JERUSALEM: US Ambassador Mike Huckabee on Saturday demanded that Israel prosecute and jail the assailants in a West Bank settler attack against a Washington Post journalist. “Attacking a female photographer is a despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards,” Huckabee wrote on X, taking a far stronger tone than an earlier statement from Washington. Huckabee, a staunch ally of Israel who has nonetheless sharply criticized settler attacks against Americans, did not identify the culprits a
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan: For many voters in Michigan, the US Senate race has become about far more than which party controls Washington. In the Detroit suburbs, some Jewish Democrats are confronting deeply personal questions about faith and identity as they weigh whether they can support their party’s nominee. Just miles away in Dearborn, Arab American leaders who backed President Donald Trump two years ago are growing increasingly alarmed by Republican rhetoric. The concerns are rippling t
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Kentucky: President Donald Trump touted his power in his second go around in the White House Saturday while rallying in Kentucky to bolster Republican turnout as his party struggles in the midterms, saying, “I can do stuff that is unbelievable.” Trump, who spoke in the city of Highland Heights to boost Republican candidates including Ed Gallrein for the US House, was riffing on his decision to change how the US government refers to the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. “I
WASHINGTON: Rosemary DiCarlo, UN under-secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said Sudan’s warring parties remain unwilling to negotiate, even though neither side has achieved a military victory. This raises concerns about further escalation in the coming months. Her assessment followed Sudanese army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan’s announcement that he had sent a message to US President Donald Trump affirming Sudan’s commitment to US-backed peace efforts. FAST F
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has reinforced its commitment to protecting children in Yemen through a new $1.55 million partnership between the Saudi aid agency KSrelief and the World Health Organization to provide lifesaving nutrition and medical care for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications. “These therapeutic medical interventions, including medicines, equipment and other needed supplies, will help children with severe acute malnutrition to recover and to have t
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun requested French assistance to prevent a security vacuum in southern Lebanon if UN peacekeepers withdraw. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visited Beirut to discuss international mechanisms for the region.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday that Russian occupying forces were turning the Ukrainian town of Oleshky into a “death trap” gripped by starvation, and urged international organizations to help evacuate its residents. Sybiha made his comments on X a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged, in a conversation with Pope Leo, to cooperate in delivering vital supplies into the town in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region. “Russians are trying to turn the Ukrainian
JEDDAH: Schools across Riyadh and Diriyah governorate will continue remote learning until Thursday, Oct. 22, the capital’s education authority said on Saturday, extending measures introduced earlier this month as attacks on the capital continued. The Riyadh Education General Administration said the decision covers all students, teachers and administrative staff, with lessons delivered through the Madrasati platform and other approved educational platforms. “As part of the continued implementatio
Inter Milan secured a 3-1 victory over Bologna, moving them to the top of Serie A. Meanwhile, Napoli suffered a surprising defeat by Venezia, extending their struggles.
CALIFORNIA: The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in California for the first time last month, and the first sea turtles of any kind nested on California beaches. Meanwhile, a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake swam ashore as whale sharks and hammerheads cruised just off the coast. Exotic species have been visiting California’s shores since an unusually strong El Niño weather phenomenon arrived this year. Occurring naturally every few years, El Niño brings warm ocean water farther north, and trop
On Oct. 10, a Houthi missile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, killing 13 people and wounding more than 300. The dead included Saudi citizens alongside nationals of Bangladesh, the US, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, and India. It was the third attack on the airport in a week and the deadliest strike on the Kingdom in more than a decade. Since the Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi shipping in July, missiles and drones launched from Yemen have been aimed at Aramco ref
NABLUS: Several Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation on Saturday after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at farmers and prevented them from reaching their lands in the village of Salem, east of Nablus. Medical sources reported that ambulance crews treated several individuals for breathing difficulties caused by the gas. Settlers attacked olive harvesters east of Burin, south of Nablus, assaulting them, stealing crops and equipment, and firing live ammunition in the area. In Beit
IDLIB: Pomegranate farmers in the town of Darkush, in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province near the Turkish border, are struggling to bring what is expected to be a strong harvest to market as rising production and transport costs, low prices, and a lack of export outlets squeeze their income. Darkush lies in a valley within the Orontes River basin, at the foothills of the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. Pomegranate cultivation is a key source of livelihood for local farmers, who are calli
BANGKOK: Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh has discussed enhancing financial and economic cooperation between the Syrian Arab Republic and Qatar with his Qatari counterpart, Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari. The two, who met on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group’s annual meetings in Bangkok, also talked about Qatar’s support of recovery and development efforts in the country. The Ministry of Finance said Barnieh expressed the Syrian govern
It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? But come the 21st century, increasing numbers of men are tending babies, sometimes right from birth. How can this be happening? Puzzled and dazzled by the tender expertise of new fathers around the world—several in her own family—celebrated evolutionary anthropologist and primatologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy set out to trace the deep history of male nurturing and explain a surprising depar
It is never a good sign when a country’s leader, on the eve of an election, appears at a military base and speaks of signs that unspecified enemies are plotting an attack. It is alarming, and equally suspicious, when the person doing so is a prime minister desperate to win re-election, retain political power, and escape the day of reckoning in court over corruption charges. It was, therefore, difficult not to view with skepticism Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s video, filmed at an Israeli Ai
SEVILLE, Spain: Hansi Flick’s dominant Barcelona routed 10-man Real Betis 5-2 on Saturday to return five points clear at the top of La Liga. Teenage winger Lamine Yamal scored a brilliant goal for the Spanish champions, with Rodri, Gabriel Jesus, Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo also finding the net at La Cartuja stadium in Seville. Betis, third, had Facundo Bernal sent off for a headbutt on Yamal early in the second half of a pulsating clash. Barca set a new club record for victories at the start of a
BERLIN: Luis Diaz hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich pummelled a listless RB Leipzig 6-1 at home on Saturday to climb to the top of the Bundesliga table. Borussia Dortmund had edged ahead of Freiburg into top spot after their earlier draw at Union Berlin, but Bayern responded in typically ruthless fashion to take the summit. The dominant display was Bayern’s best performance of the season and will boost their confidence days out from Wednesday’s home Champions League clash with English champions A
A sudden stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in Kolkata, India, led to the death of at least 17 individuals, including a child, with many others injured. The incident was reportedly triggered by unexpected rainfall.
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