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A Palestinian walks through the site of an Israeli strike in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital where displaced people live in tents, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. “Gravest International Crimes”: U.N. Aid Chief Blasts Israel’s Deadly Siege on Gaza 
In Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry reports Israeli strikes have killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 180 others in the past 24 hours. Among the dead is a... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) Democracy Now
Gaza War   Humanitarian Aid   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
File - In this photo released by Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi visits the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) outside the town of Kurchatov, in the Kursk region, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. UN nuclear chief heads to Iran for crucial talks
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is set to visit Tehran on Wednesday for crucial talks on Iran's nuclear program, warning just ahead of his trip tha... (photo: AP / Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation via AP) Naharnet
Iran   Nuclear Weapons   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Iran and weapons of mass destruction  
Smoke rises behind a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike on Khiam village, as seen from Marjayoun town, south Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. The UN’s Failure in Lebanon
Hezbollah in southern Lebanon has assaulted Israel with tens of thousands of rockets and missiles for over a year, forcing over 60,000 northern Israeli residents to flee ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The American Spectator
Gaza   Israel   Lebanon   Photos  
Opening Ceremony of World Leaders Climate Action Summit COP29: Guterres warns of ‘avoidable injustice’ as climate crisis worsens
UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres issued a stark warning at the opening ceremony of the COP29 World Leaders’ Climate Action Summit on Tuesday, highlighting the... (photo: UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth) Daily News Egypt
Biodiversity   Climate change   Photos   United Nations  
In this image taken from video, police officers patrol in riot gear on the streets of Amsterdam, Monday Nov. 11, 2024, as the city is facing tensions following violence last week. Amsterdam police warn of fresh calls for unrest a day after rioters torch tram
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A senior police officer warned Tuesday of calls for more rioting in Amsterdam, after dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers s... (photo: AI) Canoe
Amsterdam   Europe   Israel   Photos  
FILE - Palestinians line up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Oct. 17, 2024 Aid groups say Israel misses US deadline to boost humanitarian help for Gaza
Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, inter... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana, File) NBC Bay Area
Gaza War   Humanitarian Aid   Mideast Peace   Photos  
File - Somali women gather with their children, who fled amid drought, at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Climate crisis worsening already 'hellish' refugee situation: UN
Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already "hellish" conditions of displacemen... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) Khaleejtimes
Climate Change   Extreme Weather   Photos   Refugees   Wikipedia: Climate change  
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013, file photo, a North Korean soldier looks at the southern side through a pair of binoculars at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. South Korea said Friday, July 19, 2024, it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Koreas resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches. Comparing North and South Korea’s support for two illegal wars
In recent history, two global powers – first the United States in Iraq and later Russia in Ukraine – initiated conflicts that were widely regarded as controversial, i... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man, File) Asiatimes
North Korea   Photos   Russia   Ukraine  
Dutch police secure a shopping street after a stabbing incident in the center of The Hague, Netherlands Dutch police detain 50 protesters at pro-Palestinian rally after soccer unrest
Dutch police said they took away more than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters who ignored a ban on demonstrations in Amsterdam on Sunday and detained 50 more following clashe... (photo: AP / Phil Nijhuis) NBC News
Gaza War   Israel   Netherlands   Photos   Wikipedia: November 2024 Amsterdam attacks  
Palestinians inspect vehicles that were burnt during an early morning attack by Israeli settlers, that left at least 18 burnt vehicles, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of al-Bireh Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. What does Qatar's suspension of mediation mean for the Gaza war?
Qatar's suspension of its crucial mediation between Israel and Hamas has crushed hopes for a long-stalled truce in the Gaza war and hostage release deal. | The wealthy Gu... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) Naharnet
Gaza War   Mideast Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital where displaced people live in tents, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak
Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might ... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) Independent Online
Gaza War   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Lebanon   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital where displaced people live in tents, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Mediation on hold until Israel, Hamas show ‘seriousness’: Qatar
A person holds remains of a rocket fired by Israeli forces on a tent for the displaced in Deir Al-Balah.—Reuters | DOHA: Qatar’s mediation for a Gaza truce and prison... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) Dawn
Gaza War   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
Palestinians receive aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Nusairat refugee camp, Gaza, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. ‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in northern Gaza, food experts warn, as Israel continues siege
‘Looming catastrophe’ will ‘dwarf anything we have seen so far’ in Gaza since 7 October 2023, famine review committee says There is a “strong likelihood that fa... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) The Guardian
Famine   Gaza War   Humanitarian Aid   Photos  
In this image taken from video, police escort Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters to the metro station leading them to the Ajax stadium, after pro-Palestinian supporters marched near the stadium, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Israeli soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam, authorities say
At least five people were injured and at least 62 people arrested in “violent incidents” in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, police said Friday, after what authorities in... (photo: AP / AP Photo InterVision) NBC Bay Area
Gaza War   Israel   Netherlands   Photos   Wikipedia: November 2024 Amsterdam attacks  
FILE - Palestinian women mourn a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says
The UN Human Rights Office said that nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic viola... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana, File) RTE
Gaza War   Human Rights   Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
French president Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Netanyahu is meeting France's president amid one of the deadliest periods of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Macron's office says he will share France's solidarity with Israel but also urge against action that would feed the spiral of violence.(AP Photo/Michel Euler) Israel-France tensions deepen as Paris says consulate staff briefly detained by police in Jerusalem
France condemned the brief detention of two consulate members after it said Israeli police forced their way into a French-owned holy site in Jerusalem, in what is the lat... (photo: AP / Michel Euler) CNN
France   Israel   Photos   Politics  
Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 Yemen’s Houthi rebels shoot down what witnesses say was a US drone as American military investigates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down what bystanders described as an American drone early Friday, potentially the latest downing of ... (photo: AP) Wtop
Houthis   Iran   Photos   United States