The announcement of the appointment comes as the Trump administration continues to take shape, in terms of the officials who will oversee US policy in the Middle East. Before Boulos’s selection, who is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter, he tapped pro-Israel hawk Marco Rubio as his nominee for secretary of state; Mike Huckabee, a staunch […]
Moshe Yaalon, a hawkish former general, told Israeli media that hardliners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there. “I am compelled to warn about what is happening there and is being concealed from us,” Yaalon told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan […]
“There are bodies lined up as far as the eye can see in the hospital. Others are lying on the floor in the hallways. The morgue is full,” one doctor said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. He said “There are around 100 dead”, with bodies filling […]
Representatives from Vanuatu and other low-lying at-risk islands in the Pacific Ocean will open marathon proceedings at the International Court of Justice at 10:00 am (0900 GMT) before a 15-judge panel. Over the course of the next two weeks, more than 100 countries and organizations will make submissions on the topic, the highest number ever […]
Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with Trump, who has promised to slap tariffs on Canadian imports unless Ottawa prevents migrants and drugs from crossing the frontier. Canada sends 75% of all goods and services exports to the United States and tariffs would badly hurt the economy. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, […]
The Hamas visit to Cairo was the first since the United States announced on Wednesday it would revive efforts in collaboration with Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza, that would include a hostage deal. White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he thought the chances of a ceasefire and hostage […]
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” Joe Biden said in a statement released by the White House. The […]
Residents said one attack on the second day of raids hit a crowded residential area in the centre of Idlib, the largest city in a rebel enclave near the Turkish border where around four million people live in makeshift tents and dwellings. At least seven people were killed and dozens injured, according to rescuers at […]
The number surpassed the 118,000 displaced during one of the country’s worst floodings in 2014, and disaster officials feared it could rise further as there was no let-up in torrential downpours. The death toll remained at four recorded across Kelantan, Terengganu, and Sarawak. Kelantan state bore the brunt of the flooding, accounting for 63 percent […]
This information was allegedly utilized to fraudulently procure numerous high-end mobile devices. In the suburb of Auburn in western Sydney, investigators from the Australian Federal Police executed a search warrant at a man’s residence yesterday. During the operation, they reportedly uncovered over $1 million in cash, more than 500 SIM cards, and 21 electronic devices, […]
