The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen and Turkey alleged to help provide funding to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who have been launching attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the southern Red Sea. Included in the sanctions are the head of a financial intermediary in Sana’a, … Read more
“This is a theatre, there are no weapons or terrorists here,” said Ahmed Tobasi Jenin, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinian Freedom Theatre in the occupied West Bank will welcome actors back this weekend, just over a fortnight after an Israeli raid on the centre sparked an international outcry. Its artistic director Ahmed Tobasi told AFP the … Read more
Roy Hodgson’s position as Crystal Palace manager is under mounting pressure after eight games without a win, with Steve Cooper in the frame to replace the former England manager following his sacking by Nottingham Forest earlier this month. It is understood that Hodgson, who was seen spitting on the ground in frustration as he made … Read more
Egypt says it has proposed a framework to end the conflict in Gaza Egypt said on Thursday that it had put forward a framework proposal to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip that includes three stages ending with a ceasefire, and said it was awaiting responses on the plan. Egypt … Read more
Article content A fourth and final suspect is in police custody following a brazen daytime robbery at an electronics store in Scarborough in which an off-duty Toronto cop was stabbed. Article content Toronto Police say Preston Calladine, 48, of Toronto, was arrested and charged on Wednesday. Article content He is facing numerous offences including robbery … Read more
Pending home sales in November were unchanged compared with October and 5.2% lower than November of last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. The reading, which is based on signed contracts during the month, is a forward-looking indicator of closed sales as well as the most current look at what potential homebuyers are … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday said that Western nations are quietly changing strategy regarding the war in Ukraine. “Some ‘calls’ begin, whispers, like, why don’t you meet with someone in Europe who would be ready to talk, and talk about Ukraine without Ukraine,” Lavrov told state-owned news organizations RIA Novosti and Rossiya 24, … Read more
(WPHL) – Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who infamously plotted to kill her mother, was released from prison early Thursday morning after serving more than seven years behind bars. The now-32-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2016 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her mother Clauddine “‘Dee Dee” Blanchard. Gypsy’s … Read more
The Israel Defence Forces said Wednesday it was assessing a Hamas claim that the youngest Israeli hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his brother and his mother are dead. The armed wing of Hamas said earlier Wednesday, without providing evidence, that Kfir, his four-year-old brother, Ariel, and their mother, Shiri, were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The … Read more
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine – They recognized the TV repairman. The residents of Oleshky in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine could not identify many of those they buried after a catastrophic dam collapse in June sent water coursing through their homes and shattered their lives. The bodies were too bloated and discoloured, volunteer rescuers and health workers said. They … Read more
