Israels Row with Un over Lebanon Peacekeepers Driven by Long Distrust

Car driven into crowd at German Christmas market, reports say

At least one person has been killed, Germany's public broadcaster reports, citing police.

BBC News - 20h

Bill Beaumont could take over as RFU chair with Ilube on brink over pay row

Ilube under pressure to quit after emergency meeting Grassroots rebellion set to force vote of no confidence Sir Bill Beaumont could be parachuted into the Rugby Football Union as interim chair ...

The Guardian - 1d

Zelensky Raises Prospect of European Peacekeepers in Ukraine

But many European leaders say that with no sign that Russia is interested in peace, it is too early to discuss the presence of peacekeeping forces.

The New York Times - 1d

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of acts of genocide in Gaza over water access

Yahoo News - 2d

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of acts of genocide in Gaza over water access

Israel rejects as a lie the rights group's claim that it is blocking access to water critical for survival.

BBC News - 2d

Middle East crisis live: Israel’s ‘long hand’ will reach Houthi leaders, warns defence minister, after Yemen airstrikes

Israel Katz warns leaders of movement after airstrikes hit several areas of Yemen overnight, including power stations near capital Sana’a. There is no ceasefire deal between Turkey and the ...

The Guardian - 2d

Israel accused of act of genocide over restriction of Gaza water supply

Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have acted deliberately to cut availability of clean water. Israel’s restriction of Gaza’s water supply to levels below minimum needs amounts to an act of ...

The Guardian - 2d

‘Tired of writing about dead kids’: why a US state department worker resigned over Israel-Gaza policy

Mike Casey, one of only two people explicitly focused on Gaza, left over inaction and doing ‘what the Israelis want’. When Mike Casey arrived in Jerusalem in 2020, he wasn’t looking for a fight.. ...

The Guardian - 3d

Palestinians sue State Department over U.S. military assistance to Israel

Palestinian families are suing the State Department over U.S. support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

NBC News - 3d

What is the row about women's pensions?

Millions of women born in the 1950s will not be compensated over state pension age increases.

BBC News - 3d

Middle East crisis live: UN envoy to Syria warns conflict is not over amid ‘significant hostilities’

Geir Pedersen warns of intense clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north. France has raised its flag over its embassy in Damascus, Syria, after it had been closed for 12 years ...

The Guardian - 3d

German frontrunner Friedrich Merz faces row over unfunded tax cuts

Opposition CDU and governing SPD offer starkly competing visions as they prepare to unveil election manifestos

Financial Times - 3d

Israel moves troops from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip

Yahoo News - 4d

Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death toll nears 45,000

Israel says it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorate over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials say new Israeli airstrikes have killed over 46 people including ...

ABC News - 5d

Israel closes embassy in Ireland over 'anti-Semitic rhetoric'

Yahoo News - 6d

Israel to close embassy in Dublin over ‘anti-Israel policies’ after Ireland’s backing of genocide petition – Middle East crisis live

Ireland last week announced support for South Africa’s legal action against Israel in International Court of Justice. For years, residents of Ghouta, an embattled opposition-held region on the ...

The Guardian - 6d

Democrats and Republicans condemn espionage-driven Chinese hack

Ongoing infiltration by Salt Typhoon group has hit US telecoms companies and Trump, Vance and Harris. Democrats and Republicans have come together in a rare moment of unity to condemn an ...

The Guardian - Dec. 14

Phunware — which soared as a ‘Trump trade’ — preps AI-driven canvassing tool

Mobile-advertising software company Phunware — which garnered plenty of attention during the presidential election as a so-called “Trump trade” thanks to its link to the president-elect — is now ...

MarketWatch - Dec. 12

DealBook Summit: Building Trust in an Age of Distrust

At this year’s DealBook Summit, there was a sense that trust was becoming harder to come by and that the rules for how people judge the truth had shifted.

The New York Times - Dec. 12

Philippines considers new UN case against Beijing over South China Sea activity

Manila hopes to enlist other countries to add to pressure on China

Financial Times - Dec. 12

Brett Favre attempts to ‘clear the air’ with Mark Gastineau over viral, years-long NFL beef

Gastineau discusses his sack record being broken in the ESPN documentary, ‘The New York Sack Exchange’

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 11

Israel's Netanyahu takes the stand in long-running corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to knock down the corruption charges against him as he took the stand in his long-running trial

ABC News - Dec. 10

UN envoy to Syria says 'extremely important' Israel ends its attacks

Yahoo News - Dec. 10

Head of UN human rights promises advice to FIFA and Saudi Arabia over 2034 World Cup issues

The United Nations’ top human rights official has pledged to try to ensure migrant labor standards in Saudi Arabia are “properly respected” around soccer's 2034 World Cup

ABC News - Dec. 9

Israel claims Hezbollah violated ceasefire, strikes Hezbollah target in Lebanon

The Israeli Air Force struck a storage facility in southern Lebanon, claiming Hezbollah was operating "within a weapons storage facility."

ABC News - Dec. 8

Israeli military says UN peacekeepers in Syria came under attack

Yahoo News - Dec. 7

Kenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven't been paid in months

Kenya’s top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti have gone unpaid for three months

ABC News - Dec. 6

Indonesia agrees to repatriate Filipino woman who spent years on death row over drug trafficking

Indonesia and the Philippines signed a deal on Friday to repatriate a Filipino death-row drug convict, as the new administration of President Prabowo Subianto seeks to shore up diplomatic ties with ...

ABC News - Dec. 6

Chair of Amnesty International’s Israel branch resigns over genocide report

Daniil Brodsky and two board members stepped down after local group said the report had ‘not proved genocidal intent’. The chair of Amnesty International’s Israeli branch and two board members have ...

The Guardian - Dec. 5

Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout

Assad regime looks vulnerable as rebels retake Aleppo

Financial Times - Dec. 5

France's political chaos casts long shadow over economic growth

"At a time when economic growth in France is slowing markedly, this is bad news. The public deficit will remain high, debt will continue to grow," ING analysts said.

CNBC - Dec. 4

Norway Oil Fund Divests of Israel's Bezeq Over Services to West Bank Settlements

Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund said it decided to exclude Israeli telecommunications company Bezeq from the fund over concerns the company could be contributing to human-rights ...

The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 4

Israel says it will hold Lebanon responsible if ceasefire collapses

Minister’s vow to ‘go deeper’ if hostilities resume comes after deadly Israeli air strikes severely test truce

Financial Times - Dec. 3

Why Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Firing Amid a Lebanon Cease-Fire

Some violations of the truce, and some amount of violence, are to be expected, analysts say, and do not necessarily mean the deal will collapse and war will resume anytime soon.

The New York Times - Dec. 3

Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Israel despite Lebanon ceasefire

Yahoo News - Dec. 3

Israel will not differentiate between Lebanon and Hezbollah if ceasefire collapses, defence minister Katz says – Middle East crisis live

Israel Katz says Israel will no longer offer Lebanon an exemption and will enforce ‘maximum impact and zero tolerance’. Israeli media reports that the cabinet is set to meet in the coastal city of ...

The Guardian - Dec. 3

Israels Row with Un over Lebanon Peacekeepers Driven by Long Distrust

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