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Israel's Opposition Calls for General Strike
Israel's Opposition Calls for General Strike

Israel's opposition leader on Saturday called for a general strike if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to obey a Supreme Court decision freezing the government's dismissal of the internal security chief. If the government "decides to disobey the Court's decision it will become a government outside of the law," Yair ...

Pope to Leave Hospital Sunday and Return to Vatican
Pope to Leave Hospital Sunday and Return to Vatican

Pope Francis is to leave the hospital on Sunday and return to his residence in the Vatican, where he is to spend "at least two months" recovering, one of his doctors announced. The 88-year-old pontiff has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14, when he was admitted with breathing problems, and he subsequently battled ...

Turkey Braces for Fourth Night of Protest as Mayor Arrives in Court
Turkey Braces for Fourth Night of Protest as Mayor Arrives in Court

Huge crowds gathered outside Istanbul City Hall late Saturday for a fourth night of protests over the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who has blasted official allegations against him as "immoral and baseless". The demonstrations, which began in Istanbul on Wednesday, have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 provinces, ...

Israeli Border Town Mayor Urges Return to War after Rocket Fire
Israeli Border Town Mayor Urges Return to War after Rocket Fire

The mayor of Israel's northern border town of Metula criticized the government Saturday after the area was targeted with rocket fire from Lebanon and called for a return to war. "We will not return to the reality of October 6th... and this is what the [Israeli military], the Northern Command, and the Israeli government are trying to normalize," ...

US Revokes Legal Status for 500,000 Immigrants
US Revokes Legal Status for 500,000 Immigrants

The United States said Friday it was terminating the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, giving them weeks to leave the country. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in US history and curb immigration, mainly from Latin American nations. The order affects around 532,000 Cubans, ...

Witkoff: Normalization Between Israel and Lebanon Is Possible
Witkoff: Normalization Between Israel and Lebanon Is Possible

US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, recently stated that the normalization of relations between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel is no longer a distant dream, but a real and tangible possibility. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff suggested that these countries could eventually establish formal diplomatic ties with Israel, a ...

Sudan Army Says Retakes Central Bank After Palace Recapture
Sudan Army Says Retakes Central Bank After Palace Recapture

Sudan's military said Saturday it seized several key buildings in central Khartoum, including the central bank, from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, following its recapture of the presidential palace. "Our forces achieved further success last night, eliminating hundreds of militia members who tried to escape through pockets in central ...

Heathrow Airport 'Fully Operational' After Fire Shutdown
Heathrow Airport 'Fully Operational' After Fire Shutdown

Heathrow Airport is "fully operational", a spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after a fire at a power station shut down Europe's busiest air hub and caused travel mayhem. The electricity substation blaze closed the London airport for most of Friday before some flights began to arrive and take-off later in the evening. "We can confirm that ...

New York's Columbia University Adopts New Policies to Appease Trump Administration
New York's Columbia University Adopts New Policies to Appease Trump Administration

Columbia University,  targeted by Donald Trump over student protests and alleged anti-Semitism from some demonstrators, unveiled a package of policies Friday in a bid to placate the president. Trump has targeted US universities that saw significant surges of protests against Israel's war in Gaza that followed the October 7, 2023 attacks ...

Israel Threatens to Annex Parts of Gaza
Israel Threatens to Annex Parts of Gaza

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened Friday to annex parts of the Gaza Strip unless Hamas militants release the remaining Israeli hostages held in the war-battered Palestinian territory. The warning came as Israel pressed the renewed assault it launched on Tuesday, shattering the relative calm since a January 19 ceasefire. A ...

War Monitor Says Israel Strikes Military Airport Near Palmyra, Syria
War Monitor Says Israel Strikes Military Airport Near Palmyra, Syria

Israeli air strikes on Friday targeted the military airport near Palmyra in central Syria, a war monitor said, reporting the latest Israeli attack in the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. "Israeli warplanes targeted the Palmyra military airport," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Since Islamist-led rebels ...