After France, the U.K. and Germany joined global calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Tel Aviv Monday, and is also expected to press Israel to wind down its offensive in Gaza. The 10-week-old war has transformed much of the north of Gaza into a moonscape. Nearly … Read more
RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccans waving Palestinian flags took to the streets of the capital Rabat on Sunday calling on the government to cut ties with Israel in protest against continued Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip which have killed thousands of civilians. Protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have repeatedly drawn thousands of people in … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military pushed ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war and word that an emergency sale of $106 million worth of tank ammunition had been approved by Washington. Unable to leave … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Human rights lawyers went to court in the Netherlands on Monday to call for a halt to the export of fighter jet parts to Israel that could be used in attacks on Gaza. The organizations allege that delivery of parts for F-35 jets makes the Netherlands complicit in possible war crimes … Read more
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 presidential election ByThe Associated Press November 27, 2023, 9:52 AM FILE – Kenya’s president William Ruto arrives to be sworn in to office at a ceremony held at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A group of civil society organizations urged the Biden administration on Monday to forgo supplying artillery shells to Israel, reflecting the mounting pressure the United States faces over its support for the Israeli campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. In a letter to Defense Secretary … Read more
The mayor of Venice has ordered an immediate stop to electric buses operated by La Linea company after a bus crashed in the Italian city, injuring 15 people ByThe Associated Press October 15, 2023, 6:59 AM FILE – Local Police officers check the scene of a passenger bus accident in Mestre, near the city of … Read more
JERUSALEM — Tens of 1000’s of protesters marched into Jerusalem on Saturday night in a last-ditch present of drive geared toward blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, as greater than 100 of Israel’s former safety chiefs signed a letter pleading with the Israeli premier to halt the laws. In scorching warmth that reached … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s authorities known as out the navy Wednesday in areas roiled by lethal violence following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was dragged from a courtroom and ordered held for an additional eight days on new corruption fees that outraged his supporters and deepened the nation’s political turmoil. In an … Read more