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Houthis vow to continue targeting Ben Gurion Airport

Houthis vow to continue targeting Ben Gurion Airport Yemen's Houthi armed forces on Thursday declared the hypersonic ballistic missile fired at - and intercepted by - Israel a few hours earlier a success, given Israelis had to "flee to shelters and [halt] airport operations for an hour". The group, which has been the de facto government in Yemen for a decade, also said it would "expand its military operations" against...

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

US crypto group Coinbase targeted by hackers

Shares fall 7% after exchange says demands were made for $20mn to prevent public disclosure of stolen customer data

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Judge and mayor appear in US courts over immigration crackdown cases

A Wisconsin judge and a New Jersey mayor faced charges in two separate US courts on Thursday.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

WATCH: Vance describes Trump as ‘murder weapon’ that killed the ‘defund the police’ movement

Vice President JD Vance paid tribute to fallen police officers at a memorial service Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, and used his speech to criticize local officials and โ€œfar left prosecutorsโ€ who were not tough enough on crime and the โ€œdefund the policeโ€ movement.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Ukrainian charged with arson at properties linked to UK PM Starmer

Roman Lavrynovych was arrested on Tuesday in connection with fires across north London including home where Starmer lived before becoming PM.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Taiwanโ€™s Self-Created Achillesโ€™ Heel: Eliminating Nuclear Power

The DPP government should not give up on the single energy source China would hesitate to target in a conflict.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

AI chatbot Grok canโ€™t stop talking about 'white genocide', admits it's by design

AI chatbot Grok canโ€™t stop talking about 'white genocide', admits it's by design Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 18:42 Social media users asked Grok a series of questions about 'white genocide', revealing that the bot was trained to keep mentioning it An image of the Grok logo, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, and it's founder, South African businessman Elon Musk, in Toulouse,...

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

What the Global North Can Learn From the Global South

The tumult now unsettling the Global North may be an unexpected opportunity through which a truer, less hierarchical human rights order might at last emerge.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse

The State Audit Office tower collapsed when Bangkok felt tremors of a massive earthquake in Myanmar.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Protests over Israelโ€™s participation in Eurovision mark build-up to song contest semi-final

At dress rehearsal in Basel, Switzerland, demonstrators made disturbance during Israeli competitorโ€™s performance, were ejected by security.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Trump honoured by UAE as country announces $1.4 trillion investment

The president of the UAE announced plans to invest $1.4 trillion in the US over the next ten years.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Flood Insurance Is Becoming Unaffordableโ€”Can Community-Based Catastrophe Insurance Help?

When individual homes donโ€™t have adequate insurance, entire communities suffer. Community-based insurance might help close the gap.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

US poised to dial back bank rules imposed in wake of 2008 crisis

Regulators preparing to cut capital requirements that are the target of vigorous criticism from Wall Street

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Belgian parliament scraps nuclear phaseout plan

Belgium has dropped nuclear phaseout plans adopted over two decades ago. Previously, it had delayed the phaseout for 10 years over the energy uncertainty triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Ben & Jerry's co-founder says US-funded 'slaughter' of Gaza not 'American way'

Ben & Jerry's co-founder says US-funded 'slaughter' of Gaza not 'American way' Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 17:59 Ben Cohen was arrested during a Senate hearing for protesting against Gaza's war and 'starving kids' in the war-torn enclave Ben & Jerryโ€™s co-founder Ben Cohen is removed by US Capitol Police while protesting against the blocking of aid to children in Gaza, on Capitol Hill in...

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Oil prices fall after Trump raises hopes of a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal

Speaking in Qatar, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. was getting close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Proposed US Budget Bill Will Harm Right to Health

Click to expand Image Attendees pack the hearing room during a markup of US President Donald Trump's tax package in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2025. 2025 Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Members of the US House of Representatives aremeeting this week to debate a legislative package that would, if enacted as written, have profound negative impacts on human rights in the United States.It should not become law....

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

FBI warns of AI voice messages impersonating top U.S. officials

The FBI has said that criminals are using generative artificial intelligence to carry out new financial fraud schemes on a larger scale than previously.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Lawyers for US Mayor Ras Baraka argue he was targeted for arrest at protest

Baraka's defence team say they will file a motion to dismiss trespassing charges pursued by the Trump administration.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

US Supreme Court grills Trump administration over birthright citizenship

Donald Trump's lawyers seek to stop judges' national block on executive order in case that could decide policy's future.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israel intercepts missile from Yemen

Israel intercepts missile from Yemen For the second day in a row, the Israeli army said its aerial defence system intercepted a missile on Thursday that it says was fired by the Houthis in Yemen.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

No more US sanctions: What does Syria's future look like?

US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria could stabilize Syria on many levels. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

ALBA-TCP Celebrates Release of Venezuelan Toddler Held Captive by the United States

The Bolivarian Alliance applauds the efforts made by President Maduro to reunite the girl with her family. On Thursday, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) celebrated the return of Maikelys Espinoza to Venezuela after she was rescued by the โ€œReturn to the Homelandโ€, a humanitarian program carried out by the administration [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Older Americans at risk as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loan debt

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Mexican influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream

Valeria Marquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in Mexico.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of Georgia’s abortion ban, hospital tells family

A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Ukrainian man charged with arson after fire at Keir Starmerโ€™s house

Charge of 21-year-old comes after blazes at sites linked to U.K. prime minister.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Approved UK arms exports to Israel skyrocketed under Labour, data shows

Approved UK arms exports to Israel skyrocketed under Labour, data shows Submitted by Dania Akkad on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 18:28 UK greenlit $169m in military goods to Israel in three months after a partial arms embargo Foreign Secretary David Lammy announcing the partial suspension of arms exports to Israel in September 2024 (Parliamentary Recording Unit/AFP) Off The UK government approved $169m worth of military equipment...

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Fed's Powell cautions about higher long-term rates as 'supply shocks' provide policy challenges

Powell said Thursday that longer-term interest rates are likely to be higher as the economy changes and policy is in flux.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Israeli strikes kill at least 54 in southern Gaza, hospital says

An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the cityโ€™s Nasser Hospital.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Claudia Sheinbaum denounces proposed US remittance tax as โ€˜unacceptableโ€™

Republicans have proposed the remittance tax as part of a broader push to crack down on undocumented immigration.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Dickโ€™s deal with Foot Locker is a risky retail two-step

The cash offer of $24 a share represents a 65 per cent premium to Foot Lockerโ€™s 90-day average

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

โ€˜Not what Labour stands forโ€™: Can Starmer contain growing anger?

UK premier set to face biggest House of Commons rebellion in vote on cuts to disability and incapacity benefits

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Over 600 Argentine Figures Reject President Mileiโ€™s Attacks on Journalism

They endorsed an article originally published by Ari Lijalad, who has been sued by Milei for alleged defamation and slander. On Thursday, over 600 journalists, artists, and intellectuals staged a symbolic protest against far-right President Javier Mileiโ€™s harassment of the Argentine press. RELATED: The Eternaut Sparks Questions Among Those Born During the Argentine Dictatorship They [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

AI research takes a backseat to profits as Silicon Valley prioritizes products over safety, experts say

Tech companies are focusing on AI products over research, say industry experts, who are sounding the alarm about safety.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International