UNITED NATIONS — In an upcoming report to the U.N. Security Council, the world body’s secretary general plans to Israel and Hamas are at war that violates the rights and protection of children. The foreword to last year’s report states that it lists parties involved in “the killing and maiming of children, rape and other […]

For first-time visitors, dining in Italy can be confusing. Even if you understand the language, you’ll want to research national traditions, such as aperitif: Italian version of happy hour. Likewise, impatient Americans will have to do the same to adjust to the slow, often hours-long dinners in Italy that are as much an experience as

In the face of major crises and threats from Russia and extremists, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made an urgent plea for a strong and united Europe. “The European Union cannot be taken for granted,” she said on Friday evening during the final meeting of the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc in Munich.

According to a report by the United Nations labor agency, the unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip has risen to almost 80 percent during the war between Israel and Hamas that has been raging since October. released Friday. The war has caused massive job losses, pushing Gaza’s unemployment rate to 79.1 percent, according to the

France plans to immediately train Ukrainian pilots and mechanics for the promised Mirage fighter jets, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. “The priority is to immediately start training pilots and mechanics. This will start in France in the coming days,” Macron said at the Élysée

France is discussing with partners the deployment of military trainers in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. “We want to have a coalition for efficiency reasons and several of our partners have already given their agreement,” Macron said on Friday evening. “We will use

A World War II-era phosphorus bomb discovered at a construction site at Frankfurt Airport has been successfully defused, a police spokesman said on Friday. The decades-old bomb was discovered during construction work around the new Terminal 3. White phosphorus incendiary bombs were widely used against Germany during the Second World War. An exclusion zone was

Several hundred people demonstrating against Islamism on Friday at a rally organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Mannheim were confronted by several thousand counter-demonstrators calling on the Nazis to leave the country. The demonstrations followed a fatal attack on a police officer by an Afghan immigrant on May 31. Police said

The Israeli army says it has again attacked a school complex of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to take action against a Hamas cell. Members of the terrorist organization had used a container on the school grounds of the Al-Shati refugee camp in the northern

ROME (AP) — The global total volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals harvested by agriculture has surpassed the amount taken wildly from the world’s waters for the first time ever, the United States reported. Nations Friday. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says in its latest report on fisheries and aquaculture –