Muhamad Yehia Few American voters cite foreign policy as the deciding factor in how they cast their ballot. Yet the U.S. president has more international sway than virtually any other individual — especially at a time of immense geopolitical volatility. We spoke to Steven Erlanger, The Times’s chief diplomatic correspondent …
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What Kenyan youth make of deputy president’s sacking
Muhamad Yehia There was drama in Kenyan politics this week which ended with the impeachment of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Young people voted in big numbers during the general elections in 2022. Two youths share their views on the matter. Why has the government of deputy president dissolved all student …
Read More »More than 100 people killed in latest Israeli bombings in Gaza, say medics
More than 100 people killed in latest Israeli bombings in Gaza, say medics Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo UN special coordinator says ‘nightmare in Gaza is intensifying’ and calls for immediate end to violence At least 87 people have been killed or are missing and 40 injured after intense Israeli airstrikes overnight …
Read More »Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv
Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah claims to have targeted Israeli city . Muhamad Yehia..Cairo Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after Hezbollah said it bombed the Nirit area in the city’s suburbs with missiles. The Israeli military said about 20 rockets were fired in the latest barrage …
Read More »Israel-Gaza war Middle East crisis live: Air raid sirens in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah says it targeted city; Blinken lands in Israel
Muhamad Yehia Lebanese state media reported Israeli airstrikes near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after Israel’s military issued an evacuation call. AFPTV footage captured smoke billowing after the Israeli militar warned residents of al-Haush, just south of Tyre, to evacuate, while Lebanon’s official national news agency reported that “enemy aircraft launched …
Read More »Middle East crisis live: Blinken heads for Israel as US push for ceasefire negotiations; Israel launches strikes across Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon hit branches of Hezbollah-linked bank Muhamad Yehia ..William Christou Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley early on Monday morning, striking buildings belonging to the Hezbollah-run banking institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan. At least 10 airstrikes …
Read More »As a recent migrant to Germany I say this: the border clampdown is an insult to the values championed here
Muhamad Yehia Ilive in a small, quaint old town in north-west Germany, and every day I attend four hours of German and integration lessons. I attend because I am an immigrant: I am South African, and moved to Germany three months ago, along with my German husband and our children. These …
Read More »Kamala Harris visits church on birthday as Trump repeats ‘enemy within’ rhetoric
Muhamad Yehia Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday on the campaign trail on Sunday while Donald Trump visited a McDonald’s and doubled down on his dangerous rhetoric labeling Democrats as “enemies from within,” as both candidates tried to shore up support in key states ahead of the US presidential election. Harris …
Read More »Middle East crisis live: Iran warns UN about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites; Israel launch strikes across Lebanon
Muhamad Yehia WHO to evacuate 1,000 Palestinian women and children for urgent medical care Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization’s Europe branch said in comments published on Monday. Israel, which is besieging the war-devastated …
Read More »UK deports record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians in single flight
Muhamad Yehia Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena A record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home countries on one flight, with 44 forcibly removed on Friday, the Home Office has confirmed. The …
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