Iraq executes 11 people convicted of terrorism: report IRAQ, April 25: Iraqi authorities have carried out the execution of at least 11 individuals convicted of “terrorism” this week, according to sources in security and health sectors on Wednesday. The ... 04/24/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Palestinian UN agency must improve neutrality A UN report into the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has concluded it must do more to improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency. But the independent review also said that Israel had ... 04/22/2024 - 10:02 am | View Link
Independent report does not find UN’s Palestinian agency is compromised by outside groups The report contradicts claims from Israel that UNRWA is compromised by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups. Israel accused 12 staff members of working with Hamas and claimed 10 percent of ... 04/22/2024 - 7:54 am | View Link
Report: Egypt updated on Israel's plans for Rafah operation According to the officials Israel intends to send troops to Rafah gradually and to concentrate on areas where the defense establishment believes Hamas leaders are hiding. The officials said the ... 04/22/2024 - 6:59 am | View Link
Report: Israel rebuilding border crossing to allow additional aid to Gaza The Tzav 9 protest group, named for one of the laws allowing the drafting of reserve soldiers, claims that Israel is allowing construction vehicles into Gaza along with humanitarian supplies. 04/19/2024 - 2:47 am | View Link
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places.
“Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update.
It’s the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, according to NOAA.
Wildfires burning in Canada started sending smoke across the border on Sunday and into the week, prompting U. S. officials to issue air quality warnings in several northern states—and experts say people should be prepared to experience more air quality alerts this summer.
Parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin suffered from poor air quality on Sunday and Monday because of smoke from wildfires continuing to burn in British Columbia and Alberta.
mdash; The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday.
It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold earlier in the month.
(WASHINGTON) — Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday.
It is now up to the Justice Department to decide whether to file charges against the aircraft maker amid increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes.
PARIS — Two French prison officers were killed and three others seriously injured in a brazen attack on their convoy in Normandy on Tuesday during which an inmate escaped, officials said.
The van was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Évreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed.
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Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said he would join a crisis unit to address the emergency.
The Gobi Desert, once revered by Mongolian poet Dulduityn Danzanravjaa as hiding a cosmic portal to the heavenly kingdom of Shambala, was transformed in the 20th century from spiritual energy center to fossil-fuel hub. Wild rabbits and donkeys share the windswept dunes with rusting oil pumps, while an endless caravan of soot-stained trucks haul coal south to the border with China.