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President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Andrew
Trump calls Colombian president 'illegal drug dealer' in dispute over US strikes
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump lashed out at his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro on Sunday and announced he would slash US funding to the country.He accused the Colombian leader of doing "nothing to stop" drug production, in what is the latest sign of friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.In a social media post, Trump referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as "an illegal drug dealer" who is "low rated and very unpopular." He warned that Petro "better close up" drug operations "or the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely."Earlier on Sunday, Petro accused the US government of assassination and demanded answers about a US strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat on 16 September.Petro said a...
October 20, 2025

Trump calls Colombian president 'illegal drug dealer' in dispute over US strikes

Houthi fighters carry weapons as they stand near the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen September 13, 2025
Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees in Yemen capital
CAIRO — Yemen's Houthi rebels detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, the Associated Press reported.Jean Alam, a spokesman for the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, said the UN staffers were detained inside the facility in Sanaa’s southwestern neighborhood of Hada.He said those detained Sunday include five Yemenis and 15 international staff. He said the rebels released another 11 UN staffers after questioning.He said the UN was contact with the Houthis and other parties to “to resolve this serious situation as swiftly as possible, end the detention of all personnel, and restore full control over its facilities in Sanaa.”A second UN official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the raid, said the...
October 20, 2025

Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees in Yemen capital

Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv was filled with smoke before the scheduled kick-off
Tel Aviv derby called off by police after 'violent riots'
TEL AVIV — The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was canceled before kick-off on Sunday, after what police described as "public disorder and violent riots"."Dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown," Israeli police posted on X, adding "this is not a football game, this is disorder and serious violence".Twelve civilians and three officers were injured, police said, while nine people were arrested and 16 detained for questioning.The unrest comes just days after officials in the UK said that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans should not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa in England next month because of safety concerns.Hapoel Tel Aviv criticised the derby cancellation, accusing Israeli police of "preparing for a war,...
October 20, 2025

Tel Aviv derby called off by police after 'violent riots'

A man walks with a cardboard box bearing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) logo and loaded with pieces of wood as he walks near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025.
US-backed aid group suspends Gaza operations after ceasefire
GAZA — The controversial US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has confirmed it suspended operations in Gaza after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October.Despite being funded until November, the organisation said its final delivery was on Friday.The GHF has been heavily criticised after hundreds of Palestinians were killed while collecting food near its distribution sites. Witnesses say most were killed by Israeli forces.Israel has regularly denied that its troops fired on civilians at or near the sites and the GHF has maintained that aid distribution at its sites has been carried out "without incident".The group's northernmost aid distribution site, known as SDS4, was shut down because it was no longer in IDF-controlled...
October 17, 2025

US-backed aid group suspends Gaza operations after ceasefire

A man walks through a passage in Rabat, Morocco, 5 October 2025
EU presents new pact to reshape relations with Mediterranean countries
BRUSSELS — The European Commission presented on Thursday a new "pact for the Mediterranean" aimed at reshaping relations with Southern Neighbourhood countries amid growing global instability.The pact includes several projects to be developed in 10 Mediterranean countries that touch key sectors for the EU."We want to strengthen this relationship and achieve deeper integration within the Common Mediterranean Space," the document of the deal reads."The aim of the pact is to bring about a paradigm shift, which is necessary to realise the full potential of our partnership and to work together based on the principles of co-ownership, co-creation and joint responsibility," it continues.The document highlights trade integration, migration, and border management, as well as the region’s growing...
October 17, 2025

EU presents new pact to reshape relations with Mediterranean countries

Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a memorial ceremony at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem
Netanyahu 'determined' to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages
JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is "determined" to secure the return of the dead hostages still in Gaza, and that the country will continue to fight terrorism with "full force".Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments hours after Hamas returned the bodies of two more hostages but said it was not able to access the remaining 19.There has been fury in Israel that Hamas has not returned all the bodies in line with last week's Gaza ceasefire deal, though the US has downplayed the suggestion it amounts to a breach.Also on Thursday, Donald Trump signaled he was willing to see fighting resume if Hamas "continues to kill people".Writing on his Truth Social platform, the US president said "we will have no...
October 17, 2025

Netanyahu 'determined' to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages

Barghouti's family says he was attacked while being transferred between prisons
Marwan Barghouti attacked by Israeli prison guards 
JERUSALEM — The most prominent Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious by Israeli prison guards on 14 September, his family has said.The 66-year-old — serving life for planning deadly attacks against Israelis — was allegedly assaulted by eight guards during a transfer between Ganot and Megiddo prisons.The Israel Prison Service told the BBC: "These are false claims (fake). The Israel Prison Service operates in accordance with the law, while ensuring the safety and health of all inmates".Barghouti's son, Arab, told the BBC the family had received testimony from five separate detainees who were released this week who heard Barghouti's account of the attack. He said the family was "horrified".Barghouti was allegedly handcuffed by the guards, put on the...
October 16, 2025

Marwan Barghouti attacked by Israeli prison guards 

Crowds of people welcomed freed Palestinian detainees at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis on Monday
Bodies of 30 Palestinians arrive in Gaza, with some showing 'signs of abuse'
GAZA CITY — The Ministry of Health in Gaza said it received a further 30 bodies of deceased Palestinians on Thursday, some of which “show signs of abuse, beating, handcuffing, and blindfolding.”It’s unclear how or when the Palestinians died.Video shows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) transporting the bodies, which had been held by Israel during the war, back into Gaza.It comes after the bodies of 90 deceased Palestinians were transferred in two groups from Israel to the Nasser Medical Complex on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total number of returned bodies to 120, according to the health ministry. Many of the deceased remain unidentified, and the ministry has posted photos of the bodies on a special website to enable family members to identify the...
October 16, 2025

Bodies of 30 Palestinians arrive in Gaza, with some showing 'signs of abuse'

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty
Egypt says recovering hostage remains will take time because of conditions in Gaza
CAIRO — Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said the recovery of all Israeli hostage remains will be a challenge that takes time because of the compromised conditions on the ground in Gaza.“Collecting the remains will take some time because they are under rubble and you have a lot of explosive materials, devices under the rubble. So reaching them will be a bit difficult. But we are doing our utmost,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.The difficulty in accessing the remains has been clear since ceasefire negotiations began in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, said Abdelatty. Egypt is a key mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks.He said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi “spoke very openly that there are some impediments on the ground and we need to do extra efforts to find, discover...
October 16, 2025

Egypt says recovering hostage remains will take time because of conditions in Gaza

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel enter Khan Younis, Gaza, through the Karem Shalom crossing on Thursday
Gaza City hospital director says severe medication shortages continue
GAZA — The director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said that “there has been no change in the situation” for hospitals in the Gaza Strip, which are still facing a shortage of many medicines and medical supplies.“There is a severe shortage of medications for chronic diseases, and no chemotherapy is available for cancer patients. There are also no medicines for dialysis patients,” hospital Director Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya told CNN.“Malnutrition among children under five continues, and no therapeutic nutrition supplies have been delivered,” Abu Salmiya said.“There is a serious shortage of laboratory and imaging equipment, as well as a lack of surgical drugs and supplies, particularly for orthopedic, vascular, neurosurgery, and cardiac surgeries, in addition to the absence...
October 16, 2025

Gaza City hospital director says severe medication shortages continue

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