The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency has spent more than nine months denying its employees work alongside Hamas, dismissing these claims as Israeli propaganda. On Monday, the organization fired nine staffers for participating in the Oct. 7 terror spree that killed more than 1,200 Israelis. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced that
ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters)—Two Katyusha rockets on Monday were fired at Iraq’s Ain al–Asad air base which hosts U.S. and other international forces in western Iraq, security sources said. It was not clear if the attack caused any casualties or damage inside the base, the sources said. One security source said the rockets fell inside the
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has narrowed her search for a vice presidential running mate to two finalists, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and Minnesota governor Tim Walz, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Harris, the U.S. vice president, is expected to announce her selection by Tuesday, ahead of her first
As presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, Democrats are still divided over who is the best person to join her on the ticket. Behind the scenes, the contest to be the next Democratic vice-presidential nominee has reached its “ugly phase,” the New York Times reported Sunday, with
The Cboe Volatility Index, known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” on Monday spiked to its highest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as global equities plummeted amid growing concerns of a U.S. recession. The volatility index, or VIX, rose above 80 on Monday, up from around 23 on Friday and 17 a week
Reparations task force would target laws that ‘disproportionately and negatively affect African-Americans’ Kamala Harris, 2019 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The reparations bill supported by Vice President Kamala Harris would set up an independent commission similar to the one in California that called for sweeping changes to the criminal code in addition to monetary payouts to black
A University of Chicago professor whose brother is a convicted Iranian spy dismissed the notion that Tehran has boosted anti-Semitic protests on U.S. college campuses. Next semester, that professor will teach students about “Zionist settler colonialism.” Alireza Doostdar, an associate professor of Islamic studies and dual United States-Iranian citizen, is slated to teach a course