Category: World News
Middle East Crisis: First Stage of Gaza Polio Campaign Ending With High Hopes
New York Times The United Nations said the vaccination effort was going well in challenging wartime conditions. Health officials said a second round of vaccinations would be needed within weeks. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/12/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war
Read MoreIran turns to Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target critics
Washington Post Iran has cultivated ties with criminal networks in the West to carry out a recent wave of violent plots in the United States and Europe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/iran-criminal-gangs-target-dissidents/
Read MoreMore than half of Brazil is wracked by drought. Blame deforestation.
Washington Post Latin America’s largest country is being baked by its worst drought on record. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/brazil-drought/
Read MoreHarris’ support for Palestinian state rewards terrorism, experts warn
Fox News JERUSALEM — Vice President Harris’ endorsement of a Palestinian state during and prior to her debate with former President Trump would further destabilize the Middle East and bring about additional terrorism, according to Israeli and American experts. During Tuesday’s presidential debate on ABC, the Democrat presidential candidate reiterated her support for a two-state solution:…
Read MoreU.N. agency says six of its staff among those killed in Israeli strikes
Washington Post The workers were killed when two airstrikes hit a Gaza refugee camp, said UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel said it was targeting Hamas militants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/israel-gaza-unrwa-strike-deaths/
Read MoreBronze Age jar smashed by 4-year-old boy back on display at Israeli museum
Fox News An ancient jar is back on display at a museum in Israel nearly two weeks after a 4-year-old visitor accidentally smashed it late last month. The jar dated back to the Bronze Age, between 2200 and 1500 B.C. — predating the time of Kings David and Solomon — and it was totally intact,…
Read MoreMalaysian police rescue 400 minors suspected of being sexually abused at Islamic charity homes
Fox News Malaysian authorities rescued more than 400 children and teenagers on Wednesday suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official said. Police arrested 171 adults, including ‘ustazs’ or Islamic religious teachers, during coordinated raids on 20…
Read MoreAlberto Fujimori, Ex-Leader of Peru Imprisoned for Rights Abuses, Dies at 86
New York Times During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two violent leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out in a corruption scandal and later imprisoned for human rights abuses. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/americas/alberto-fujimori-dead.html
Read MoreFormer Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dead at 86
Fox News Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was announced by his daughter Keiko Fujimori in a post…
Read MoreAmid Gaza talks, U.S. releases $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt
Washington Post The Biden administration had previously withheld some annual funds from Egypt amid scrutiny of its human rights record. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/11/us-egypt-funding-gaza/
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