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Far-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site, threatening Gaza peace talks
By The Associated Press on July 18th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday morning, threatening to disrupt Gaza cease fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the contested Jerusalem hilltop compound of Al Aqsa Mosque to pray for the return of the hostages “but without ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Far-right Israeli minister visits temple mount, threatening Gaza peace talks
By The Associated Press on July 18th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday morning, threatening to disrupt Gaza cease fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the contested Jerusalem hilltop compound of Al Aqsa Mosque to pray for the return of the hostages “but without ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich appear in court in Russia for hearing on espionage charges
By The Associated Press on July 18th, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in court in Russia on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges, the court said. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny the charges against him. Gershkovich was accused by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office of “gathering secret information” on orders from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has ‘mild symptoms’
By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” from the infection, the White House said. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware, where he will “self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas
By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – President Joe Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a speaker at the UnidosUS annual conference broadcast on the White House’s YouTube channel. Biden was slated to speak at the event in Last Vegas Wednesday afternoon as part of an effort to rally Hispanic voters ahead of the November ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under AG’s opinion
By The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion from the state attorney general released Wednesday... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A fire kills 16 people at a shopping mall in southwestern China
By Associated Press, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – A fire at a shopping mall killed 16 people Wednesday in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong, state media reported. Firefighters and rescuers responded to a fire call shortly after 6 p.m. at the 14-story commercial building, and pulled 75 people to safety, according to the official news agency Xinhua. Rescue efforts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials
By Christopher Weber And Jaimie Ding, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights officials say torture and abuse routinely took place has been arrested in Los Angeles, court documents show. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, was arrested last week at Los Angeles International Airport on immigration fraud charges, specifically that he denied on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Syrian official who oversaw prisons with widespread allegations of abuse arrested by US officials
By Christopher Weber And Jaimie Ding, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A former Syrian military official who oversaw prisons with widespread allegations of abuse has been arrested in Los Angeles. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, was arrested last week at Los Angeles International Airport on immigration fraud charges, specifically that he denied in his U.S. visa application that he had ever ordered any ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took office
By The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
PANAMA CITY (AP) – Migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and ordered authorities to get control of the dense jungle frontier, the country’s border police said Wednesday. Still, migration through the Darien remains slightly above what it was in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled after weather and security problems
By Lolita C. Baldor And Tara Copp, The Associated Press on July 17th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians. As the U.S. military stepped away from the sea route ... Read More »
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