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EU’s ‘reluctance’ to act over Israel criticised by 27 former ambassadors
Published on 11/07/2025 - 12:29 GMT+2•Updated 12:41 The EU's “reluctance to take serious action against Israel” in relation to its conduct in Gaza and the West Bank has been criticised by 27 former EU ambassadors to the Middle East and North...

Food and fuel for Gaza: Europe unveils an aid deal as Israeli strike kills over 36
Smoke and fire rise to the sky following an Israeli army bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — European officials struck a new deal...

Regional trade could focus South Africa’s muddled foreign policy
Regional trade could focus South Africa’s muddled foreign policy Coalition governance is messy, but parties should be able to agree on prioritising economic growth and trade into Africa. South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) has just...

Gaza school bombed: 8 dead as Israel sets ceasefire demands
At least eight Palestinians were killed when an Israeli air strike hit a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza. Local medical sources confirmed that many others were wounded. The school was in an area where civilians had gathered...

Eight children among those killed by Israeli strike while queuing at Gaza health clinic
The bodies of women and children were left scattered on the streets of central Gaza after an Israeli airstrike landed in front of a Project HOPE health clinic on Thursday. CNN Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond reports on the young victims of...

Israel’s Cyberstarts launches $300 million fund to help startups retain top talent
Cyberstarts, a venture capital fund founded by tech veteran Gili Raanan that invests in early-stage cybersecurity firms, has created a $300 million fund to help its startups retain top talent and counter brain drain trends. The employee liquidity...

New settler police force tightens Israeli grip on occupied West Bank
Israeli Police Minister Ben-Gvir forms an armed settler unit in al-Khalil, raising concerns over "Israel's" further occupation efforts in the occupied West Bank. Israeli far-right Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has established a new police unit...

Gaza cash crisis paralyses economy as families forced to sell belongings
Gaza Strip: Cash is the lifeblood of the Gaza Strip’s shattered economy, and like all other necessities in this war-torn territory — food, fuel, medicine — it is in extremely short supply. With nearly every bank branch and ATM inoperable, people...
Can AI Stay Neutral? Grok’s Israel-Palestine Replies Raise Doubts
Something odd is happening with Grok 4, that latest AI version. Ask it who to support in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and instead of giving a direct answer, the chatbot turns around and checks what Elon Musk has posted on the topic. That’s not a...

Irán expulsa a medio millón de afganos en 16 días desde el reciente conflicto con Israel, dice la ONU
Por Nick Paton Walsh, Masoud Popalzai y Sarah El-Sirgany, CNN Más de medio millón de afganos han sido expulsados de Irán en los 16 días transcurridos desde que terminó el conflicto con Israel, según Naciones Unidas, en lo que puede ser uno de...

Grok AI chatbot explains why it is ‘consulting’ Elon Musk for Israel-Palestine, abortion, immigration and everything ‘controversial’
Grok 4 has been caught repeatedly consulting Elon Musk's X posts when answering controversial questions about immigration, abortion, and the Israel-Palestine conflict. When asked directly why it mirrors its creator's communication style, xAI's...

What does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act mean for Israeli tech?
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed by Congress following a dramatic vote last week. President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on July 4th, United States’ Independence Day. This landmark legislation is the product of months of...

Israeli attacks kill at least 36 in Gaza
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Tel Aviv Reconnected: Flights from Sofia, London, Rome and More Resume in August
Wizz Air is accelerating its return to Israel. The low-cost carrier confirmed it will resume flights to Tel Aviv on August 8, more than a month earlier than initially planned. The original relaunch date was September 15. With regional airspace now...

UN warns Israeli strikes in West Bank escalate damage, hinder return of displaced Palestinians
Ongoing Israeli attacks on towns in the occupied West Bank are causing widespread destruction and severely worsening the humanitarian situation, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday. In its...

Two 14-year-olds arrested over vandalism at Muslim cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City
Two youths were arrested on Thursday for vandalizing tombstones and graves at a cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City, Israel Police said in a statement. The graveyard vandalized was the Muslim al-Yusufiyah cemetery, located near Lion’s Gate of the...

How much is Nvidia worth? Take our business and investing news quiz
Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s business and investing news quiz. Join us each week to test your knowledge of the stories making headlines. Our business reporters come up with the questions, and you can show us what you know. This week: Prime...

Israel first responders say one dead in West Bank attack
Emergency services said they were called to reports of a person injured in a shooting in the car park of a shopping centre in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem [GETTY] An Israeli man was killed in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, local...

Israel flattens homes in Tulkarm as bulldozers arrive from US
Israel received armoured bulldozers to demolish homes in the occupied West Bank [Getty] Massive arms shipments from the US is accelerating a wave of Israeli destruction in the occupied West Bank with armoured bulldozers arriving as Palestinian...

Faith in Action: How American Christians Can Stand with Israel Today
ANALYSIS A few weeks ago, as I was in New York, Facetiming with my three children in Israel – our family routine whenever sirens go off alerting people to rush to nearby bomb shelters – our worst fear came true. An Iranian missile struck our...