being named to the TIME100 Next for her w... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 7, 2024 ### [Photos of Life and Death in Gaza](https://time.com/7049245/palestine-photographer-gaza-october-7/) Palestinian photographer Saher Alghora reflects on one year of life and death in Gaza. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 7, 2024 ### [What Lies Ahead for the MIddle East](https://time.com/7049499/oct-7-anniversary-israel-hamas-hezbollah-iran-future/) After Oct. 7, Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza returned the Palestinian cause to the global agenda. But... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 18, 2024 ### [What to Know About the Pager Attacks](https://time.com/7022458/exploding-pager-attack-lebanon-hezbollah-israel/) What we know—and don't know—about the exploding pager and radio attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. 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