Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government on Friday said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza if the agency implements recommendations to strengthen its…
Columbia University president faces vote of confidence as protests spread
NEW YORK – Columbia’s embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a university oversight committee met to address her attempt two weeks ago to clamp down on protests…
Two expatriate workers killed by drone attack on Iraq’s Khor Mor, an advisor to Iraqi Kurdish PM says
BAGHDAD – At least two expatriate workers were killed and two other people wounded after a drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Friday,…
Bird flu traces found in one in five US commercial milk samples, says FDA
One in five commercial milk samples tested in a nationwide survey contained particles of the H5N1 virus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said late on Thursday, suggesting the outbreak…
Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir slightly hurt in car accident
Video aired on Israeli media showed the car Ben-Gvir was travelling in had flipped over. Read More
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev rejects criticism over journalists’ arrests
BERLIN – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday rejected criticism over the arrests of journalists and said the fact that people had access to the internet meant press freedom was…
Supporters of Spain’s Sanchez call rallies, leftists abroad urge him to stay
MADRID – Supporters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez prepared on Friday to hold rallies to urge him to stay on after he announced this week he was considering stepping…
Egyptian delegation in Israel for talks on Gaza hostages
JERUSALEM – An Egyptian delegation met Israeli officials on Friday, looking for a way to restart talks to end the war in Gaza and return the remaining Israeli hostages, an…
Trump election subversion case bogs down as allies’ legal woes grow
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump got another break when the U.S. Supreme Court signaled some support for his immunity claim, even as more of his allies faced prosecution for the former…
UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza
GENEVA – The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official…