Palestinians on Friday converged near the fence that separates Gaza strip from Israel, to demonstrate against Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.  Gaza’s National Authority for Return and Breaking the Siege (NARBS), which organizes weekly rallies, called on...

U.S. immigration authorities plan to launch Sunday a sweeping effort to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three unnamed U.S. officials. In a call with reporters earlier this week, Mark Morgan, the acting...

United Nations food chief David Beasley said Friday he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Program said Thursday it had started a partial...

Attempts to trigger a national referendum – or RIP – on plans to privatise Paris airports have thrown a spanner in the works for Emmanuel Macron. But they may also help the president deliver on a pledge to breathe new life into French democracy. In an unprecedented show of unity,...