Plaintiffs’ attorneys for Palestinians are met with applause after exiting a US federal courthouse. [Brooke Anderson/TNA] Attorneys representing Palestinians who are suing the US administration for its role in Israel’s war on Gaza are preparing for another day in court next month as they appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss the case. The case, Defense […]
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Plasschaert, who assumed her role in January 2018, succeeding Jan Kubis, has been both praised and criticized for her approach. [Getty] Iraq’s government, led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, has called for the United Nations to end its longstanding political mission in Iraq by 2025, asserting that the mission has outlived its necessity. This
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Fierce battles between the Israeli army and Hamas fighters expanded further into Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday while residents in the south reported heavy airstrikes in Rafah. Civilian casualties have been reported in Rafah, where four people, including a child, were killed by an airstrike on a home in the Brazil neighbourhood
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NAJAF, Iraq: Powerful Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political comeback two years after a failed and ultimately deadly high-stakes move to form a government without his Shi’ite rivals, multiple sources said. His return, likely planned for the 2025 parliamentary election, could threaten the growing clout of rivals including
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DUBAI: If Arab countries really cared about Gaza, they would throw open their borders to Palestinian refugees. That is a claim made repeatedly by Israel since the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7 last year sparked the conflict in the Gaza Strip. According to Ambassador Hossam Zaki, assistant secretary-general to the Arab League, this argument is
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LOS ANGELES — TV stars are gearing up for the Emmy Awards, which are happening four months late because of the Hollywood strikes. Nominations were announced in July and the ceremony was originally scheduled for September, but the writers’ and actors’ strikes meant very few nominees would have been able to attend. The event will
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ORLANDO — Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program, emerged victorious at the 2024 Miss America pageant in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night. Marsh, representing the state of Colorado, is the first active-duty Air Force officer ever to receive the
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LOS ANGELES — Succession, Beef and The Bear are the big winners at the Emmy Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles. British actor Matthew Macfadyen was named best supporting actor in a drama series, while Jesse Armstrong won the prize for best writing of a drama series. In his acceptance speech, Macfadyen said
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LONDON — Some children with cancer are receiving a new type of drug treatment far less toxic than chemotherapy. Arthur, 11, is one of the first to try it, at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, for his blood cancer. His family call the therapy “a little bit of sunshine”, since it worked without making Arthur
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NEW YORK — Two Madonna fans are suing the US singer for being late by more than two hours for a show last month in New York, according to court documents. They state the show was meant to start at 20:30 EST on all three nights, but in each case it did not begin until
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