Yearly Archives: 2024

A truce reduced fighting in eastern Congo

Muhamad yehia GOMA, Congo (AP) — A two-week truce heavily reduced fighting in eastern Congo, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. The two-week humanitarian …

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University student who yelled ‘Free Palestine

Muhamad khalil AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!” as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses say. Days later, he reportedly was deported from the United …

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Biden faced a solo press conference

Muhamad Yehia WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden faced a test Thursday that he had avoided so far this year — a solo news conference with questions from the White House press corps. The news conference was meant to reassure a disheartened group of Democratic lawmakers, allies and persuadable voters in this …

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Lamine Yamal becomes youngest-ever scorer

  Muhamad yehia MUNICH (AP) — Lamine Yamal became the youngest player ever to score at the European Championship when the 16-year-old netted a stunning goal for Spain in its European Championship semifinal 2-1 victory over France on Tuesday. Yamal will turn 17 on Saturday, a day before the final in Berlin …

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Key of Palestinian,s houses

MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — On his key chain, Hassan Nofal keeps the keys to two homes. One is to the house of his grandparents in what is now southern Israel, which he says his family was driven out of by Israeli forces in 1948 and to which they’ve never been able …

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House keys carry symbolic weight for Gaza

House keys carry symbolic weight for Gaza. Muhamad yehia The other is to Nofal’s house in northern Gaza that he had to flee last year after Israel launched its campaign of bombardment and offensives in the territory. Over the nearly nine months since, Nofal and his family have been uprooted …

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«حماس» توافق على مقترح إجراء محادثات لإطلاق سراح الرهائن

محمد خليل قال مصدر كبير في حركة المقاومة (حماس)، إن الحركة قبَّلت مقترحًا أمريكيًا لبدء محادثات بشأن إطلاق سراح الرهائن الإسرائيليين، بما في ذلك الجنود والرجال، خلال 16 يومًا بعد المرحلة الأولى من الاتفاق. وصرّح المصدر، الذي اشترط عدم ذكر هويته نظرًا لسرية المحادثات، أن الحركة وافقت على التخلي عن …

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Senegal’s leader wasn’t born when ECOWAS was founded

    Muhamad yehia ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye, Africa’s youngest, is suddenly faced with a huge challenge of reuniting a weakened regional bloc that is older than him. The 44-year-old Faye was tasked on Sunday with getting the military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso back to ECOWAS at …

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