As deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, so too does a dire humanitarian crisis in the area. At least 1,200 people have been killed in Israel and, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Hamas launched unprecedented attacks on Israel October 7.…
International mediators are making an urgent push for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal next week after high-stakes negotiations in Qatar saw them put a fresh proposal to the warring parties. The “bridging proposal” presented on Friday was intended to close the remaining gaps of disagreement…
Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine, yet until now alien to…
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz raised eyebrows on Friday when he said Israel would expect international partners such as the United Kingdom and France to join Israel in responding to a potential strike from Iran, “not only in defense, but also in attacking significant targets in Iran.” Katz made the claim…
Tears streamed down Bisan Abuaita’s face as she reunited with her teammates at Jordan’s Queen Alia Airport in May. It was the first time members of the Palestinian women’s soccer team had met since the start of the war in Gaza, an ongoing trauma for Palestinians inside and outside the enclave.…
Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25 years, health officials said, as international aid bodies call for a pause in the conflict for make way for a vaccination drive. Traces of poliovirus were found in a 10-month-old child in the central Gazan city…
Russia is “rapidly approaching” a key military hub in eastern Ukraine, a local official has said, as Moscow continues its advances despite Kyiv’s surprise gains in its enemy’s Kursk region. While Pokrovsk is not a major city – about 60,000 people lived there before the war and many have left since the start of…
When Moawya Ali saw a wave of Israeli settlers storm towards his house in the West Bank town of Jit, he grabbed his five children and rushed to his car, where he dropped them off at a nearby house for safety. When he returned to the house, Ali said, he saw some 30 settlers –…
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Wall Street rallied Thursday morning as July retail sales jumped 1%—triple what experts expected. Meanwhile, jobless claims dropped, and investors are still riding high on those cooler-than-expected inflation reports (CPI and PPI). Anticipating a possible Fed rate cut, investors now think that a recession may not be on the horizon. If…