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The masked settler struck Umm Saleh Abu Alia with a stick used as a club
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
JERUSALEM — A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.The unprovoked attack, which took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel.Mr Nathaniel said the settler knocked the woman unconscious with the first strike of his stick, before hitting her again as she lay on the ground. She has been named locally as Umm Saleh Abu Alia.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC the confrontation was dispersed after its forces arrived, and that it "strongly condemns any form of violence" by settlers.However, Mr Nathaniel said Israeli soldiers were on-site prior to the attack and had "lured"...
October 21, 2025

Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler

Al Rasheed Hotel in downtown Baghdad is guarded against looters by the US Military (File photo)
Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria
BAGHDAD — A small contingent of US military advisers will remain in the country to coordinate with US forces in neighboring Syria combating the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday.Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down a US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq by this September, with US forces departing some bases where they have been stationed.Al-Sudani told journalists in Baghdad that US military advisers and support personnel are now stationed at the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, a base adjacent to Baghdad airport and the al-Harir air base in northern Iraq.The Iraqi PM noted that the agreement originally stipulated a full pullout of US forces from Ain al-Asad by September, but that "developments in Syria"...
October 21, 2025

Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria

The aftermath of an Israeli strike in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday
Gaza ceasefire appears to survive first major test as Israel and Hamas affirm commitment to deal
GAZA — A US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza appears to have survived its first major test as Israel and Hamas affirmed their commitment to the deal after two Israeli soldiers were killed in the enclave on Sunday, prompting waves of airstrikes.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it would begin a “renewed enforcement” of the ceasefire at the direction of the political echelon.Hamas and its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), said on Sunday morning that they remain committed to the ceasefire and rejected involvement in the attack on Israeli forces.The stated commitment to the ceasefire comes as the deal’s key architects, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are set to arrive in the region, according to sources familiar with the planning, as the Trump...
October 20, 2025

Gaza ceasefire appears to survive first major test as Israel and Hamas affirm commitment to deal

A cargo plane submerged in the sea after sliding off the runway upon landing at Hong Kong International Airport early Monday, October 20, 2025
Two dead after cargo plane slides off runway into the sea in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — At least two people were killed after a cargo plane veered off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD).The Boeing aircraft, operated under Emirates flight number EK9788, slid off course around 3:50 a.m. Monday local time, upon arrival from Dubai, said the statement.An image circulating social media shows the aircraft partially submerged in the water with what appears to be a broken tail.Two members of the airport’s ground staff died when a vehicle they were in on the tarmac plunged into the water as the aircraft deviated from its path, police said.Four crew members were onboard the plane and were sent to local hospitals for medical treatment, CAD saidFire engines converged at the runway...
October 20, 2025

Two dead after cargo plane slides off runway into the sea in Hong Kong

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

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