Talks aimed at ending Sudan’s shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country’s humanitarian …
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began addressing a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem earlier this week commemorating the country’s dead from wars and other hostilities, Nir Galon rose to his feet and …
Nearly 200 Palestinians have managed to escape Gaza and obtain approval to travel to Canada — but they had to pay thousands of dollars to smuggle themselves into Egypt. That …
Raman Kumar says a federal plan to cover diabetes medications and supplies would be “phenomenal” because she’ll finally stop worrying about how to pay for her care. “It’s so expensive,” she said of replacing a …
Pressure mounted on Israel on Friday over the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid in an incident during which its soldiers fired at the crowd, with several countries backing a …
A decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law has some reproductive rights advocates and fertility law experts in Canada concerned about …
When you visit the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the children dance around you like fireflies, full of winks and whistles and happy to show the way …
Shramana Sarkar works variable shifts at two coffee shops while fitting in time to study and teach. From week to week, she doesn’t know when she’ll work or how much …
Day after day, thousands more people in northern Gaza are scrambling to get to a place of greater safety, as intense fighting rages there between Israel and Hamas. These civilians …
Nineteen-year-old Rabia Odeh flits through the darkened corridors of her family’s house in the Palestinian village of Qusra, south of Nablus, with a nervous energy. Her skin is pale against …