Netanyahu insists full military withdrawal form Gaza is impossible

A Staunch Ally in Africa Says French Forces Will Withdraw

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.

The New York Times - Jan. 2

Life in a Gaza field hospital – in pictures

Over the past three months Kieran Seager photographed and interviewed staff, patients, and their families at the UK-Med field hospital in al-Mawasi, Rafah. Approximately 40% of all patients treated ...

The Guardian - Jan. 2

Seventeen dead reported in fresh Israeli attacks in Gaza

Yahoo News - Jan. 2

15 dead in New Orleans truck attack; suspect 'inspired by ISIS,' was military veteran

Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured when a pickup truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

ABC News - Jan. 2

Gaza Residents Endure Harsh Conditions as Israel-Hamas War Continues Into 2025

Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Jabaliya, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. Israel’s military said it was targeting Hamas.

The New York Times - Jan. 1

Former Virginia GOP congressman forms exploratory committee for possible statewide run

Former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman (Va.) said he has formed an exploratory committee to run for statewide office as an independent. “That’s why we started an exploratory committee, because I ...

The Hill - Jan. 1

Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza including children as war grinds into the new year

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza, mostly women and children

ABC News - Jan. 1

Ivory Coast announces withdrawal of French troops

Reduction of military presence is latest sign of weakening western influence in region

Financial Times - Jan. 1

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza on New Year’s Day

Officials say most of the victims were women and children as Israel’s war against Hamas continues into the new year. Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on New Year’s ...

The Guardian - Jan. 1

Tens of thousands of people in Istanbul protest Gaza war

Tens of thousands of people have gathered on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

ABC News - Jan. 1

Boys who vanished while playing soccer found dead near military base

Saul Arboleda, Steven Medina, and brothers Josue and Ismael Arroyo were playing soccer in Guayaquil on Dec. 8 when they went missing.

CBS News - Jan. 1

The EU’s impossible choice on trade and tariffs

Trump’s threat of higher duties on Chinese goods raises the stakes for a union proud of its free-trading instincts

Financial Times - Jan. 1

The struggle to reunite children with families in war-torn Gaza

An estimated 17,000 children are unaccompanied or separated from family who would ordinarily care for them.

BBC News - Jan. 1

In Gaza we were the happiest family I could imagine. Then came the worst days of my life | Fadwa al-Masry

I am an academic, a mother, no threat to anyone. Yet those I love have been injured and killed, and I have endured indescribable hardships. I am a Palestinian mother with a bachelor’s degree in ...