By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Ramadan Abed and Jaidaa Ahmad CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – At least 17 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza town of Zawayda on Saturday, health officials said, as Israel issued new evacuation orders, citing Hamas rocket fire nearby. Israel also announced the names of two soldiers […]
Blinken to push for Gaza ceasefire; Israel launches fresh strikes
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli strikes killed 19 people in Gaza on Sunday, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said, ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to push forward ceasefire talks. The children and their mother were killed in an Israeli airstrike on […]
Harris campaigns in swing state Pennsylvania en route to Chicago convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris brings her presidential campaign to the critical state of Pennsylvania on Sunday before heading on to Chicago, where the Democratic Party this week is due to nominate her to take on Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 election. Opinion polls have shown Harris bringing fresh energy to […]
Suggestions Poland helped Nord Stream sabotage are groundless, says presidential aide
WARSAW (Reuters) – Suggestions that Ukrainian authorities supported by Poland were behind planning and executing the sabotage attack on Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 are groundless, the Polish president’s aide said on Sunday. Germany’s former intelligence chief August Hanning told Die Welt this week he believed there were agreements between presidents of Poland and […]