Since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, journalists and media workers have been arrested – often without charge — in what they and their attorneys say is retaliation for their journalism and commentary. As of May 16, CPJ has documented a total of 36 arrests of journalists in the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem since
Fierce fighting is reported as Israel says it is targeting areas of where Hamas has regrouped.
The Illinois senator is attempting to help a doctor who saved her life during fighting in Iraq in 2004.
The White House will send an unofficial delegation to attend next week’s inauguration of Taiwan’s president-elect, Lai Ching-te. The representatives will reportedly include former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Brookings Institute associate Richard Bush, former Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese, and Director of the American Institute in Taiwan Laura Rosenberger. Lai,
Just 18 months ago, White House and Pentagon officials debated whether Russia’s forces in Ukraine might collapse and be pushed out of the country entirely. Now, after months of slow Russian ground advances and technological leaps in countering American-provided arms, the Biden administration is increasingly concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin is gathering enough momentum to change the trajectory of the war, and perhaps reverse his once-bleak prospects. In recent days, Moscow’s troops have...
Shafaqna English- Fierce gun battles rage in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and southern Rafah as Israeli military incursions intensify against Palestinians, and Wednesday’s commemoration of the Nakba comes as the Israeli war forced new waves of Palestinian mass displacement. Nearly 450,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since 6 May, and
Police arrested dozens of people in Amsterdam, with university occupations continuing in Netherlands, Belgium and SpainMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-two people were arrested as Dutch police broke up a Gaza war protest at the University of Amsterdam, in a second day of unrest over the conflict. Police said the offences included public violence, vandalism and assault.Video captured by Reuters appeared to show officers in riot gear striking protesters and police knocking down makeshift...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was grilled by a CNN reporter over whether Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is still welcome at the White House as his recent speech has sparked uproar from the liberal media. Comments that Butker made in his commencement address this week at the private Catholic school Benedictine College ignited a firestorm on the political left, as he criticized President Biden and abortion as well as praised his wife for her role as a "homemaker." At...
President Joe Biden and secretary of state Anthony Blinken denounced the move. READ MORE: Amal Clooney played key role in ICC bid to request arrest warrants
The former shadow domestic violence minister admitted that a concerted campaign by a pro-Palestinian independent could defeat her in her Birmingham Yardley constituency.
A member of the UN's safety team was killed in Rafah on their way to a hospital, the agency says.
The measure would force the U.S. to send bombs that have been delayed over Israel's conduct in Gaza.