Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protest about its participation
Israeli PM Netanyahu wished Golan good luck and said she had “already won” by enduring the protests
Sweden: Israel qualified for this weekend’s Eurovision song...
Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing
Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 100,000 people to flee north, a United Nations...
In surprise move, Somalia asks UN to end political mission
UN body of 360 members began work in 2013
Horn of Africa nation in conflict since 1991
Federal government seen as becoming more assertive
Gaza aid could grind to a halt within days, UN agencies warn
Humanitarian workers have sounded the alarm this week over the closure of the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings for aid
Dwindling food and fuel stocks...
Putin reappoints Mishustin as Russia’s prime minister
Parliament Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the house, the State Duma, will hold a session later Friday to consider Mikhail Mishustin’s candidacy
Russian President Vladimir Putin...
UK says to expel Russian defense attache as ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’
Interior minister James Cleverly told parliament the UK would also remove the diplomatic status of several Russian-owned properties
UK is currently a staunch NATO backer of Ukraine
Powerful Iraqi pro-Iran group says US troops must leave
“We also haven’t seen the necessary seriousness from the Iraqi government to remove them,” the spokesman, Abu Ali Al-Askari, added in a statement
Iraq’s powerful...
Albanese rejects China’s argument that Australia was at fault in dangerous aircraft encounter
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday rejected China’s argument that Australia was responsible for a dangerous weekend encounter between their military aircraft in international airspace over the Yellow Sea.
Both...
US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South...
U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes Wednesday and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale...
US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
Israel has killed more than 34,700 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory
The State Department is separately...