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The administration of United States President Donald Trump has continued to face fallout from an article in The Atlantic that revealed editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat where top-level government officials discussed plans for bombing Yemen.

The White House remained in damage control on Tuesday, seeking to dismiss allegations that government secrets were at risk.

“There was no classified information, as I understand it,” Trump said at a meeting of US ambassadors,…

Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group C qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.

Palestine kept alive hopes of reaching their first FIFA World Cup finals with a dramatic late comeback to beat Iraq 2-1 in Jordan.

The victory on Tuesday was also Palestine’s first at this stage of the Asian qualifiers for football’s global showpiece tournament.

Aymen Hussein’s glancing header, from Ibrahim Bayesh’s cross in the 34th minute, looked to have sealed the…

In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX crashes

A United States judge has abruptly set a June 23 trial date in the Department of Justice’s criminal fraud case against Boeing stemming from the plane maker’s alleged misrepresentations to US regulators about a key system on the 737 MAX.

The judge set the trial date on Tuesday.

In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX…

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- An Israeli court has extended the detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, for six months. The ruling, issued Tuesday by the Be’er Sheva Court, classifies him as an “unlawful combatant”, a term that Israel has been extensively using to describe abductees from Gaza.

Israel has used this law since 2002 to imprison Palestinians without charges or fair trials. Since 2005, it has specifically targeted…

Egypt has proposed a plan to renew the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

It includes the gradual release of Israeli captives and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the besieged Gaza Strip.

The plan comes as Cairo faces mounting pressure, with US President Donald Trump calling on Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians from Gaza.

For its part, Israel has remained defiant.

It has intensified its attacks on Gaza, with Prime…

Local rights groups accuse military of carrying out attack as army spokesperson says civilians not targeted.

Dozens of people have been killed in an air strike on a market in North Darfur in western Sudan, according to the United Nations and local rights groups.

Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said on Tuesday that “dozens” of casualties were reported after the attack late on Monday on a market in the town of Tora, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of