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Bill Clinton criticized for saying Israel was 'forced' to kill civilians in Gaza | Gaza News

November 1, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Arab and Muslim leaders have called the former US president's comments “insulting” and “counterproductive.” Former US President Bill Clinton is facing backlash from US Muslims and Arab Americans after he said Israel was “forced” to kill civilians in Gaza and suggested the country was “first” in the Holy Land been – before the Palestinians. At […]

Israel bombs Beit Lahiya in Gaza again, hours after attack kills 93 people | News on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

October 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

The Israeli military has again bombed residential buildings in Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 19 Palestinians, as civilians searched for survivors in the besieged northern city after an earlier Israeli strike killed nearly 100 people. According to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, the latest Israeli bomb attack hit several Al […]

What to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign

October 28, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty reigns as Democrats enter the final full week of the 2024 presidential campaign Kamala Harris and Republicans Donald Trump embroiled in a hotly contested presidential contest. What happens in the coming days will be crucial in deciding the winner. This is what we're looking at this week: Can Trump stick […]

Analysis: Iran faces difficult choices in deciding how to respond to Israeli attacks

October 27, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

JERUSALEM (AP) — Now it’s Iran’s turn. How the Islamic Republic responds to the unusually public Israeli airstrike on its homeland could determine whether the region continues to move toward all-out war or whether it already remains stable devastating and destabilizing levels of violence. In the cold calculating range of Geopolitics in the Middle Eastan […]

Topuria retains featherweight title at UFC 308; Chimaev defeats Whittaker | Mixed Martial Arts News

October 27, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Ilia Topuria defended his featherweight championship against Max Holloway, while Chechen Khamzat Chimaev remained undefeated at middleweight. Champion Ilia Topuria overcame early adversity to score a commanding third-round knockout victory over Max Holloway of Hawaii to retain the UFC featherweight title at UFC 308 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The […]

New investment opportunities in focus at the first Abu Dhabi Business Week

October 26, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

The inaugural Abu Dhabi Business Week in December will focus on new investment opportunities and collaboration between the public and private sectors to promote the growth and diversification of Abu Dhabi's economy. More than 150 speakers and 8,000 policymakers, business leaders, international investors and entrepreneurs will take part in the three-day event from December 4 […]

Five things you should know about Israel's attack on Iran

October 26, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has delivered its long-awaited answer Iranian missile attacks early Saturday by conducting a Series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. Here's what you should know: Several targets were hit Under cover of darkness early Saturday, Israel has attacked several locations in different parts of Iran. Explosions were heard in the capital […]

Israeli attacks kill 38 people in Gaza and 3 journalists in Lebanon

October 25, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli attacks on residential areas in the southern Gaza Strip killed 38 people on Friday, including 13 children from the same extended family, Palestinian health authorities said. In northern Gaza, health authorities reported that Israeli forces had raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities […]

In the Middle East: Escalation Now – Kevin D. Williamson

October 25, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

In any case: escalate. To try to follow the war between Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran through the American press is to read through a dark glass – and the US press is better at this than its British and European counterparts. We should try to wipe some dust off the glass so we can […]

Kuwait bans “Call of Duty” with Saddam Hussein

October 24, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The small Middle Eastern nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and is partly set in the Gulf War of the 1990s. Kuwait has not publicly acknowledged the ban on the game, which […]