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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Donald Trump in a bid to reset US ties.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Heavy Israeli strikes reported in Lebanon Israel has launched more strikes on Lebanon on Thursday, according to Arabic media reports. The Israeli strikes hit Sujoud, Touline, Sawanna, and the Rihan Mountain. Lebanonβs National News Agency said the Israeli strikes were some of the heaviest since the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel went into effect in November 2024.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Greek prime minister calls Israel's war on Gaza 'unjustified' Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Israel's current war on the Gaza Strip was "unjustified", as he called for an immediate ceasefire in the enclave and the resumption of humanitarian aid. βWhat is happening there is unjustified and unacceptable. Israel must stop these operations immediately,β Mitsotakis told Greek media. Greece has emerged as a...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Russia and Ukraine are expected to each swap 1,000 prisoners of war as part of deal reached at recent talks in Istanbul.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says move is response to university's refusal to comply with Trump's demands.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The high court's decision avoids setting precedent but allows a lower court's ruling barring the school to stand.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Israeli strike hits building in southern Lebanon Israel bombed a building in southernLebanonon Thursday after Israel's military issued an evacuation call warning of imminent strikes. Lebanon's National News Agency said that "the Israeli enemy" struck a building in the southern town of Toul.There were no immediate reports of any casualties. Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Yaron Lischinsky bought engagement ring days before he and girlfriend Sarah Milgrim were killed in Washington, ambassador says.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Why claims of 'white genocide' in South Africa are cruelly ironic Submitted by Azad Essa on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 22:39 As Trump ambushed Ramaphosa at the White House, Israel continued its massacre of the Palestinian people US President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speak at the White House in Washington, DC, on 21 May 2025 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP) Off It was an afternoon of several...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Authorities in the city of San Diego say that heavy fog had created low-visibility conditions at time of crash.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Khalil's lawyer say 'egregious government misconduct' means Trump administration deportation case should be thrown out.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The BBC's Wyre Davies visits the Kerem Shalom crossing, through which aid for Gaza is currently passing after Israel eased an 11-week blockade.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Israel's ties with Europe 'eroding' ambassador says: Report Israelβs ambassador to the European Union, Haim Regev, on Thursday spoke about a βdiplomatic erosionβ in Israel's ties to EU member states. βThere is no diplomatic tsunami, but there is certainly a diplomatic erosion that must be addressed,β Regevtold reporters during a press briefing in Brussels, according to Walla. The UK suspended its trade talks with...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:βWe cannot think of our future, because somebody else is controlling itβ.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The Department of Transportation has asked the airport to reduce operations to 56 departures and arrivals per hour.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:At least three killed in Israeli strike south of Deir el-Balah: Report At least three Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli strike on a house south of Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. Israel has been escalating its strikes across Gaza on Thursday.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals came under Israeli attack.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:US authorities searched a Chicago home linked to Elias Rodriguez, suspect in shooting two Israeli embassy staffers.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The bill, which includes cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, now heads to Senate for debate.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Witnesses tell the BBC about hearing gunshots and the shooter shouting: 'Free Palestine'.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Parents say children are having to drink unsafe and salty water, as fuel shortages threaten desalination and hygiene facilities.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration has also announced it will rescind reports that found patterns of discrimination in policing.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:UN confirms it received 90 truckloads of aid for Gaza UN chief Antonio Guterresβs spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, confirmed that the UN received βaround 90 truckloads of goodsβ and dispatched them to Gaza. βWe have no further details to share at this time,β Dujarric said. The UN said earlier that it had not been able to distribute aid to Gaza.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:US and Israeli backed foundation to begin distributing food in Gaza in 'days' A private US-backed foundation set up to distribute aid in war-stricken Gaza said on Wednesday that it will start handing out supplies in "coming days" and that its aim was to complement rather than replace the United Nations. The United Nations has said it will not take part in the operation being prepared by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Brennan Johnson scores the only goal as Tottenham beat Man Utd to lift the cup and qualify for the Champions League.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Wife of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil blasts US for not allowing him to meet newborn son Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained US green card holder and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, has slammed the US for not allowing him to have contact with his family, including his newborn son. βI am furious at the cruelty and inhumanity of this system that dares to call itself just,β Abdalla said in a statement on...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Columbia University alumni burned diplomas and police arrested protesters outside a commencement ceremony.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:South African president escapes a Zelensky moment at the White House Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 20:06 The contentious meeting, at times close to escalating to the level of the infamous Trump-Zelensky argument, was meant to reset relations US President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 21 May 2025 (Kevin...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Israeli attack on Jabalia kills five Palestinians: Report At least five Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike on Jabalia in northern Gaza, according to Wafa news agency. The five Palestinians were from the Halawa family, Wafa reported.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Cyril Ramaphosa's Oval Office visit began with a video making false claims of anti-white discrimination.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Israeli prime minister also outlines maximalist conditions for ending the war.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:South African leader keeps calm in the face of an 'ambush' by Donald Trump about false 'white genocide' claims.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:British police say Mo Chara displayed a flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah at a concert.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Doctors Without Borders official says Israeli blockade of Gaza a war crime A Doctors Without Borders official told Channel 4 News on Wednesday that Israel's blockade of Gaza was a war crime. Clare Manera, Emergency Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, slammed Israel's blockade of Gaza in an interview conducted fromDeir al-Balah in central Gaza. Israel has fully blockaded the enclave since early March. The UN says...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:France plans to send criminals to prison in South America Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 19:09 Expert tells Middle East Eye it is part of a long history of banishing 'undesirables' overseas French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin leaves a court building after attending the signing for a Guiana Amazonian park agreement, as part of an official trip to French Guiana, on 19 May 2025 (Ronan Lietar/AFP)...
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