Police officers detain a demonstrator protesting outside the New York Stock Exchange (Picture Credit: AP) Police arrested more than 200 pro-Palestinian protestors, belonging to different activist groups. The demonstrators were arrested after they staged a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday to demand an end to US support for Israel‘s war in…
The New York Stock Exchange. Getty Images A pro-Palestinian protest erupted outside of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. There was no disruption to trading and none of the protestors appeared to make it to the historic trading floor. NYSE security fences off a perimeter area outside of the exterior of the building on…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Most Palestinian refugees living in camps in southern Lebanon or near Beirut have fled following escalating Israeli strikes, the head of the United Nations agency on Palestine refugees said on Friday, drawing parallels with mass displacement in Gaza. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told Reuters that the agency continued to provide services to…
VIENTIANE, Laos (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday there was deep concern in Asia about the plight of people in Gaza and conflict in the Middle East and stressed Washington was doing everything in its power to prevent those from spreading. Speaking in Laos after the East Asia Summit, Blinken…
Ratan Tata was laid to rest in Mumbai on Thursday (Oct 10) with state honors and thousands turned up to pay tribute. A stampede-like situation ensued outside Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), where people gathered to pay their last respects to Ratan Tata, who passed away late Wednesday. The United Nations Independent…
By Andrea Shalal DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) – Widespread anger among Arab Americans and Muslims over U.S. support for Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon could cost Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, the election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein told Reuters on Sunday. Polls show Stein garnering just 1% in the Nov. 5 election,…
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After a year of military operations between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the head of UNICEF warned that children there will face “post-generational challenges” due to the conflict. “If you look at Gaza really through the eyes of a child, it is a hellscape,” UNICEF’s executive director Catherine Russell…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to send troops into ground operations in Lebanon and attack the country. He also called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) (AFP) “I think…
NewsFeed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again employed rhetoric to cast his war on Palestinians in Gaza as ‘defending civilisation against barbarism’. This time, he was condemning France’s President Emmanuel Macron who called for an end to the sales of weapons to Israel that will be used in Gaza and Lebanon. Published On…
Hundreds of demonstrators held a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, chanting “Free Palestine” and “Long live the intifada” as they protested Israel’s war in Gaza and Lebanon while marching from Pershing Square to City Hall. The largely peaceful demonstration came two days before the anniversary of Oct. 7, when Hamas militants…