The assassination of prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, shot dead by two men while visiting a sports center in Guatemala City over the weekend, marks one of the most significant political killings in the country in recent decades. The killing has renewed concerns about the vulnerability of those who fight corruption in […]
The United Arab Emirates has reportedly agreed to re-enter the Yemen conflict by resuming financial support for select government forces battling Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in the south, according to sources in Yemen. The reported arrangement, first surfaced on 18 October 2026, also involves Saudi Arabia providing air support to anti-Houthi forces, marking a potential step […]
A deadly Houthi bombardment of the Al-Alam military training camp in Yemen’s Shabwa province has killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 200, according to Shabwa Governor Awad Al Wazir. The governor, who was himself wounded by shrapnel and remained at the scene, said that 14 other people remain missing following Monday’s attack. […]
In a tense and emotional exchange that underscored the human cost of foreign policy decisions, Joey Amor, the widower of Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, confronted Vice President JD Vance during a CBS News town hall. Sgt. Amor was one of six U.S. service members killed in an Iranian drone strike earlier this year—the deadliest […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he seeks another term, less than a week before Israel holds its elections. In a Truth Social post directed to “the Great People of Israel,” Trump called “Bibi” Netanyahu “a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been compelled to slash food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and 200,000 in the occupied West Bank due to a severe funding shortage, the agency announced. The cuts come as life in Gaza remains “absolutely brutal” and incredibly dangerous, according to correspondents in a […]
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City’s Al-Daraj neighborhood on Sunday for a mass funeral honoring 75 individuals whose remains were recently recovered from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes. The solemn ceremony came after civil defense teams spent days extracting the bodies from beneath collapsed structures, many of which had been home […]
A delegation of European diplomats, including a French mayor, was violently assaulted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to multiple reports. The attack, which took place in the village of Abu Falah, has drawn sharp condemnation from European officials and raised fresh concerns about the safety of Palestinians under Israeli […]
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has called for the investigation, arrest, and prosecution “to the fullest extent of the law” of those responsible for the attack on American photojournalist Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank. In a post on X on Saturday night, Huckabee wrote, “Attacking a female photographer is a despicable act […]
On Friday, Israeli settlers launched a coordinated series of attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters across the occupied West Bank, injuring at least 20 people and assaulting a Washington Post photojournalist. According to Palestinian authorities, the attacks occurred in eight villages, with masked settlers wielding clubs and other weapons beating villagers and setting olive groves ablaze. […]
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will purchase diesel fuel from Russia, waiving planned sanctions and signing an order that both created and then blocked steep tariffs on Russian goods. The move comes as diesel prices have surged nearly 70% since the war with Iran began in February, and less than three […]
A wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv overnight killed at least three people, injured 22, and left more than 600,000 households without electricity, according to Ukrainian officials. The attack, which began around 2:00 a.m. local time on 19 December, targeted critical infrastructure across the capital and other Ukrainian cities. In the Desnianskyi […]
