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World Police on high alert for France-Israel soccer match after violence in AmsterdamA heavy police presence but few visiting fans are expected when France hosts Israel in Nations League soccer on Thursday, a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli team’s visit. National stadium expected toContinue Reading

World The Onion buys Alex Jones’s conspiracy site Infowars at bankruptcy auctionThe satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’s Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion US in defamation judgments forContinue Reading

World Human Rights Watch says the “massive” and “deliberate” forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces equates to war crimes and crimes against humanity, in a new report published Thursday. Human Rights Watch says forced displacement widespread, systematic and part of state policy Sara Jabakhanji ·Continue Reading

An Israeli government agency tasked with co-ordinating aid deliveries to Gaza is rejecting figures reported by international organizations on the number of supply trucks entering the territory, a day after Israel failed to meet the U.S. deadline to allow in more humanitarian assistance. Shimon Friedman, a spokesperson for the agency, saidContinue Reading

WARNING: The story contains graphic details of wounded children and people. As one of the few paramedics left in northern Gaza, Niveen Al-Dwawsa, 21, is often one of the first on the scene in the aftermath of an airstrike, running to help as many wounded people as she can. EvenContinue Reading

World U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as its next ambassador to Israel, tapping a staunchly pro-Israel conservative whose choice could signal future U.S. policy toward conflicts in the Middle East. Huckabee has led evangelical tours to Israel for yearsThomson Reuters · Posted:Continue Reading

World A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison Tuesday for leaking classified military documents about the war in Ukraine, actions prosecutors said put the country’s national security at risk, endangered other military members and damaged U.S. relationships with its allies. Jack TeixeiraContinue Reading

World An investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it. Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation follows outcry over abuse at Christian summer campsThe Associated Press · Posted: Nov 12, 2024Continue Reading

World Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours — including 11 in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said — as the country missed a deadline set by Washington to allow more humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave.  Washington has ‘seenContinue Reading