Despite widespread international condemnation, Israeli attacks in a single day struck tents, schools, and refugee camps across Gaza.
Israel continued its assaults across the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Citing medical sources, Al-Jazeera reported that Israeli airstrikes killed 17 Palestinian civilians, including nine children, in attacks on tents…
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The Trump administration has reportedly disrupted over 100 clinical trials. Science News spoke to researchers about the impacts on four of them.
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The immune system is comprised of various cells that work in concert to fight off disease. The two immune responses, innate and adaptive, are orchestrated to build a specific reaction to the invading pathogen. Dendritic cells are what connect the two responses. Specifically, dendritic cells will take proteins from the infected cells and present that piece of protein or antigen outside its surface. The expressed antigen is then detected by T cells, which…
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Manga Arabia, a subsidiary of the Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG), has launched a selection of Korean webtoons in Arabic through its Manga Arabia Youth app—marking the first time the format has been officially offered in Arabic.
The project, announced on Tuesday, is a partnership with Korean publishers Kidari Studio and V-Bros and reflects Manga Arabia’s strategy to combat piracy and deliver licensed digital content to Arab audiences. Among the titles…
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At least eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including an attack targeting a school sheltering displaced civilians north of the enclave, local media said, Anadolu Agency reports.
Israeli fighter jets hit the UN-run Al-Ayubia School in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza, leaving six people dead and several others injured, the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported.
Two more people lost their lives…
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Saudi Arabia can produce racing drivers capable of competing at the top, but the country must ensure karting is accessible to all, according to four-time Formula One world champion, Sebastian Vettel, Reuters reports.
The German told Reuters there had been positive steps since he started a ‘Race 4 Women’ grassroots event in Jeddah in 2021, when the country made its debut on the F1 calendar.
The Kingdom ended its ban on women driving in 2018 and the Grand Prix…
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Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s new leader, would like better relations with Moscow, Qatar said.
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Syria’s new leader is keen to build ties with Moscow.
At talks in the Russian capital on Thursday, Al Thani assured the Russian leader that interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa was seeking to build relations with Russia, after the removal of former President Bashar al-Assad, who was a close ally of…
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By Palestine Chronicle Staff 
Held on April 17, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day was established in 1974 to honor the struggle of prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day was held on Thursday under conditions described as the most difficult in decades, with escalating Israeli violations against prisoners, Al Jazeera reported.
In addition, the rate of enforced disappearances and mass detentions has increased…
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Russia, on Thursday, suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan, Reuters reports.
No country currently recognises the Taliban government that seized power in August 2021, as US-led forces staged a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. But Russia has been gradually building…
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Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued April 16, 2025 by Mondoweiss contributor D. Musa Springer after being detained and interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security agents for over three hours at Tampa airport upon returning from international travel.
Attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a a motion in federal court seeking the immediate return of Musa’s electronic devices which were confiscated and copies of any information obtained…
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