Boeing workers start vote on latest offer to end strike
If workers reject Boeing's offer for a third time, it will plunge the firm into further financial peril, uncertainty.
What do people in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon think about the US election?
People in the Middle East answer who they think will be a better US president for them - Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.
Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency
Country’s allies and aid workers say move could cripple services for Palestinians who increasingly depend on them
Israel has formally informed the United Nations of its intention to sever ties entirely with the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees in a move the country’s allies and aid workers warn will deepen the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.
The Knesset passed two bills last week banning Unrwa from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli state contact with the agency on the basis of allegations that Hamas had infiltrated it.
Continue reading...Two more UK mpox cases found in household contacts of first case
Total of three cases of Clade Ib strain now detected in UK but health security agency says risk to population still low
Two more UK cases of a strain of mpox that is thought to spread more easily have been detected in household contacts of the first case, the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of the Clade Ib mpox strain in the country to three.
Continue reading...At least 25 killed after traffickers capsize boat off Comoros: IOM
The UN migration agency says the boat sank on Friday between a Comoros island and the French island of Mayotte.
IDF strikes Hezbollah’s intelligence unit in Syria, issues rare confirmation – The Times of Israel
- IDF strikes Hezbollah’s intelligence unit in Syria, issues rare confirmation The Times of Israel
- Israel says it struck Hezbollah target near Damascus, Syria says civilian sites hit Reuters
- Israel at war: What happened on day 395? The Jerusalem Post
- Analysis: Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah’s intelligence branch in Syria Long War Journal
- In rare acknowledgement, IDF confirms strikes in Syria against Hezbollah infrastructure The Times of Israel
How will domestic issues shape the US election?
From the economy to immigration and abortion rights, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer diverging plans.
Tucker Carlson credits demons for the invention of nuclear technology
Ex-Fox News host makes bizarre claim on Steve Bannon’s podcast, days after saying a demon attacked him in his sleep
Demons that Tucker Carlson claimed attacked him as he slept were also responsible for the invention of nuclear technology, the conservative former Fox News host said on Monday in another bizarre contention.
Carlson made the claim on the War Room podcast hosted by his fellow rightwing extremist Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser in the Trump administration who was released from prison last week after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
Continue reading...Incendiary device plot targeting UK may have been dry run for US and Canada
Suspect DHL package bound for Britain that started fire in Leipzig possibly part of Russian plan to cause ‘mayhem’
An incendiary device hidden in a DHL package that caught fire in Germany in July was due to be sent by air to the UK as part of a suspected Russian sabotage plot that may also have been a dry run for a similar attack on the US and Canada.
The device, reported to have been secreted in shipments of massage pillows and erotic gadgets, started a fire on the ground in Leipzig that was feared to be capable of downing a plane – similar to a package that ignited at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham on 22 July.
Continue reading...Putin meets N Korea foreign minister as Kyiv warns of troop deployment
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 11,000 North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk region bordering Ukraine.
Migrants stranded on Diego Garcia offered move to UK
Around 60 Tamils struck on the secretive military island are to be brought to the UK.
Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex
Mutant males struggle to mate, which could offer a way to controll mosquito populations, scientists say.
US election 2024: What are Harris and Trump’s positions on the key issues?
Here are the presidential candidates' positions on the economy, immigration, foreign policy and more.
Trump and Harris hold final campaign rallies on eve of US election
In final day of campaigning, Trump and Harris remain neck and neck, scrambling to win votes in crucial swing states.
Video: Heavy rains hit Barcelona after floods in central and east Spain
Flights and trains were cancelled in Barcelona on Monday after heavy rains caused flooding in parts of the city.
Ohio police officer found guilty of shooting a black man holding phone
Andre Hill was holding his phone while walking toward a police officer when he was fatally shot
Settlers attack two female IDF soldiers in West Bank – The Jerusalem Post
- Settlers attack two female IDF soldiers in West Bank The Jerusalem Post
- Department Press Briefing – November 4, 2024 Department of State
- Israeli settlers torch cars on Ramallah outskirts, residents say Reuters
- 'War for Judea and Samaria': Masked Assailants Set Fire to Vehicles in Palestinian City Haaretz
- Settlers assault pair of soldiers near West Bank settlement, IDF says The Times of Israel
Investors on the watch for who will be next US president
Caution prevailed on Monday as the winner of the tightly contested presidential election may be unknown for days.
Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza – The Associated Press
- Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza The Associated Press
- Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all CNN
- 'There's an assumption that if we close UNRWA, we will cancel the Palestinian refugees' Haaretz
- Israel ends cooperation deal with UN Palestinian relief agency Reuters
- Israel withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees The Hill
Greta Thunberg joins rally against Georgia’s government – POLITICO Europe
- Greta Thunberg joins rally against Georgia’s government POLITICO Europe
- Georgian opposition stages new protest over election result Reuters
- Thousands rally again in Georgia to protest the parliamentary election they say was rigged The Associated Press
- Georgia’s ruling party crushes the country’s European dream The Economist
- Climate Activist Thunberg Joins Georgian Election Protest (Video) Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty