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Columbia University will lay off 180 people after federal funding cuts to research Columbia University says it will lay off nearly 180 staff members after it lost $400m in federal funding for research after it was accused of not doing enough to crack down on antisemitism on campus. βWe have had to make deliberate, considered decisions about the allocation of our financial resources,β acting president Claire Shipman...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Inter Milan take their Champions League semifinal in record-equalling 7-6 aggregate score against Barcelona at San Siro.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Palestinian affairs office will no longer have direct link to Washington as it is merged with US embassy in Israel The Trump administration will merge the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs office with the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday. The merger between the unit and the embassy means that the direct line of communication between Palestine and Washington will...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Video captured the moment of an Indian military strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump orders 100 percent tariffs on imported films and those made outside the US.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Trump administration shutting down Office of Palestinian Affairs Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 21:51 Trump administration already moving to eliminate the position of US security coordinator for the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (R) and Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch at the Western Wall during Huckabee's visit to the holy site in Jerusalem, on 18 April 2025...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Missiles hit locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country's eastern Punjab province.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Israeli soldiers raid town near Ramallah in West Bank and assault Palestinians Israeli military forces physically assaulted Palestinians in Turmusayya town, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, according to Wafa news agency. Armed soldiers stormed the town, assaulted civilians, and withheld press cards from journalists who tried to cover the raid. They conducted the raid after settlers had congregated in the area,...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:'Genocide masked in couture': Backlash against Kamala Harris at Met Gala 2025 Submitted by Maysa Mustafa on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 18:44 New York City's star-studded event was criticised for taking place during Israel's war on Gaza Photo of former Vice President Kamala Harris attending the Met Gala, posted by the official account of the Democratic Party, on May 5 2025 (Screengrab/X/@TheDemocrats) Off Former Vice President...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Houthis say they will evaluate US decision to stop bombing Yemen The head of Yemenβs Houthi supreme revolutionary committee said in a post on X that they would evaluate Americaβs halt of βaggressionβ against Yemen, following US President Donald Trumpβs announcement that he would stop bombing Yemen βeffective immediately". Trump announced that the Houthis in Yemen had told the US on Monday night that βthey donβt want to...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:The papal conclave to elect Pope Francisβs successor begins Wednesday in Vatican City.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:The offensive to take and hold territory will sharpen everything that makes this war so controversial, writes the BBC's International Editor.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Israelβs military unleashed another wave of attacks on Yemen, claiming to have βfully disabledβ Sanaaβs airport.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Despite conflicts over tariffs and Canadian sovereignty, Trump and Carney exchanged praise in warm Oval Office meeting.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Saudi Arabia pressed Trump to stop attacks on Yemen ahead of visit Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 18:43 Riyadh warned the US of the repercussions of attacking Yemen while Trump is visiting the kingdom, US officials say US President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on 28 June 2019 (Kim Kyung-Hoon/AFP) Off Saudi Arabia...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Prime Minister Mark Carney, in an Oval Office meeting, rebuffs US President Trumpβs push to make Canada the 51st state.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Oman says it brokers truce between Washington and Houthis, says neither side will target the other.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Hamas denounces school attack and Israel's plan to intensify its attacks on Gaza Hamas has denounced Israel for βtargeting defenceless civilians in places of refuge and shelterβ after Israeli military killed at least 22 people and injured 52 people who were sheltering in a school from the Bureij refugee camp on Monday, reported Al Jazeera. βThe Bureij massacre is a heinous war crime that requires the prosecution of the...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:The US fears a free Palestine because it sees it as the beginning of its own end.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Israeli finance minister says 'Gaza will be entirely destroyed' Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said that βGaza will be entirely destroyedβ by Israel, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Smotrich vowed the occupied Gaza Strip would be destroyed within a few months, and the Palestinian population would βleave in great numbers to third...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Trump announces halt to Yemen bombing, taking Houthis at their 'word' Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 18:46 Trump informed Secretary of State Marco Rubio on camera, telling him to spread the news the US would stop bombing Yemen US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on 6 May 2025 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a military air base were hit, reports say.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Trump says he will make 'very big announcement' before his Middle East trip President Donald Trump announced at the White House on Tuesday that he will be making a βvery big announcementβ later this week before he heads to the Middle East. "It is really, really positive. And that announcement will be made either Thursday or Friday or Monday before we leave," Trump added. "But it'll be one of the most important...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Pakistan says Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) armed group targeted vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:University of Washington pro-Palestine students occupy a building funded by Boeing Around 30 pro-Palestinian students were arrested on Monday night after occupying a building at the University of Washington in Seattle, AP reported on Tuesday. Members of Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return at the University of Washington said on its Facebook page that it occupied the Boeing-funded engineering building...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Sudan cuts ties with UAE as Port Sudan reels from drone strikes Submitted by Mohammed Amin on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 17:00 Sudan cuts ties with the UAE, accusing it of sponsoring the Rapid Support Forces, which it holds responsible for three days of drone strikes A view shows a large plume of smoke rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, on 6 May 2025 (Khalid Abdelaziz/Reuters) Off Smoke hangs in the air above Port...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:New data show both imports and exports with US fall as Canada expands trading relationships with other countries.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:At least 17 killed after Israeli strike on Gaza school where people were sheltering At least 17 were killed after the Israeli military attacked a Gaza school that had turned into a shelter, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. Several others were reported to be injured in the attack at the school that was sheltering displaced families from the Bureij refugee camp. The Israeli military carried out two consecutive air strikes...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Five-month-old Siwar can barely cry, her voice so hoarse from the lack of milk she needs to survive.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Palestinians currently have access to only 30 percent of Gaza Palestinians currently have access to 30 percent of Gaza after Israel has restricted access to the remaining parts, according to the United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, reported Al Jazeera on Monday. Large areas have been declared as no-go zones, such as much of Rafah governorate, and there have been forced displacement issues...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:China voices opposition to Israel's explansion plans into Gaza The People's Republic of China voiced opposition to Israelβs expansion plans to seize control of the Gaza Strip at a press conference on Tuesday. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said: "China is closely watching the situation. We oppose Israelβs continued military operations in Gaza, and hope that parties will work to enable the continuous and...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Both sides celebrate the landmark agreement, which was several years in the making.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Friedrich Merz has been elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an initial defeat.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:βDeath of a generationβ: Gaza infants battle starvation under deepening Israeli siege Suwar Ashour weighed just 2.4kg at birth five months ago. Since then, she has gained less than half a kilogram. "She used to vomit heavily from both breast milk and formula," said her mother, Najwa Aram, as she leaned over the crib where the tiny infant lay. Aram told Middle East Eye she had stayed in the hospital with her baby for 10...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Israel hit the capital's international airport as well as a concrete factory and power stations, killing three people.
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