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  • Donald Trump renews threats against Harvard University’s tax exempt status | Donald Trump News

    Donald Trump renews threats against Harvard University’s tax exempt status | Donald Trump News

    Democrats have called for an investigation into whether the US president is pressuring the IRS to strip Harvard’s status.

    United States President Donald Trump has renewed his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax exempt status, a move that could cost the Ivy League institution billions of dollars if implemented.

    “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote on Friday, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.

    The…

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  • UN chief ‘condemns’ Israeli attacks violating Syria’s sovereignty – Middle East Monitor

    UN chief ‘condemns’ Israeli attacks violating Syria’s sovereignty – Middle East Monitor

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on Syrian territory, calling them “violation of Syria’s sovereignty”, Anadolu reports.

    Speaking at a news conference, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Guterres is following the tensions in certain areas of Damascus with concern and condemned all acts of violence against civilians and activities that escalate sectarian tensions.

    “In this context, he also condemns…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Freedom Flotilla accuses Israel of alleged drone attack on Gaza aid ship | Newsfeed

    Freedom Flotilla accuses Israel of alleged drone attack on Gaza aid ship | Newsfeed

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    “This is a war crime.” A representative of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition accused “Israel or one of its allies” of conducting what the group says was a drone attack on its ship carrying aid to Gaza. The Israeli government has not responded to the allegations.

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  • Gaza’s rescued treasures on display in Paris – Middle East Monitor

    Gaza’s rescued treasures on display in Paris – Middle East Monitor

    As Israel’s continues its devastating war and relentless humanitarian blockade, the ancient Gaza Strip – once a radiant Mediterranean hub of commerce, culture, and religious coexistence – now faces a deeper erasure: not just from maps, but from the world’s collective memory, Anadolu reports.

    A new exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, titled ‘Gaza’s Saved Treasures: 5,000 Years of History,’ seeks to resist that disappearance. Running…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Pentagon taps policy chief for next National Defense Strategy with eye on China, Iran

    Pentagon taps policy chief for next National Defense Strategy with eye on China, Iran

    The next US National Defense Strategy is expected to more forcefully prioritize countering China’s ambitions in Asia, but Washington’s ability to do so will rely heavily on its diplomatic progress with Iran.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Prince Harry says he wants to reconcile but King Charles won’t speak to him | News

    Prince Harry says he wants to reconcile but King Charles won’t speak to him | News

    Harry, who quit the British royal family in 2020, says he doesn’t speak to his father amid row over his security detail.

    The United Kingdom’s Prince Harry has said he wants to reconcile with his family, but his father, King Charles III, will not speak to him amid a row over his security detail, as the fallout from his quitting the British royal family in 2020 continues.

    In an interview with the BBC on Friday, Harry, who moved to the United States with his wife, Meghan, said he did not…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • U.S. Court Sentences Killer of Palestinian-American Child Wadee Alfayoumi to 53 Years in Prison

    U.S. Court Sentences Killer of Palestinian-American Child Wadee Alfayoumi to 53 Years in Prison

    Illinois (Quds News Network)- A U.S. court has sentenced 73-year-old Joseph Czuba to 53 years in prison for the brutal murder of six-year-old Palestinian-American boy Wadee Alfayoumi and the attempted murder of his mother.

    Wadee was stabbed 26 times in a hate-fueled attack inside his family’s rented home in Plainfield, Illinois—just weeks after the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza in 2023. His mother was stabbed over a dozen times but survived to tell the world what…

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  • Turkiye condemns attack on Freedom Flotilla Coalition aid ship – Middle East Monitor

    Turkiye condemns attack on Freedom Flotilla Coalition aid ship – Middle East Monitor

    Turkiye on Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on civilian ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Anadolu reports.

    The group that organized the mission said Conscience, the humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza with 16 people on board, came under a drone attack in international waters off Malta on Friday.

    “There are allegations that the ship was targeted by Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles. All necessary efforts will be made to…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • US labour market holds steady despite tariffs, adding 177,000 jobs in April | Business and Economy News

    US labour market holds steady despite tariffs, adding 177,000 jobs in April | Business and Economy News

    The United States economy has added 177,000 jobs in April, topping analysts’ expectations despite economic turmoil in the early months of Donald Trump’s second term as president.

    The data, released on Friday by the Labor Department, suggests the job market is holding steady despite uncertainty driven by Trump’s tariff campaign.

    The healthcare industry added 51,000 jobs, the highest total gain, but a sum that is consistent with the average monthly growth over the last 12 months. The…

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  • Trump Ousts Waltz from Security Advisor Role, Nominates Him as UN Ambassador

    Trump Ousts Waltz from Security Advisor Role, Nominates Him as UN Ambassador

    National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (C) with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Photo: The White House, via Wikimedia Commons)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will, in the interim, serve as National Security Advisor.

    US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will nominate Mike Waltz to be the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, following reports of his dismissal as national security…

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