Written by U.S. ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and B-52 long-range strike bombers are expected to arrive in coming months, the Pentagon said. Source link
Cook-Steve-foreign-policy-columnist4Steven A. Cook By Steven A. Cook, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Everywhere I have been in the past month—New York City, Tulsa, Santa Fe, Dallas, Seattle—someone asks me: “What are the differences between what a […]
Something you’ll often hear when you enter the market to buy a home is ‘don’t buy the first one you see’. It’s exactly what the owner of this Nungurner home was told before she went to view the property for sale — and it’s exactly what happened. It’s not hard to see why. The half […]
Lebanon PM says Israel’s expanded strikes suggest ‘rejection’ of ceasefire Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati criticised Israel’s “expansion” of its attacks on his country, saying they indicated a rejection of efforts to broker a truce after more than a month of war, AFP reports. “The Israeli enemy’s renewed expansion of the scope of its aggression […]
Here’s what’s on tap for the day: The world watches anxiously as Americans head to the polls in one of the most consequential presidential elections in memory, Hezbollah has a new boss, and Russia fines Google an astronomical sum over YouTube restrictions. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East Hang in the Balance We’re just […]
UN security council warns against attempts to dismantle Unrwa The UN security council on Wednesday “strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish” the operations and mandate of the UN Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, after Israel passed a law banning its operations. Reuters reports that in a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member body […]
Each week 10,000 visitors stroll through the East Colonnade of the White House to embark on a tour through several of the sitting rooms, receiving spaces, and dining venues of presidents past and present. The tour through these historic rooms has always been curated to point out historic moments and artifacts collected and preserved by […]
At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, said the Gaza health ministry. The US called the incident ’horrifying’. Source link
Hong Kong’s main technology park operator and Saudi Arabia’s start-up incubator have agreed to collaborate, giving fintech companies in the city access to financing from a Middle East fund to pursue their growth ambitions. Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) and Beta Lab signed an agreement in Riyadh on Tuesday as the annual Future […]
Humanitarian system in Gaza will collapse if Unrwa is unable to operate, warns Unicef Unicef spokesperson James Elder has been answering questions from the media about last night’s vote in the Israeli parliament that would effectively ban Unrwa, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, from operating within Israel. “If Unrwa is unable to operate, it’ll likely […]