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Middle East crisis live: US warns Israel and Iran that conflict must not escalate | Israel-Gaza war
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Israel’s neglect will mean that ambassadors from Western countries, including the United States, will skip ceremonies marking the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, officials said Wednesday. Nagasaki’s mayor said last week that he had not invited Israeli Ambassador Gilad […]
The Middle East must turn away from the abyss and toward peace
Sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better. Now may be the time to avoid war in the Middle East and call for a new era of “respect for each other’s ways of life.” Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and President Biden could follow the example of Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and President […]
New York City, Philadelphia face significant flood threat as Debby’s tropical moisture spreads up East Coast
Tropical Storm Debby may still be wreaking havoc in the Southeast, but tens of millions of people in the Northeast, including New York City and Philadelphia, face the threat of significant flooding as the deadly storm’s tropical moisture spreads up the U.S. East Coast. Debby made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region early Monday as […]
NYC developer sues city for $50M over stalled East Side riverfront project
The Adams administration’s botched plan to build a seawall along the shoreline of the East River cost the city a valuable and much-needed life sciences facility and cost a potential developer at least $50 million, a stunning lawsuit alleges. New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate developer Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) alleges in a lawsuit […]
Son of Hamas founder rips Biden-Harris administration’s ‘total denial’ in Middle East
Mosab Hassan Yousef, author of “From Hamas to America,” said Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration are not acting quickly enough to stem rising tensions in the Middle East, particularly between Israel and Iran. Yousef, who defected to Israel in 1997 and converted to Christianity in 1999, is the son of […]
US seeks to limit chances of larger Middle East war
Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text Several US soldiers injured in attack on Iraqi base Several US military personnel in Iraq were wounded in a suspected rocket attack on Monday, according to a defense spokesman. The attack struck Al-Asad Air Base in […]
What it will take for Yankees to win AL East and be playoff threat
Don’t look now, but the only team more likely to win the World Series this season than the Yankees is the Dodgers. At least, that’s according to Fangraphs, which projected the Braves as overwhelming favorites to win the championship a year ago this time last October, only for 104-win Atlanta to lose to the 90-win […]
‘Vendetta’ against East Hampton restaurant Sartiano’s: source
Around 7 p.m. on a Thursday, just after aperitivo ended, plates of $85 veal Parmesan and $82 strip loin were delivered to a white-tableclothed table at the East Hamptons branch of Sartiano’s, a trendy Italian restaurant in SoHo frequented by celebrities like Paul McCartney, Martha Stewart, Margot Robbie and Gisele Bündchen. But outside the hot […]
UK prepares to evacuate civilians from Lebanon as Middle East conflict widens | Lebanon
Britain is stepping up preparations for the possible evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon following last week’s assassinations in Beirut and Tehran blamed on Israel that threaten to turn the war in Gaza into a region-wide conflict. Consular experts, border patrol officers and military personnel have been deployed to the region as part of plans […]