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World·THE LATEST Palestinian civilians in Rafah in the Gaza Strip need to be protected, but there should not be any forced mass displacement, the United Nations said on Friday after Israel began drawing up an evacuation plan to allow it to defeat Hamas in the area. More than half ofContinue Reading

It’s not just violence from Israeli settlers and raids by Israel’s military that have pushed tensions with Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank to a flash point.   So have Israeli economic restrictions that some Palestinians fear will last long after the war in Gaza ends, regardless of whether current negotiationsContinue Reading

A wince-inducing report has just made it that much harder for U.S. President Joe Biden to quell concerns about his age as he seeks re-election. The special counsel report released Thursday paints the 81-year-old president as suffering from mental decline. And it points to several examples from Biden’s hours-long interviews withContinue Reading

World·New U.S. President Joe Biden “willfully” retained and disclosed highly classified materials when he was a private citizen, including documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan and other sensitive national security matters, according to a U.S. Justice Department report. But Justice Department report says no charges are warranted forContinue Reading

World U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday appeared skeptical toward a judicial decision kicking former president Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado for participating in an insurrection during the 2021 Capitol attack in a case with major implications for the Nov. 5 election. Some liberal justices appeared skeptical ofContinue Reading

World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replaced Ukraine’s popular army chief with his ground forces commander on Thursday, a huge gamble at a time when Russian forces are gaining the upper hand nearly two years into their war. Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s exit from army chief role had been rumoured in media reportsThomsonContinue Reading

World Pakistan began counting votes after polling ended on Thursday in a general election marred by militant attacks and suspension of mobile phone services, with authorities saying that at least nine people had been killed nationwide. Clear picture of results likely to come out FridayThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 08, 2024 11:33 AMContinue Reading

World A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island cpuntry’s biggest tourist attractions. Eruptions on Reykjanes Peninsula could go on ‘for decades, if not centuries’:Continue Reading

World Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for next month’s presidential election. Main electoral body rules that majority of signatures for Boris Nadezhdin are invalidThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 08, 2024 7:09 AM EST |Continue Reading