The country’s top court judges proposed the so-called settlement which might prevent evictions at the hearing of four Palestinian families facing expulsion by Israeli settlers in the flashpoint neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Members of the El Kurd family, Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem who are facing eviction, and a […]

Donald Trump now has a $100 million weapon to wield against US democracy. The defeated and disgraced ex-President’s huge war chest, nearly all amassed within six months of leaving office, was built on his ravenous calls for cash from supporters bought into his delusional lie that the 2020 election was stolen. It is the latest […]

Heavy fighting continues in at least three provincial capitals, with government forces beating back fresh attacks to keep Helmand’s Lashkar Gah from falling to the insurgent group. In this file photo from May 5, 2021, Afghan security forces stand near an armoured vehicle during ongoing fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents in Busharan […]

US State Department says it is widening the scope of at-risk Afghans eligible for refugee status to include current and former employees of US-based news organisations, aid and development agencies. The State Department said it will expand the eligibility of refugee admissions beyond the roughly 20,000 Afghans who have already applied. (AP) Thousands of Afghans […]

Coronavirus pandemic has killed over 4.2 million people and infected over 199 million globally. Here are the coronavirus-related developments for August 2: FILE PHOTO: Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group vaccine boxes for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a vaccination site in Shanghai, China on January 19, 2021. (Reuters Archive) Monday, August 2: UAE […]