What to Know About the Deportees the Trump Administration Wants to Send to South Sudan

What to Know About the Deportees the Trump Administration Wants to Send to South Sudan

The Trump administration is trying to deport a group of eight migrants to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. The men, who are from countries including Vietnam, Cuba and Mexico, are currently believed to be held at an American military base in the East African nation of Djibouti, after a federal … Read more

More than 95 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land unusable, UN warns

More than 95 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land unusable, UN warns

Israeli attacks on land, wells and greenhouses are exacerbating the already critical risk of famine in Gaza, the FAO says. Less than five percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland is able to be cultivated, according to a new geospatial assessment from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). The … Read more

Trump rows back tariff threat to agree EU trade-talk extension

Trump rows back tariff threat to agree EU trade-talk extension

US president continues to fuel global economic uncertainty with erratic trade policy. United States President Donald Trump has backed away from launching a trade war with the European Union, two days after threatening to impose punishing tariffs. Trump said on Sunday that he has agreed to extend trade negotiations with the EU to July 9 … Read more

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head, Jake Wood, Resigns

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head, Jake Wood, Resigns

The head of a group overseeing a contentious new aid program in the Gaza Strip resigned on Sunday, hours before the program was set to start operating, saying that he had found it impossible to perform the job independently. Jake Wood, the executive director of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, stepped down after reports in several news … Read more

US citizen charged with trying to attack US embassy branch in Tel Aviv

US citizen charged with trying to attack US embassy branch in Tel Aviv

Joseph Neumeyer, who is also a German citizen, approached the building on May 19 with Molotov cocktails, officials say. A dual United States and German citizen has been arrested on charges that he travelled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, federal prosecutors in New York … Read more

Israeli Airstrike Kills Doctor’s Children, Gaza Officials Say

Israeli Airstrike Kills Doctor’s Children, Gaza Officials Say

It began on Friday afternoon with an immense boom that residents say reverberated throughout the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Alaa al-Najjar, a pediatric physician, was at work at the city’s Nasser Hospital when she heard her neighborhood south of the city had been hit in an Israeli airstrike. By the time she arrived, … Read more

How desperate is Iran for a deal with the US? | Nuclear Energy

How desperate is Iran for a deal with the US? | Nuclear Energy

With Iran at its weakest point in decades, political scientist Vali Nasr argues that a deal with the US is imminent. With a battered economy and a restless population, Iran is as desperate as the United States to come together, Johns Hopkins University Professor Vali Nasr argues. Nasr told host Steve Clemons that US President … Read more

North Korea detains three officials over warship launch accident

North Korea detains three officials over warship launch accident

North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state media say. Parts of the 5,000-tonne destroyer’s bottom were crushed during the launch ceremony, tipping the vessel off balance. An investigation into the incident, which North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a “criminal … Read more

Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions – POLITICO

Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions – POLITICO

They argued that in some cases, the court “posed too many limitations on the states’ ability to decide whom to expel from their territories” and requested “a new and open minded conversation about the interpretation” of the court. Berset hit back at the group, saying in a statement that “upholding the independence and impartiality of … Read more

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