Palestine

Category: 3. World

  • Palestinian protest leader detained by US misses son’s birth

    Palestinian protest leader detained by US misses son’s birth

    NEW YORK: Detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil missed the birth of his son on Monday after US authorities refused a temporary release, his wife said.
    A graduate student at New York’s Columbia University who was one of the most visible leaders of nationwide campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, Khalil was arrested by immigration authorities on March 8.
    He was ordered deported even though he was a permanent US resident through his American citizen wife, Noor Abdalla.

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  • ‘Disruptor’ Hegseth’s unsettled Pentagon starts turning against him

    ‘Disruptor’ Hegseth’s unsettled Pentagon starts turning against him

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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  • Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Putin’s Easter truce but claims violations

    Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Putin’s Easter truce but claims violations

    250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy


    LEXINGTON, Mass.: Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with the blast of gunshot and a trail of colonial flair.

    Starting with Saturday’s anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the…

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  • Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’

    Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’

    WASHINGTON: Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decried on Saturday what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.
    Dan Caldwell, a Hegseth aide; Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg; and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff were among four officials in Hegseth’s inner circle who were ousted this past week.

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  • 250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

    250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

    Ministers from Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss security, trade cooperation, border management


    ISLAMABAD: Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, held discussions on Saturday with Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on security, border management and regional trade, Pakistan’s Foreign Office reported.


    Dar arrived in Kabul on Saturday morning for a day-long visit to discuss…

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  • US Supreme Court intervenes to block Trump deportations

    US Supreme Court intervenes to block Trump deportations

    Ministers from Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss security, trade cooperation, border management


    ISLAMABAD: Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, held discussions on Saturday with Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on security, border management and regional trade, Pakistan’s Foreign Office reported.


    Dar arrived in Kabul on Saturday morning for a day-long visit to discuss…

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  • Another round of anti-Trump protests hits US cities

    Another round of anti-Trump protests hits US cities

    NEW YORK: Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in New York, Washington and other cities across the United States for a second major round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his hard-line policies.
    In New York, people gathered outside the city’s main library carrying signs targeting the US president with slogans like “No Kings in America” and “Resist Tyranny.”

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  • Ecuador on ‘maximum alert’ over alleged assassination plot

    Ecuador on ‘maximum alert’ over alleged assassination plot

    QUITO: Ecuador is on maximum alert over an alleged assassination plot against recently reelected President Daniel Noboa, the government said on Saturday.
    Noboa won the race in an April 13 runoff vote, but his main rival Luisa Gonzalez has accused him of committing “grotesque electoral fraud.”
    A military intelligence report saying that assassins entering Ecuador from Mexico and other countries planned to carry out “terrorist attacks” against Noboa was leaked on social media this week.

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  • Ukraine’s Zelensky says Russian artillery fire has not subsided

    Ukraine’s Zelensky says Russian artillery fire has not subsided

    KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that, according to his top commander, Russian artillery fire had not subsided despite the Kremlin’s proclamation of an Easter ceasefire.
    “As of now, according to the Commander-in-Chief reports, Russian assault operations continue on several frontline sectors, and Russian artillery fire has not subsided,” Zelensky wrote on the social media platform X.
    “Therefore, there is no trust in words coming from Moscow.”

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  • Iran and US conclude second round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Rome

    Iran and US conclude second round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Rome

    ROME: A second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program ended Saturday after several hours of talks, Iranian state television reported.

    There was no immediate readout on how the talks went at the Omani Embassy in Rome’s Camilluccia neighborhood. A convoy carrying US envoy Steve Witkoff left as Iranian state TV made its report. A US official also confirmed the talks ended, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the…

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