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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Officials in Israel’s defense establishment are now strenuously contradicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that Israel maintain control of the narrow strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border known […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt on Wednesday for fresh talks on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, and as tension with Hezbollah persists at the Israel-Lebanon border. Here’s how the news is developing: Islamic Jihad rocket commander ‘eliminated’ in Gaza, IDF says The Israel Defense Forces said it “eliminated” […]
FILE photo — Kevin Schafer/Getty Images (LONDON) — Animal rights activists are calling for the release of an orca who has been living in Argentina’s largest aquarium for over 30 years. The orca named Kshamenk, pronounced Shamenk, is the last captive orca in all of Latin America, living in Buenos Aires’ Mundo Marino aquarium since […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday it defeated a fresh wave of Ukrainian drone attacks over the west of the country. The ministry wrote on its official Telegram channel that 29 “Ukrainian drones were destroyed by air defense on duty overnight.” The ministry said that 15 UAVs were downed over Bryansk region, […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to retaliate against the Houthi movement after a missile fired from Yemen fell in central Israel on Sunday morning. ‘Trajectory is clear’ at Israel-Lebanon border: Gallant Time is running out for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the latest round of cease-fire discussions appears to have reached an impasse. Meanwhile, after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, protests erupted in Israel. Protesters have lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded the government bring the hostages home. Here’s how the […]
steve007/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Biden administration has announced plans to expand the influential United Nations Security Council by adding two permanent seats for African nations — an initiative that will likely face an uphill battle in the body and could spark pushback from other countries that have long sought permanent membership. “It’s what […]
Sara Bsaiso (left) and her sister Seham Besaiso in Gaza before Sara’s injury. — Courtesy of Seham Besaiso (NEW YORK) — If someone asked Sara Bsaiso what her dream was one year ago, it would have been to finish her senior year of high school, complete her final exams and attend college or university. However, […]
A Banksy painting, Girl With Balloon, on display at the Grove Gallery in London after it was stolen, then recovered and returned to the gallery. — (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Two men were charged with burglary after a Banksy artwork was stolen from a London gallery, the Metropolitan Police […]
Courtesy Huda Hammad (LONDON) — As a 4-year-old Palestinian child waited on Sunday to cross into Jordan for a chance at a life-saving medical procedure, a gunman was crossing from the other side to attack Israeli border guards. Accompanied by his mother and fiercest advocate, Huda, Ahmed Hammad had left Gaza a few hours earlier […]
