American teenager Mohammad Ahmad Alkhdour killed in West Bank

A 17-year-old Palestinian American was killed in the West Bank on Saturday, a family member told The Washington Post, making him the second known U.S. citizen killed there since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. Mohammad Ahmad Alkhdour was shot twice in the head near the town of Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem, before he was … Read more

Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, emir of Kuwait, dies at 86

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who led the oil-rich nation for the past three years in a low-key reign focused on trying to resolve internal political disputes, died Dec. 16. He was 86. Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses … Read more