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Israeli medics say 3 killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

Editorial Bureau May 6, 2022

JERUSALEM — Israeli medics say at least three people were killed in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday night. Police said they suspect it was a militant attack and that the assailant fled in a vehicle. Security forces set up roadblocks in the area around where the killings occurred, in

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Israel searches for attackers who killed 3 in mass stabbing

Editorial Bureau May 6, 2022

JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces were waging a massive manhunt Friday for two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a stabbing rampage near Tel Aviv that left three Israelis dead. The stabbing on Thursday, Israel’s Independence Day, was the latest in a series of deadly assaults deep inside the country in recent weeks. It came as […]

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Israel commemorates war dead with nationwide pause, sirens

Editorial Bureau May 5, 2022

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel honored its soldiers and civilians killed in wars and militant attacks on Wednesday, with air raid sirens wailing nationwide for two minutes and citizens observing a moment of pause for Memorial Day. Ceremonies and poetry readings were held at cemeteries for the over 24,000 people lost in Israel’s conflicts, before […]

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Dubai delivery drivers walk off job in rare protest over pay

Editorial Bureau May 3, 2022

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Food-delivery drivers protesting wage cuts and grueling working conditions went on an extremely rare strike in Dubai over the weekend — a mass walkout that paralyzed one of the country’s main delivery apps and revived concerns about labor conditions in the emirate. The strike started late Saturday and ended early […]

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Ukrainian girl, 5, gets lifesaving heart treatment in Israel

Editorial Bureau May 3, 2022

HOLON, Israel — Five-year-old Karina Andreiko wasn’t hurt in the war in Ukraine. In some ways, she was saved because of it. Stressed by the long search for why her daughter was smaller than other kids — and by the war with Russia — Karina’s mother last month sought help from an Israeli field hospital […]

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Israel holding more than 600 without charge, most since 2016

Editorial Bureau May 3, 2022

JERUSALEM — Israel is holding some 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said Monday. Israel says it uses so-called administrative detention to thwart attacks and to hold dangerous militants without revealing sensitive intelligence. Palestinians and rights groups say the system is widely abused and denies

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No fireworks for Israeli Independence Day over PTSD concerns

Editorial Bureau May 2, 2022

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s raucous Independence Day celebrations will be a little quieter this year. Although fireworks are typically a mainstay at parties across the country, this year many of the glittering yet noisy displays have been cancelled over concerns by some military veterans who say the cracking and banging dredges up the horrors […]

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As Iran-Taliban tensions rise, Afghan migrants in tinderbox

Editorial Bureau May 2, 2022

TEHRAN, Iran — The Taliban members who killed her activist husband offered Zahra Husseini a deal: Marry one of us, and you’ll be safe. Husseini, 31, decided to flee. Through swaths of lawless flatlands she and her two small children trekked by foot, motorcycle and truck until reaching Iran. As Afghanistan plunged into economic crisis […]

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Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry

Editorial Bureau May 2, 2022

CAIRO — For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugar-dusted cookies typically fills the air in Mona Abubakr’s home. But due to higher prices, the Egyptian housewife this year made smaller quantities of the sweet treats, some of which she gives as gifts to relatives and […]

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Why are foes Turkey and Saudi Arabia fixing ties?

Editorial Bureau April 30, 2022

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The killing by Saudi agents of columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul turned an already tense and shaky relationship between Turkey and Saudi Arabia into complete free-fall. Fast-forward 3 1/2 years later and it appears Turkey and Saudi Arabia are attempting to build a bridge and move […]