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Georgetown University professor placed on leave over misrepresented X post Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/16/2025 - 15:59 Prominent rights group urges university to reinstate tenured professor Jonathan Brown for an X post calling for an end to Iran-US hostilities The Georgetown University campus, located in the Georgetown neighbourhood of Washington, DC, on 3 December 2021 (Daniel Slim/AFP) Off A programme director...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Real and England midfielder has undergone successful shoulder surgery but will miss the first two months of the season.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:New Israeli air strike targets Damascus country side: Report Al Jazeera is reporting that a new Israeli air strike hit an area near Moadamiyet al-Sham in the Damascus countryside on Wednesday evening. This follows raids that targeted governmental buildings in Damascus on Wednesday morning, including the army headquarters.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:At least 80 killed in Gaza since Wednesday morning Around 81 Palestinians, including 25 aid seekers, were killed since the early hours of Wednesday by Israeli attacks on different areas in Gaza, according to medical sources. According to the United Nations, at least 875 people have been killed trying to get food, since the Israeli-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operating in the strip in late May. At...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Superman: Palestinians are not waiting for a white superhero saviour Submitted by Joe Gill on Wed, 07/16/2025 - 15:34 The real superheroes are the people risking their lives on Gaza aid convoys, and the Palestinian medical staff trying to save lives under Israeli siege US actress Rachel Brosnahan and US actor David Corenswet attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Superman" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood,...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries will not accept them.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Nationwide detentions follow directive from Prime Minister Hun Manet to crack down on criminal operations.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:For the first time, the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation confirms deaths at one of its sites.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration says the new investments will create 30,000 US jobs.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:At least 61 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday At least 61 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in Gaza since dawn on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported. This includes 23 people who were killed in the Shati refugee camp and two peopl who were fired upon near an aid centre in Rafah.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:German court rules ban preventing Palestinian surgeon from speaking is illegal A Berlin court has ruled that a gag order preventing award-winning British-Palestinian surgeonGhassan Abu Sittah from speaking in Germany is unlawful, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. Abu Sittah was detained and deported at Berlin Airportin April 2024 when he was on his way to give a talk at the Palestine Congress. Abu Sittah is currently...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Huckabee accuses Israeli settlers of committing 'terrorist act' after they kill American citizen The US ambassador to Israel, who has encouraged Israeli settlement building and supports the annexation of the West Bank, said "there must be accountability" for the murder of an American citizen by Israeli settlers on Tuesday. "I have asked@Israelto aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Duterte supporters step up digital smear campaigns against opponents, using AI-generated content, after his ICC arrest.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:US Republican president slams Zohran Mamdani as a 'communist', says Andrew Cuomo has a 'good shot of winning'.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:At least 200 people have reportedly been killed since fighting between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted in Suweida on Sunday.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Francesca Albanese addresses delegates from 30 countries to discuss ways nations can try to stop Israel's offensive.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli soldiers raid Hebron factory in West Bank and assault workers: Report The Israeli military on Tuesday raided a factory belonging to a Palestinian family in Hebron in theWest Bank, and assaulted several workers, Wafa news agency reported on Tuesday. They also detained two members of the al-Jamal family, who own the factory. Four workers were taken by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to a hospital,...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers attack Palestinian home near Nablus Israeli settlers on Tuesday launched an attack on a Palestinian home in the village of an-Nassariya, near Nablus in the West Bank, Wafa news agency reported on Tuesday, citing local sources. The attack happened under the protection of the Israeli army. Settler attacks have disproportionately increased on Palestinian land, property and civilians since Israel's war on...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Two men were sentenced to over four years in prison for cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrianβs Wall.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The new deal comes as the Southeast Asian country plans to buy 50 Boeing jets, according to US President Donald Trump.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The country bid farewell to Buhari with military honours and honorific chants of 'Sai Baba'.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trump's envoy Mike Huckabee calls the killing of 20-year-old Sayfollah Musallet in occupied West Bank a 'criminal' act.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The Hague Group gathered for an βEmergency Conference of Statesβ in Colombia, urging action to stop the Gaza genocide.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The UK set up a secret plan to resettle thousands of Afghans in Britain after a leak accidentally disclosed information.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Israel says it will cut off electricity and water to Unrwa's offices The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) continues to be targeted by Israel. In the latest attack on the agency, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen announced the government was planning to cut off electricity and water to the aid group's offices in a post on X on Tuesday. In October 2024, Israel banned Unrwa from operating in...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:EU demands more action from Israel on aid deal as attacks mount and famine looms.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Renowned Israeli professor says Israel committing genocide in Gaza Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 18:26 Omer Bartov joins a growing list of prominent Israeli and Jewish scholars who have called Israel's war on the enclave a genocide Palestinians queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on 15 July 2025 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off A...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Bedouin groups and fighters from Syria's Druze minority have been involved in sectarian violence.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:At least 30 Palestinians seeking aid injured in shots fired by Israeli soldiers At least 30 Palestinians have been injured at an aid centre north of Rafah after Israeli soldiers fired at starving people lining up for humnaitarian aid, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. Nearly 900 Palestinians have been killed by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund, which has been distributing food since late May, displacing...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Football governing body says ticket sales will be released in phases with the process kicking off on September 10.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Andrew Cuomo: Favourite choice for pro-Israel voices jumps back into NYC mayoral race Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 16:44 The disgraced former New York governor is running as an Independent this time around, challenging Zohran Mamdani Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo participates in the Democratic mayoral primary debate in New York City, on 4 June 2025 (Yuki Iwamura/Pool via Reuters) Off He was New...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu left in precarious position as two ultra-Orthodox parties withdraw from his coalition A second ultra-Orthodox group has withdrawn fromIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition this week, leaving him holding on to power with the minimum number of seats required, multiple news outlets reported on Tuesday. The Agudat Yisrael faction withdrew on Tuesday, leaving Netanyahu's coalition with 61...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration has faced a raft of legal challenges as it seeks to radically restrict immigration to the US.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The strikes targeted areas in the Bekaa Valley, including a Syrian refugee camp, Lebanon's state news agency says.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Francesca Albanese says EU cutting trade ties with Israel would be 'seismic' Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, urged the European Union to suspend a trade association agreement with Israel during its EU-Southern Neighbourhood meeting on Monday. The EU is Israel's largest trading partner and investment partner, she said in a series of posts on X, and suspending an agreement would be "seismic"....
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