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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is engaged in full-on damage control after the president’s disastrous debate performance, seeking to assure top donors Biden can still win the election, rejecting calls that he bow out and trying to convince voters that he’s up for another term President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk […]

The head of Gaza’s largest hospital Mohammed Abu Salmiya has accused Israel of abuse and torture after being released from a seven-month detention on Monday. Al-Shifa hospital Director Mohammed Abu Salmiya, who was detained by Israeli forces since November, is welcomed by relatives, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, July 1, 2024. (AFP Photo) […]

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reiterated on Saturday Egypt’s warnings against the impact of any expansion of the “gravely escalating conflict in the Gaza Strip” on security and stability in the region President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi receives President of European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Cairo, 29 June, 2024. Photo: Egyptian Presidency The Egyptian president called […]

“I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job,” the president told supporters at a rally in North Carolina. In front of a crowd of a few hundred supporters on Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden was far more energized and fired up than on […]

The Ukrainian leader’s visit to Brussels during a summit of EU leaders came days after the country held its first membership talks with the bloc. Copyright AP Photo The European Union on Thursday signed a security agreement with Ukraine, pledging to continue providing the war-torn country with military, financial, diplomatic and humanitarian support over the […]

Israeli tanks closed in on the Mawasi camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Sunday after killing at least 47 people in overnight airstrikes. A Palestinian rescue worker carries casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Palestine, June 22, 2024. (Reuters Photo) Images of […]

The ban on headscarves in Tajikistan is seen as a reflection of the political line that the government of president-for-life Emomali Rahmon has been pursuing since 1997. Copyright AP Photo/Maxim Marmur Tajikistan’s government passed a law banning the hijab, the latest in a string of 35 wide-ranging religion-related acts, in a move described by the […]

ATMIS, a peacekeeping force, is committed to withdrawing by December 31, when a smaller new force is expected to replace it [File: Tobin Jones/AFP]   Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters news agency show, with neighbouring countries fretting that […]

Unknown assailants have attacked two Orthodox churches and a synagogue in the majority Muslim republic of Dagestan, state media reported Sunday, killing at least two police officers, one priest and one security guard. Attackers opened fire at the synagogue and church in the city of Derbent with automatic rifles at around 6:00 p.m. local time before […]

At least three people were killed in a Russian bombing attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukraine’s president said. Copyright Andrii Marienko/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved Another 38 people were wounded in the attack, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Four aerial bombs were launched against the city, damaging residential buildings, […]