U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a call on Wednesday amid tensions with Iran, while Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant promised an Israeli strike against Iran will be “lethal, precise and surprising.” The 30-minute call was the first known chat for Biden and Netanyahu since August and coincides with a […]
Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites could rely on US 14-tonne ‘bunker busters’ Israel lacks the capabilities to inflict major damage on Iran’s nuclear sites alone, but an escalation of the conflict could lead to US direct involement in the conflict, analysts believe. Israeli officials have threatened to strike Tehran’s nuclear assets in the aftermath of Iran’s
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South American state ‘has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide’, it says in its filing. Bolivia has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to the court in The Hague. The South American nation filed an application on Tuesday to intervene in the case,
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TOKYO — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election, asking people to trust the governing party’s policies even as critics said the vote comes far too soon. Ishiba took office last week as Fumio Kishida resigned after leading the governing Liberal Democratic Party for three
DaysofPal- Israeli special forces in civilian clothing stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus and opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle, killing four Palestinian youths. Local sources confirmed that four Palestinians were killed and a fifth wounded by Israeli forces in the Eastern Market area of Nablus. The Palestinian news agency Wafa
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Shafaq News/ Bolivia has joined the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel, accusing it of genocide, the court announced on Wednesday. Bolivia’s move follows similar actions by Colombia, Libya, Spain, and Mexico, all of which have added their names to the case, which Israel continues to deny, according to reports by Agence France-Presse
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Descendants of Viennese Jews Adalbert ‘Bela’ and Hilda Parlagi receive 1865 ‘Bord de Mer,’ depicting Normandy countryside, located in US after decades of postwar searching. In 1940, the Nazis seized a Claude Monet pastel and seven other works of art from Adalbert “Bela” and Hilda Parlagi, a Jewish couple forced to flee their Vienna home
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Under a clear-blue autumn sky, a 21-gun salute reverberated through Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 47 on Monday, splitting the silence that had enveloped the mourners paying their final respects to Marine Corps Capt. Ronald Forrester. Two V-22 Ospreys performed a flyover while “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band played Taps and Marine leaders offered their
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Storm expected to come ashore overnight Wednesday as authorities urge residents to “rush” to finalize preparations. Residents across much of Florida are bracing for Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall overnight Wednesday as the powerful Category 4 storm nears the southern US state. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is urging residents in Milton’s expected path to “rush”
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Up to 51,000 children in the besieged Gaza strip could be unaccompanied or separated from their parents. At least 400,000 people remain trapped in northern Gaza, the UN has said, as Israeli forces press on with a raid on the Jabalia refugee camp. The commissioner general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has warned
