New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the removal of a Palestinian Studies job listing at Hunter College. Academics are calling it an attack on academic freedom. The job post sought a scholar to study Palestine-related issues, including settler colonialism, human rights, and migration. But under pressure from pro-Israel groups, Hochul’s offic...
Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners have shared shocking accounts of mistreatment in Israeli jails. Many suffered severe beatings, starvation, and medical neglect. Some were too weak to walk upon release. Khalil Abu Aram, freed after 19 years, described his final hours in captivity as terrifying. He was held for hours, threatened, and bann...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has claimed it killed Mohammad Mahdi Ali Shaheen, a Hezbollah leader, in an airstrike in the eastern Lebanese region of Hermel. In an official statement, the Israeli army said that the airstrike had targeted the Bekaa Valley. “Shaheen, a key Hezbollah figure, was involved in overseeing arms procurement o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that the Philadelphi Corridor on the border between Gaza and Egypt will remain a “buffer zone.” “The Philadelphi Corridor will remain a buffer zone just like (Israel’s borders with) Lebanon and Syria,” Katz said in a statement carried by Israeli Channel 12. Israel...
A group of 103 migrants deported from the U.S. to Panama is refusing to return to their home countries. Most are from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and India. Panama Security Minister Frank Abrego confirmed their refusal at a press conference. Some held signs reading, “Please help us” and “We are not safe in our country.”...
Billionaire Elon Musk has warned the U.S. will go “bankrupt” if spending is not reduced. Speaking at President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, stressed that the country cannot sustain $2 trillion deficits. Wearing a MAGA hat and a “Tech Support” T-sh...
The U.S. will spend $1 billion to stop bird flu and lower egg prices. Bird flu has hit poultry farms hard, cutting egg supplies. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a comprehensive strategy to combat avian influenza and make eggs affordable. Rollins said families are seeing egg prices of $6, $7, $10 or more due to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a letter to Congress, five former US defense secretaries on Thursday slammed President Trump’s recent firings of senior Pentagon officials as “reckless.” “We write to urge the US Congress to hold Mr. Trump to account for these reckless actions and to exercise fully its constitutional oversight responsibilities,” added ...
LONDON (AA) – UK businesses are expected to benefit from the latest trade talks between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump. During discussions on Thursday, Trump hinted that the UK could avoid export tariffs, stating that there is “a very good chance” of a trade deal that would eliminate the nee...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least five people, including a prominent religious scholar, were killed and 20 injured in a suspected suicide attack during Friday prayers at a religious seminary in northwestern Pakistan, police said. The bombing occurred at the prominent seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania, located in the Akora Khattak area of Now...
