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Canada’s government has condemned anti-NATO protests in Montreal that turned violent on Friday as ‘anti-Semitic’. Demonstrators called for Canada to withdraw from the Western military alliance due to its ‘complicity’ in Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza and Lebanon.
Fred Harris, a self-described populist Democrat from Oklahoma who served eight years in the U.S. Senate before an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1976, has died. He was 94. Harris’ wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to the Associated Press in a text message on Saturday, writing: “Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of … Read more
Facebook David Crisp sold his high-end perfume in Russia A British businessman caught on camera confessing he was illegally selling luxury perfume to Russia is not facing criminal charges, the BBC has learned. David Crisp admitted to an undercover investigator that he had “ignored government edicts” on sanctions by selling £1,000-a-bottle “Boadicea the Victorious” perfume … Read more
Many have used an old word to refer to recent events. Is it accurate?
Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to find solutions for a shortage of plates and other crockery to eat from in the territory ravaged by more than a year of war.
Atta remains steadfast on his farm in the occupied West Bank as he faces violence and intimidation from settlers. Atta Jaber’s family has farmed the Baqa’a Valley in the illegally occupied West Bank for hundreds of years, but since Israel’s 1967 occupation, their land has been confiscated piecemeal by Israeli settlers, and their homes and … Read more
Israeli officials on Sunday confirmed the death of an Abu Dhabi rabbi who had been missing since Thursday. “The UAE intelligence and security authorities have located the body of Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since Thursday, 21 November 2024,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement … Read more
War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil society is disintegrating amid a proliferation of armed groups, the head of a leading international aid agency has told the BBC. As well as the two main warring parties in Sudan – the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – there are … Read more
When a blogger criticized Cairo’s airport, Egypt’s government fired back, citing security footage, threatening legal action and asking, “Is it reasonable for a passenger to visit two lounges before a single flight?”
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Sunday it had launched “an aerial attack using a swarm of strike drones on the Ashdod naval base” in southern Israel. In a separate statement, it said it had launched missiles and drones against a “military target” in Tel Aviv. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments on … Read more