JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Civil Administration is expected to approve 1,427 new illegal settlement units, on Sunday, and to announce plans to construct another 3,500 units next week. Haaretz news outlet reported that the Israeli Civil Administration is expected to approve the 1,427 new settlement units across the occupied West Bank. Sources mentioned that […]
Ocean Heat hits Record High, in Bad News for Planet
Geneva (AFP) – Ocean heat hit a record high in 2018, the United Nations said Thursday, raising urgent new concerns about the threat global warming is posing to marine life. In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reaffirmed that the last four years had been the hottest on record […]
As Trump OKs Saudi Nuclear Projects, Rep. Sherman replies: “If you can’t trust a regime with a bone-saw . . .”
Washington, DC (AFP) – The United States has given the green light to companies to work on six nuclear projects in Saudi Arabia, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday, despite lawmakers’ worries that the kingdom could seek weapons. Questioned during a Senate hearing, Perry confirmed that the Trump administration has approved six applications to do […]
After Saudi-led Air Strike on Yemen Kills 5 Schoolchildren, US Calls for Probe
Washington, DC (AFP) – The United States on Thursday urged Saudi-led forces to conduct a transparent probe after eight people including five children were killed in a strike near a hospital in Yemen. Charity Save the Children reported the death toll at the hospital it supports in Saada province, saying a missile hit a gas […]
Muslim Christchurch survivor tells remembrance service: ‘I choose peace’
by Chris FOLEY | – Christchurch (AFP) – A Maori lament echoed across Christchurch Friday as a survivor of the New Zealand mosque attacks told a national remembrance service he had forgiven the gunman responsible for the racist massacre that took his wife, and shocked the world. “I am choosing peace and I have forgiven,” […]
Israeli Snipers Kill 40 Children, send 3,000 to Hospital in Year of Gaza Border Protests
Amman (AFP) – Around 40 children have been killed and many injured in one year of demonstrations along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the UN said Thursday, calling for an “urgent de-escalation”. Thousands of Palestinians have gathered at least weekly along the border in protests . . . Demonstrators are calling for […]
Israeli Embrace of War-Crimes Tactics Leaves 200 Dead, Thousands of Largely Peaceful Gaza Protesters Disabled
By Joe Dyke | – Gaza City (AFP) – A year ago, Ezzedine al-Baz’s decision to skip work and join tens of thousands at the first day of protests along the Gaza-Israel border nearly cost him his life. Baz, then 29, said he had been standing a couple of hundred metres from the border fence […]
Trump is Coming for your Health Care, Will Re-institute Exclusion for Pre-Existing Conditions
By Sebastian Smith Washington, DC (AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s administration vowed Tuesday to see Obamacare — a massive, but controversial reform intended to bring health care to more Americans — struck down. Top Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said the policy, which became law after a fierce legislative battle under then president Barack Obama, […]
After 8 Years of Civil War, Syrians Finally United … against Trump re: Golan
Damascus (AFP) – Demonstrations spread across Syria on Tuesday denouncing Washington’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in a show of unity in the war-torn country, state media said. US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognising Israeli sovereignty over the strategic border area, seized from Syria in 1967 and then […]
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