Tag: Middle East
Israeli president given NFT of father’s oath of office
JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament has hopped on latest trend in digital artwork and presented the country's new president with a digital copy of his...
Colombia and Peru play for honor, 3rd place at Copa America
BRASILIA, Brazil — Few teams want to play a third-place match in any tournament, even less so during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that's not...
Egypt urges UN to back call for binding deal on Ethiopia dam
UNITED NATIONS — Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a...
WHO warns Coronavirus rising in eastern Mediterranean region
BEIRUT — Coronavirus infections have been on the rise in the 22 countries of the eastern Mediterranean region after two months of steady decline...
Israel again demolishes Palestinian village in West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday demolished the Bedouin herding community of Khirbet Humsu in the occupied West Bank, the latest chapter in the military's...
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: A disturbing, larger question in Surfside condo collapse
Miami Herald
This editorial was originally published June 29 in the Miami Herald.
South Florida’s long and sordid history of shoddy building practices is hard to...
Costly and critical: the battle for a key Yemeni city
MARIB CITY, Yemen — The two fighters stand shoulder-to-shoulder on a mountain overlook, with a clear view below of the enemy’s position. They are...
Biden to host Jordanian king as royal feud engulfs US ally
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on July 19, just months after the detention of...
Iran accuses Israel of June attack on civilian nuclear site
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday accused Israel of a sabotage attack in June that reportedly targeted a civilian nuclear facility near Tehran, the...
Norway fund excludes companies operating in West Bank
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway’s largest pension fund said it has divested itself of 16 companies that operate in Israeli settlements in the occupied West...