Israel’s far-right finance minister announced approval Thursday of the construction of a contentious settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that Palestinians and rights groups worry would scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts. The announcement comes as several major U.S. allies have announced plans to…
Twenty-five nations, including Britain, Canada and Japan, issued a joint statement on Monday with “a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.” The statement by the U.S. allies and partners across the globe and published online by the U.K. government condemns Israel’s tightly-controlled aid distribution method, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-backed…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Several people remain missing Wednesday following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea. Six castaway crew members of the Greek-owned Eternity C were recovered from the sea, a European Union naval force said Wednesday. The Houthi rebels killed three mariners and wounded two…
Netanyahu says overall security of Gaza “will always remain in our hands” – CBS News Watch CBS News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ahead of a second night of talks with President Trump. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has the details. Be the first to know…
London — The BBC has said it regrets not pulling down its live stream of a performance at the Glastonbury music festival over the weekend that included what the broadcaster calls “utterly unacceptable” chants against Israel’s military. The taxpayer-funded BBC said in a statement Monday that it regrets not cutting short its live streaming signal…
Judge denies Mahmoud Khalil’s request for release from ICE detention – CBS News Watch CBS News A judge on Friday denied pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s request for release from ICE detention, despite ruling earlier this week that the government cannot hold Khalil on the grounds it used to detain him. CBS News reporter Kati Weis…
London – The controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), whose operations got off to a chaotic start this week in the war-torn Palestinian territory, says it is winding down its Swiss operation after three months. The move comes as Swiss authorities said GHF was breaching rules for foundations registered in that country. GHF…
World leaders reacted Thursday morning to the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., as the Israeli government blamed the attack on “antisemitic incitement” by other countries, “especially from Europe.” Washington’s chief of police said the suspect in the attack, identified as a Chicago man, shouted “free, free Palestine,”…
Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. Israel has, under massive pressure from the U.S. and other allies, started to allow more aid into Gaza this week, but it has not eased its…
