Muhamad Yehia A wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport Thursday just as the World Health Organization’s director-general said he was about to board a flight there. One of the U.N. plane’s crew was wounded, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X. The Israeli military …
Read More »Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside
Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their …
Read More »755,000 people at risk of famine in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — International experts portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan in a report Thursday warning that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals. The fighting has created a hunger catastrophe at a scale not seen since the Darfur conflict in …
Read More »Tunisia: Many Face Prison Over Debts
At least several hundred people are in prison in Tunisia solely for writing checks they were later unable to pay, Human Rights Watch said in a report published. The practice amounts to imprisonment for debt, which violates international human rights law, and which destroys families and businesses. In the 41-page …
Read More »Tunisian police arrest two Islamist MPs
Two parliament members in Tunisia have been placed in provisional detention, according to a statement from an opposition party. Late last week, an independent MP, was detained after he criticised the president’s decision to suspend parliament and sack the prime minister and other top officials. Maher Zid and Mohamed Affes …
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