EU announces US$1 billion aid to Lebanon to curb migration EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen announced US$1 billion in aid to Lebanon over the next three years during a visit to Beirut aimed at curbing the number of irregular migrant... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) The New Arab Cypr European Union Lebanon Photos Why Biden can't and won't support a winning strategy for Ukraine and Israel “Bad news isn't wine," Colin Powell once said. "It doesn't improve with age.” | Neither do indecision and inaction in war. At some point, you have to deal with the si... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The Hill Israel Photos Ukraine Wikipedia: Joe Biden joe biden How do United States universities make their money? From Columbia Univeristy in New York to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, protests against Israel’s war on Gaza have spread across major United Stat... (photo: Creative Commons / FASTILY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Al Jazeera Israel Photos US States Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave Tensions are high at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus where hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed in force, ordering peaceful pro-Palestini... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong) Al Jazeera Gaza War Palestinian Protests Photos UCLA Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war protests Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy UN expert says death of 8-year-old appears to violate law after reviewing evidence gathered by BBC. ... ... 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(photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster, File) Al Jazeera Economy Inflation Photos US States Palestinian envoy: Palestinian statehood could not subject to "Israeli veto" NEW YORK, May 1 (KUNA) - The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said Palestine's membership in the UN is long overdue and it... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Kuna Israel Palestine Photos United Nations Modi’s baffling pitch to woo Muslim voters With this year’s elections in progress, every minority vote that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) puts in its column adds to the chance for Prime Minister Narendra ... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh) Asiatimes Elections India Muslims Photos Between threat and opportunity, what are Israel’s options in Gaza? The Israeli army is reinforcing its positions within the Gaza Strip, ostensibly before a long-telegraphed assault on Rafah and the Hamas brigades it says are present ther... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Al Jazeera Gaza Israel Palestinians Photos Democrats cast aside worries of campus protests hurting Biden Democrats are casting aside worries that college campus protests opposing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza could spell trouble for President Biden in November. | Biden and hi... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle) The Hill Gaza Joe Biden Photos US States UN Secretary-General calls for international investigation into mass graves reports in Gaza UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed grave deep alarm over reports of the discovery of mass graves at several locations in Gaza, including Al-Shifa and Nasser ... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) Gulf-Times Antonio Guterres Gaza War Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war Why Erdogan’s White House visit won’t happen now President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy is marked by a pattern of unpredictability, evident once again in the recent developments surrounding his planned visit ... 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(photo: AP / Craig Ruttle) LBC International Columbia Protests Gaza War NYPD Photos Wikipedia: 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation ICJ rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency measures over German arms sales to Israel as requested by Nicaragua, which had argued that there wa... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) Al Jazeera Germany International Court of Justice Israel Photos How Far Trump Would Go Donald Trump thinks he’s identified a crucial mistake of his first term: He was too nice. | We’ve been talking for more than an hour on April 12 at his fever-... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki) Time Magazine Donald Trump Elections Photos US States What Columbia's pro-Palestinian protesters are saying After midnight in the early hours of Tuesday morning, pro-Palestinian students at Columbia took over Hamilton Hall after the university's administration issued a new wave... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) The New Arab Israel Palestinians Photos US States Hamas prepares response to Gaza truce offer Hamas was studying Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant gro... (photo: AP / Mohammad Jahjouh) RTE Gaza War Hamas Mideast Peace Photos Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war GOP clashes, campus protests to take center stage as Congress returns Congress is set to reconvene this week amid bitter GOP infighting and explosive protests on college campuses nationwide, two issues that are expected to dominate chatter ... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen) The Hill GOP Gaza War Photos US Protests Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war
