A soldier has been killed in action in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar, which broke out early on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump ambushed his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at talks Wednesday with a video meant to support unfounded claims of the “persecution” of white farmers.

Amid the fire and fury, a quieter story is also unfolding, however invisible it may be: Israelis and Palestinians, Jewish and Arab citizens within Israel, and a few cases in the occupied West Bank, working to build a shared and peaceful society.