Corinne Baum

Corinne Baum is a freelance writer and editor. She moved to Israel in August 2023 from Fort Worth, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute, where she specialized in cross-platform editing and production and minored in Russian. 

In her spare time, you can find her reading or at a yoga class. She currently lives in Jaffa.


WOMEN LOOK at a damaged building as people inspect the rubble inside it, following US strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, January 4, 2026.

Cuba announces 32 citizens killed guarding Maduro during US operation on Venezuela

Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro poses next to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrator Terry Cole as he is led in custody from a U.S. federal airplane, at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, U.S., January 3, 2026.

Maduro's capture might have been illegal, but that won't stop charges against him - report

US President Donald Trump with US officials in the war room as the US conducts an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, 2026.

Trump: New Venezuelan leader must 'do what's right,' or may pay bigger price than Maduro


How did US forces infiltrate Venezuela, capture Maduro from Caracas? - explainer

How did the US carry out its unprecedented strike on Venezuela and capture former president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores?

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after his capture by US forces. January 3, 2026.

Donbas control, land swaps: Putin outlines potential Ukraine peace terms to Russian businessmen

"Vladimir Putin asserted that the Russian side is still ready to make the concessions that he made in Anchorage. In other words, that 'Donbas is ours,'" Kommersant reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

IDF targets Hezbollah weapons depot, training camp in southern Lebanon

In the earlier attacks, including some which the IDF said were deep inside Lebanon, it struck Hezbollah rocket launch sites, weapons storage facilities, and a military training camp.

Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025.

Trump is trying to end birthright citizenship status in the US. Is that constitutional? - explainer

It can be assumed that the administration is not seeking to change the 14th Amendment's text, but rather to set a new precedent for its interpretation and enforcement.

US President Donald Trump looks on during a signing ceremony with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (not pictured) at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2025.

US President DonaldTrump wins FIFA's inaugural peace prize after Nobel controversy

"I don't need prizes. I need to save lives," Trump said. "I saved millions and millions of lives, and that's really what I want to do."

US President Donald Trump (L) speaks after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R) during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA Dec 5, 2025.

Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia withdraw from Eurovision after Israel cleared to compete

"If no one was up in arms when Russia began its invasion, and it was exiled from global competitions and Eurovision, then the same should happen with Israel," Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez said.

 Yuval Raphael is the winner of the Rising star 2025 finale and will represent Israel in the Eurovision.

Russia claims to capture Pokrovsk ahead of Witkoff visit for peace talks

The Russian defense ministry has since posted videos of soldiers in the “center” of Pokrovsk raising the Russian tricolor flag.

Russian troops at the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

Witkoff, Kushner to offer Ukrainian land to Putin in Moscow meeting - report

The report stated that US President Donald Trump will send special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow to make a direct offer to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

A resident walks near a school building destroyed during Russian air strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 25, 2025.

What are the regions Ukraine could lose under the US-backed plan? - explainer

Under the original US-backed plan, which has since been revised, Ukraine would lose Crimea and most of the Donbas region, including parts that have not officially been taken by Russia.

A Ukrainian serviceman of the National Police Special Purpose Battalion prepares to fire a howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 20, 2025.

What is in the US-backed peace plan that Ukraine is set to agree to? – explainer

The plan includes strengthened security guarantees and would leave the major sticking points of the ceasefire for Ukrainian President Zelensky and US President Trump to discuss.

People attend the funeral of Ruslan Filipenko, 22, Artur Baranets, 22, and Oleksii Yashchenko, 21, who voluntarily joined local Territorial Defense unit and were killed in March 2, 2022, after they were recently identified by DNA analysis, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Irpin, Kyiv