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May 2, 20241 min read
Riot police, protesters clash in Paris during May Day protests
PARIS - French police said they arrested 45 people in Paris and that 12 officers had been injured during traditional May Day protests on...


May 1, 20243 min read
In Israel, Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza
TEL AVIV -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into...


May 1, 20242 min read
French foreign minister makes unscheduled Cairo stop as Gaza truce talks intensify
CAIRO - France's foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a...


May 1, 20242 min read
Investors wait to see Red Sea in shippers' Q1 numbers
European shipping firms Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are unlikely to get a big boost from soaring freight rates due to the Red Sea crisis in...


May 1, 20244 min read
Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University
NEW YORK -New York City police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University...


Apr 30, 20243 min read
Residents of northern Israel brace for possible all-out war with Hezbollah
HAIFA, Israel - Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early thirties when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the...


Apr 30, 20241 min read
Blinken, Saudi crown prince discuss achieving peace, security in Gaza, US says
RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday in Riyadh, where they...


Apr 29, 20242 min read
World Central Kitchen to resume Gaza aid after staff deaths in Israeli strike
NICOSIA - World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a month after seven workers of the...


Apr 29, 20242 min read
Factbox-What is the International Criminal Court?
THE HAGUE - Israel is voicing concern that the International Criminal Court could be preparing to issue arrest warrants for government...


Apr 29, 20243 min read
Senior US, French officials in Middle East seeking to ease Gaza war
RIYADH -French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said on Monday talks on a ceasefire in Gaza were progressing as he joined U.S....


Apr 29, 20241 min read
Biden reiterated position on Rafah in Netanyahu call, says White House
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "reiterated his clear position"...


Apr 29, 20242 min read
Abbas says only US can halt Israel's attack on Rafah, expected in days
RIYADH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday only the United States could stop Israel attacking the border city of Rafah...
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