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Muhamad Yehia TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he is re-establishing a special Cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations to address his administration’s concerns about another Donald Trump presidency. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is also the country’s finance minister, will chair the committee, …
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Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Armed Israeli police forced their way into a French-owned church compound in the contested city of Jerusalem on Thursday, the French foreign ministry said, briefly detaining two consulate employees and prompting the top French diplomat to abandon his planned visit to the site. The unusual …
Read More »rance condemns a spat between Israeli police and French consulate staff at a Jerusalem church
Muhamas Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Armed Israeli police forced their way into a French-owned church compound in the contested city of Jerusalem on Thursday, the French foreign ministry said, briefly detaining two consulate employees and prompting the top French diplomat to abandon his planned visit to the site. The unusual …
Read More »Israel and UN are maneuvering fraught but fundamental ties during Middle East wars
Muhamad Yehia GENEVA (AP) — A year ago, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks in Israel but said in remarks to the Security Council that they ” did not happen in a vacuum.” That phrase was immediately denounced by Israel and still looms over U.N. activities in the …
Read More »South Africa submits its main legal claim to the top UN court which accuses Israel of genocide
Muhamad Yehia THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza The document, which the International Court of …
Read More »UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
Muhamad Yehia LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa. Scientists said the risk to the public remains low. Authorities announced …
Read More »WHO working to arrange medical evacuation from Gaza
Muhamad Yehia GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it’s working to arrange medical evacuations for more than 100 people from Gaza on Wednesday, which would b e the largest such operation of its kind in six months. Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said …
Read More »Northern Gaza under a ‘near-total brutal siege,’ UN humanitarian chief says
Muhamad Yehia UNITED NATIONS — Northern Gaza has been under “a near-total brutal siege” for the past month and Palestinian civilians are starving while the world watches, the acting United Nations humanitarian chief said Tuesday. Joyce Msuya said in a post on X that Israeli military ground operations have left …
Read More »White House caught off guard by Israeli defense minister getting fired
Muhamad Yehia UNITED NATIONS — Northern Gaza has been under “a near-total brutal siege” for the past month and Palestinian civilians are starving while the world watches, the acting United Nations humanitarian chief said Tuesday. Joyce Msuya said in a post on X that Israeli military ground operations have left …
Read More »Israel announces $5.2 billion fighter jet deal with Boeing
Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM — Israel has reached an agreement to purchase 25 advanced F-15 fighter jets from U.S. aerospace giant Boeing for $5.2 billion. The Defense Ministry said the agreement, concluded Wednesday, was part of a broader aid package approved by the U.S. government earlier this year. Deliveries will begin …
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