52 h. ago 2 people are stabbed at a hotel outside Jerusalem. Israeli cops say it’s a militant attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian employee stabbed two guests at a hotel outside of Jerusalem on Friday in what Israeli police described as a militant attack, the second in the area this week. According to police, the employee came out of the kitchen at a hotel in the bucolic Kibbutz Tzuba and stabbed two of […]

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3 d. ago South Sudan vice president charged with murder, crimes against humanity

Juba (AFP) — South Sudan’s Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday. A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his first vice-president Machar has been unravelling for months in […]

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3 d. ago Anand says Canada ’evaluating’ relationship with Israel after Qatar strike

OTTAWA — Canada is “evaluating the relationship with Israel”, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday after Prime Minister Mark Carney called the country’s strike on Qatar “an unprovoked attack.” Israel says it targeted senior Hamas leaders in the capital Doha on Tuesday, while the militant group says its main ceasefire negotiator survived the attack. […]

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4 d. ago Top Hamas officials, allies killed by Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, attacks

BEIRUT — Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Hamas and its regional allies since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants in southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. On Tuesday, Israel struck the energy-rich nation of Qatar, which has been mediating ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Israel targeted a […]

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4 d. ago Carney condemns ’intolerable’ Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned Israel’s military strike on Qatar, saying it undermines the country’s sovereignty and risks escalating conflicts in the region. Israel said it targeted in the capital Doha senior Hamas leaders it holds responsible for the group’s October 2023 attack, while the militant group says its main negotiator survived the […]

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6 d. ago Iran Runs Risk of More Military Attacks, Nuclear Watchdog Says

Iranian nuclear sites face a higher probability of renewed military attack unless international inspectors are allowed to resume their work, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog said, while suggesting a preliminary agreement could be getting closer.

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1 week ago French police kill suspect after 5 hurt in Marseille knife attack

MARSEILLE — French police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing five people in the southern port city of Marseille, one of whom is in critical condition, a public prosecutor said. The assailant, a Tunisian national with legal status in France, stabbed several people at a hotel that had just evicted him for non-payment, […]

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