Organizers said seven million people attended protests spanning New York to Los Angeles, with demonstrations popping up in small cities...
Trump said as recently as last month that he believed Ukraine could take back all its territory -- but a...
Tripoli, Libya - Libya's shutdown of its main border crossing with Tunisia this week will remain in force until authorities put...Authorities aim to "ensure the security of the borders and combat crime and smuggling," Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi said.
The crossing was shut down on Tuesday after clashes between armed groups and security forces on the Libyan side the night before.
- Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared as "state lands" the area in the northern Jordan Valley. Israeli settlement watchdog Peace...
Settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal under international law. Smotrich, who heads the extreme-right Religious Zionism party, lives in a settlement.
They are now home to more than 490,000 Israelis, who live alongside around three million Palestinians in the territory.
- Australia, Canada and Sweden, which were among those states, announced earlier this month they were resuming aid. Ten percent of...
Finland suspended its yearly funding of five million euros in January, following Israel's allegations that 12 of the UN agency's 30,000 employees were involved in the Hamas attack
Finland's minister Tavio said in a statement that preventing misconduct and initiating close monitoring give sufficient guarantees at this point for resuming the support
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – US will no longer be able to dictate oil prices in the Middle East, Director of the...The US cannot dictate prices, although they would like to as the world is becoming a multipolar one, a Russian official said.
"This multipolarity is expressed in particular in the existence of the group of countries known as OPEC+," he added.
- Adelaide, Australia--Britain and Australia declared the need for an "immediate cessation of fighting" in Gaza, as diplomatic pressure built on Israel...
The allies issued a statement that stressed the "urgency of an immediate cessation of fighting in Gaza to allow aid to flow and hostages to be released"
The UK's call for an "immediate cessation of fighting" is a sign that Britain is also growing anxious about the toll of what Israel calls Operation Swords of Iron.
- After talks in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Blinken flies to Israel on Friday, his sixth trip to the region since...
United States said it would submit for a vote on Friday a draft to the Security Council on the need for an "immediate ceasefire as part of a hostage deal."
Fighting in Gaza this week has centered around Al-Shifa hospital, with Israel also vowing to launch a new ground assault in overcrowded Rafah
- The Israeli prime minister's office said that Benjamin Netanyahu approved an Israeli delegation led by Mossad head David Barnea to...
Barnea is to meet CIA director, Qatari prime minister and Egypt's intelligence chief
Israel believes about 130 remain in Gaza, including 33 who are presumed dead
- "Palestine Red Crescent ambulance teams have just transported an 18-year-old young man who was killed by the Israeli occupation forces...
Two of the four Palestinians were killed by an air strike and two by live bullets, the Red Crescent said.
More than 430 Palestinians have been killed in the territory by Israeli troops or settlers since Oct 7.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Russia does not see the risk of trading oil at a loss due to the redistribution of...Lavrov expressed confidence that Moscow is not frightened of relying on countries that will buy Russian oil and gas.
OPEC+ regulates the market and prices in an equitable manner, taking into account the interests of consumers, the minister said.
The resolution focuses more on the technology's positive potential, and calls for special care "to bridge the artificial intelligence and...The text, co-sponsored by dozens of countries, emphasizes the necessity of guidelines "to promote safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems"
The draft resolution seeks "to promote, not hinder, digital transformation and equitable access" to AI in order to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
