Building collapse in Gaza kills at least 19 people, and other Mideast developments
A building housing displaced Palestinian families has collapsed in Gaza City, killing at least 19 people, most of them women and children.
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What the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline could mean for oil flows
The pipeline is crucial to getting some crude out of the Middle East by shipping it to the Red Sea rather than through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here’s what to know
The comments touched a live rail in the histories of Britain and Ireland that lies behind a century of division and decades of violence. Reaction, for and against, was swift.
Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed
Threats to shipping in the region have intensified in the past week.
Death toll in Philippine ferry fire rises to 35 as more bodies are recovered
According to the manifest, 134 people were onboard.
A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran but is banned from leaving war-torn country
The family of Kamran Hekmati said on their website advocating for his release that he was let out of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Sept. 5 after completing his sentence.
A man fights for a new life in Cuba after the US expels him in an immigration crackdown
A Cuban man is fighting for a new life on his troubled island after the U.S. government expelled him as part of an immigration crackdown.
As Trump squeezes the International Criminal Court, more countries are leaving
The United States is increasing pressure on the International Criminal Court, leading to more countries leaving the institution. Venezuela and Chad recently announced their departure, joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
Ebola outbreak in Congo has now spread to the country’s seventh province, officials say
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to a seventh province, Sud-Ubangi, as cases continue to rise, local authorities said.
Houthis capture Red Sea island in threat to shipping, and other Mideast developments
Houthi rebels in Yemen captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Iran called for an end to Saudi Arabia’s blockade of Yemen.