Kamala Harris campaign raises $200 million in a week

Thousands of empty classrooms in Afghanistan as Taliban bans girls’ education KABUL: Before the Taliban banned girls’ secondary education, some of Salma’s friends went to her school in Kabul with her sister. But since the ban was imposed nearly three years ago, they have stopped going to class altogether. “They didn’t want to come alone. … Read more

Arab Parliament denounces ‘shameful international silence over Deir Al-Balah massacre’ 

CAIRO: There was widespread condemnation on Sunday of an Israeli airstrike on a school used by Palestinian settlers in the central Gaza Strip that killed at least 30 people, including several children. The Arab parliament condemned “the brutal targeting and brutal massacre of unarmed Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces inside a field hospital in the … Read more

Lebanon’s MEA delays some Beirut flight arrivals to Monday morning

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) said it was delaying the departure of some incoming flights scheduled to land in Beirut overnight on Sunday and instead allowing them to arrive on Monday morning. Israel vowed swift retaliation against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah after 12 children and teenagers were killed by rockets in the Israeli-occupied … Read more

Israel launches devastating raids on Lebanon’s south and Bekaa

BEIRUT: Lebanon warned of massive retaliation on Sunday, calling for an international investigation into an airstrike that killed 12 people, including children, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Hezbollah denied accusations that Israel bombed Majdal Shams on Saturday, saying in a statement that “the Islamic Resistance had absolutely nothing to do with this incident and we … Read more

Thousands of Druze mourn youths killed in Golan rocket attack

Tel Aviv, Israel: Israeli authorities said Saturday that at least 11 children and teenagers were killed in a rocket attack at a soccer stadium, the deadliest attack on Israeli targets along Israel’s northern border since fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began, raising concerns about a wider regional war.Israel has blamed Hezbollah … Read more