Qatar, which suspended its mediation in hostage deal negotiations after Israel’s failed strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, is willing to resume its role on one condition: a public Israeli apology for the attack, Channel 12 News reported on Motzei Shabbos. A source quoted by the report said that Qatar recognizes Israel’s political complexities and […]
US President Donald Trump asserted that it was Hamas that tried to commit genocide in Israel on October 7, 2023, when asked by a reporter about a UN report published
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a phone call between the two on Friday. In a Truth Social post, Trump also said Xi would come […]
The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Friday, but a significant number of Democrats voted against it, highlighting the deepening political divide in the wake of his assassination. The resolution, which praised “the life and legacy” of Kirk, passed the Republican-controlled House with 310 votes in favor. While 95 Democrats […]
The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing
The Senate on Friday confirmed Mike Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, filling the last vacancy in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after eight months of
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, how are you?” it asked in a high-pitched voice programmed to sound like a 7-year-old girl. “It’s been awhile.” Brazil-Sheehan said they had only met […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says Pete Buttigieg topped her list of potential running mates during the 2024 presidential campaign, but she ultimately concluded the pairing was “too big of a risk,” according to excerpts from her forthcoming memoir 107 Days. “Buttigieg would have been an ideal partner — if I were a straight white […]
Pakistan’s defense minister says his nation’s nuclear program “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact, marking the first specific acknowledgment that Islamabad had put the kingdom under its nuclear umbrella. Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif’s comments underline the importance of the pact struck this week between Pakistan and […]
A Florida federal judge on Friday tossed out a 15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump’s lawsuit was overly long and was full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had no bearing on the legal case. “A complaint is not […]
A U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at halting the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed Friday after weeks of last-ditch diplomatic talks appeared to break down
The U.S. attorney whose office has been investigating mortgage fraud allegations against New York Attorney General Letitia James has been told to resign or be fired, a person familiar with
The House on Friday passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer in
Mudslides and debris flows knocked down trees, plowed into homes and trapped drivers for 10 hours after several Southern California communities were hit by heavy rain, authorities said. No one
Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said, just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and heightened fears that the war in Ukraine could spill over. Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna said that […]
The Taliban released on Friday a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, likely part of a wider effort to get their government recognized internationally, years after taking power. The case of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, aged 80 and 76, underlined the concerns of the West over the actions of the Taliban […]
In a major counterterrorism operation, Israeli security forces arrested three members of an armed terrorist cell operating a weapons-manufacturing workshop in Ramallah, the IDF and Shin Bet announced Friday in
Former Vice President Kamala Harris claims Donald Trump privately praised her and promised to soften his campaign rhetoric during their bitter 2024 race, even as he publicly mocked her with
A sign banning Jews from a shop in the northern city of Flensburg has ignited outrage across Germany, drawing comparisons to Nazi-era boycotts and prompting swift condemnation from officials. “JEWS are banned from here!!!! Nothing personal. Not even antisemitism. I just can’t stand you,” the handwritten notice read. It was removed within 24 hours after […]
The United States on Thursday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, arguing that the draft measure ignored Hamas’s role in launching the war and failed to affirm Israel’s right to self-defense. All 14 other members of the Security Council backed the resolution, which described the […]
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