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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party and his militant Hamas rivals would each fall well short of a parliamentary majority if elections are held in May, forcing them to partner … Read More

Amnesty International Friday said that Lebanese security forces have committed shocking violations against Syrian refugees arrested in Lebanon.

The artist’s first post-pandemic artwork, ‘Reception,’ grew out of the experience of accompanying a mother and daughter to a hospital in early February. The two had developed COVID-19 symptoms after … Read More

Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats caught up in a big net after dark in the Philippine province of Laguna.

Banksy has continued to create works during the pandemic. Disguised as a cleaner, in July 2020 he spray-painted a series of rats encouraging people to wear face masks on the … Read More

US officials are trying to drive home an increasingly emphatic message to the growing number of mostly Central American asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border every day: “Do not come. … Read More

Saudi Arabia’s plan for a “comprehensive” ceasefire in Yemen is unlikely to pause hostilities, observers say, as the conflict between the Riyadh-backed government and the Huthi rebels enters its seventh … Read More

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday his country did not want war with Sudan, as tensions over a contested region along their border spark fears of broader conflict.

Fifteen people have died and 400 are missing after a huge fire destroyed the shanty homes of tens of thousands of Rohingya in the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, … Read More