An Israeli court in Jerusalem postponed on Sunday the sentencing of a 14-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Salih Manasra, as the prosecution called for the boy to spend 12 years in prison for allegedly stabbing and wounding two Israelis in a settlement in October. Manasra, a resident of occupied East Jerusalem, was[…]
In a speech delivered Saturday night in Qatar, Hamas politburo chief Khalid Mashaal admitted that Hamas “made mistakes” after winning elections in 2006 that led the party’s rule over the Gaza Strip, and also hinted that he would not run for reelection in Hamas’ internal elections expected to be held[…]
President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the UN to declare 2017 the year “to end the Israeli occupation” of Palestinian land and people, saying that Israel’s settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank is destroying any hope of a two-state solution. During a speech before the UN General Assembly on Thursday,[…]
Protesters massed on Charlotte’s streets for a third night as pressure mounted on authorities to release a video that could resolve different accounts of the latest police killing of a black man in the United States. Demonstrators on Thursday chanted “release the tape” and “we want the tape” while briefly[…]
Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500m Yahoo accounts in 2014, the US tech company has announced, in what is believed to be the biggest ever digital break-in at an email provider. The massive security breakdown disclosed on Thursday was blamed by Yahoo on a “state-sponsored actor” –[…]
The United Arab Emirates has said it will take in 15,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years in a major policy shift. Reem al-Hashimi, the UAE’s minister of international cooperation, told the UN summit on refugees in New York this week that the Gulf state has donated more than[…]
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip opened on Friday for the last of four days on Friday to allow Palestinian worshipers returning from the Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj to return to Gaza. Two groups of pilgrims were reportedly allowed to cross through on Thursday, with[…]
One person has been shot in Charlotte, North Carolina protests against the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Riot police are firing tear gas into the crowd. The governor declared a state of emergency and ordered in National Guard and state troopers. Peaceful protests turned violent on Wednesday, night[…]
Five months after the Panama Papers exposed the offshore dealings of government leaders and influential people, a new leak of 1.3 million files has revealed the names of individuals associated with companies registered in the Bahamas, a notorious tax haven. The files – received by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung[…]
The UN says it is ready to resume the delivery of life-saving aid to Syria, days after an attack on a humanitarian convoy killed 20 people and triggered the suspension of much-needed relief operations. “The preparation for these convoys has now resumed and we are ready to deliver aid to[…]
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