Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  — India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars since they gained independence from Britain in 1947. They’ve also had dozens of skirmishes and conflicts, including one atop a glacier dubbed the coldest and highest-altitude battlefield in the world. The latest escalation follows a deadly gun attack …

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo PANAMA CITY  — Panama President  facilitie José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that he will not renegotiate an agreement with the United States to give U.S. troops access to Panamanians, despite protests charging that he compromised the country’s sovereignty. On Tuesday, thousands of Panamanians marched in the capital in the …

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo WASHINGTON — The way President Donald Trump sees it, beating China in a trade war should be easy. After all, his logic goes, the Chinese sell Americans three times as much stuff as Americans sell them. Therefore, they have more to lose. Inflict enough pain, like …

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Somebody forgot to tell China. So far, the Chinese have refused to fold under the pressure of Trump’s massive tariffs. Instead, they have retaliated with triple-digit tariffs of their own. “All bullies are just paper tigers,’’ the Chinese Foreign Ministry declared in a video last week. “Kneeling only …

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. Hayden was notified in an email late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office, according to an email obtained …

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo JERUSALEM— Standing in the east Jerusalem school he attended as a young boy, Palestinian construction worker Ahmad Shweikeh studies his son’s careful penmanship. This classroom may be closed Friday, leaving 9-year-old Laith with nowhere to study. Shweikeh, 38, says he wants Laith — a shy boy, top of …

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Israel has ordered six schools in East Jerusalem to close this week, throwing the educational future of 800 children of Palestinian refugees into turmoil. In a visit to one of the schools — all run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA …

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo About half support the use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs for adults with obesity or weight-related conditions, and a similar share the belief that these drugs should be covered by Medicare and Medicaid. About half the public support  the use of weight loss drugs to treat obesity …

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo China expressed “regret” over military action taken by India on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said during a regular press briefing in Beijing. “India and Pakistan are neighbors that cannot be moved, and both are also neighbors of China,” Lin said. “China opposes all forms …

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday commended Pakistan’s armed forces for their response to an attempted overnight incursion by Indian fighter jets, claiming that five Indian aircraft were downed after they released their payloads. In a speech to Parliament, Sharif said the Pakistan Air Force had been …