Posted . A countdown to a fourth election in Israel in more than a year of political deadlock began on Thursday after Pr …
Israel loans PA money, FM warns against Palestinian COVID-19 crisis
Israel loaned money to the Palestinian Authority to help avert a COVID-19 economic and humanitarian crisis. “The situation with [coronavirus] in the West Bank worries us all and could cause a …
Israel Faces Possible Fourth Election After Unity Government Talks Falter
Israel moved closer to a fourth election after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz failed to agree on a unity government deal, extending a period of political uncertainty as …
Top Boston news: More than 400 Beth Israel Lahey employees test positive; One Boston Day observed
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Israel Edges Closer to 4th Election as Unity Talks Falter
After a year of political deadlock, lawmakers have just 21 days to come up with a formula for a majority government.
Michael Jordan, layer by layer, pulls back the curtain on his life and career
Just how much of Michael Jordan, one of the most recognizable people on the planet even years after he retired from the NBA remains to be revealed? Indeed, just how much is there to him than his …
HRW Says Azerbaijan Abuses COVID-19 Restrictions To Crack Down On Critics
The arrests “fall squarely within a long-standing pattern of political retaliation in Azerbaijan,” said Giorgi Gogia, associate director for Europe and Central Asia at HRW. He urged the authorities to …
In Syria, online salsa class sidesteps lockdown gloom
Inside her living room in the Syrian capital, Aline Srouji steps forward and backward at a near-dizzying pace, demonstrating to her students locked down at home how to Salsa. Performing to a phone …
Coronavirus could kill 100,000 in Syria’s last rebel enclave, officials warn
Doctor working in war-torn Idlib province says it’s “impossible” to self-isolate in the crowded camps for displaced Syrians, so if COVID-19 arrives, “it would be a disaster.” …
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un missing at ‘Day of the Sun’ honors as nation insists no coronavirus cases
Senior officials in North Korea paid tribute to the remote kingdom’s founder Kim Il Sung on Wednesday but it was the apparent absence of current dictator Kim Jong Un that’s raising eyebrows if …