What is the endgame for Hamas and Israel in new showdown?
Worshippers chant pro-Hamas slogans at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque. The Islamist movement aims to become…
Month: June 2021
LA mayor warns against antisemitism after video attack on Jewish diners spreads online
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has declared the city “stands against antisemitism” after jewish diners…
Covid Delta variant 40% more transmissible, Matt Hancock says
The Delta variant of Covid-19 first detected in India which is spreading widely in the…
AP Exclusive: Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics
Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of…
Jordan facing ‘one of the most severe’ droughts in its history
Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe…
Israel-Gaza violence: Death toll rises in West Bank clashes — As it happened
Israel says airstrikes and artillery targeted a network of Palestinian tunnels Hamas has fired dozens…
Uyghur exiles describe forced abortions, torture in Xinjiang
Three Uyghurs who fled from China to Turkey have described forced abortions and torture by…
Baffert barred from entering horses at Belmont Stakes
US trainer Bob Baffert has been barred from entering a horse at the Belmont Stakes…
Is France cracking down on Chechen asylum seekers?
The case of Magomed Gadaev, who was forced on a Russia-bound plane last month, has…
Suspect held over latest attack on French police
French police launched a manhunt for the suspect in a stabbing of a policewoman in…