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Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the administration of the US President Donald Trump on Monday, marking a significant escalation in ongoing tensions between the Ivy League institution and the Republican leader, who has repeatedly threatened its federal funding and pushed for political oversight of its internal affairs.

The lawsuit, submitted in federal court in Massachusetts, argues that the federal government is unlawfully attempting to use funding as…

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced an overhaul of the State Department’s workforce that would see the closure or consolidation of several human rights-related offices he described as part of the department’s “sprawling bureaucracy.” 

The State Department in its current form is “bloated” and “bureaucratic,” Rubio said in a statement Tuesday. 

“Over the past 15 years, the Department’s footprint has had unprecedented growth and costs have soared,”…

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, on Tuesday hailed Pope Francis’s support for Gazans and engagement with the small Catholic community in the war-battered Palestinian territory.

The Catholic church’s highest authority in the region, who is considered a potential successor to the late pontiff, Pizzaballa told journalists in Jerusalem that “Gaza represents, a little bit, all what was the heart of his pontificate”.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88,…

Dozens of former Israeli female soldiers staged a protest yesterday evening outside the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of occupation soldier Matan Angrest, who has been held in Gaza since 7 October 2023, Anadolu reported.

According to the Hebrew-language daily Maariv, 70 former female soldiers gathered in what is known as the “Hostages’ Square” in Tel Aviv, accompanied by members of Angrest’s family. From there, they marched…