Tensions over pro-Israel lobbying group highlight rifts in Democratic primaries
WASHINGTON, May 7 – A growing number of Democratic primary challengers are making opposition to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee a campaign issue as they seek to unseat party…
Israel army investigating after soldier seen desecrating Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
An Israeli soldier was photographed placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary. Read More
Ukraine fires hundreds of drones at Russia after Moscow threat
Kyiv has intensified its strikes on Russian energy sites in recent weeks. Read More
South Sudan’s President Kiir sacks army chief, finance minister in latest reshuffle
JUBA, May 7 – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country’s military chief and a finance minister who had been in post for less than two weeks, state…
New York judge releases purported Epstein suicide note
May 6 – A federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a…
Once the city of peace, Geneva sees the United Nations’ presence fade
GENEVA, May 7 – When in 1937 the League of Nations vacated the 225-room Palais Wilson in Geneva, the global intergovernmental body created to preserve peace after World War One…
EU countries, lawmakers clinch provisional deal on watered-down AI rules
The tentative agreement needs to be formally endorsed by EU governments and the European Parliament. Read More
Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff
VATICAN CITY, May 7 – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has…
US reinstates deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mahdawi
WASHINGTON, May 6 – The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, according to a court filing from his lawyers. Read More
US reinstates deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mahdawi
WASHINGTON, May 6 – The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, according to a court filing from his lawyers. Read More