As the sun set in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Monday, air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles sent residents hurrying to shelters just as the Jewish holiday of Purim was starting.All public gatherings have been banned by military order, but four floors underground in the basement parking lot of a …
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First Lady Melania Trump pressed the cause of children caught in conflict as she chaired a UN Security Council meeting Monday as the US-Israeli war against Iran raged.Ambassadors from all of the Security Council’s members, including Washington’s rivals Russia and China, lined up to meet with Trump, representing the US as it takes over the …
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The US Congress is scheduled to vote this week on motions seeking to curb President Donald Trump as he wages war against Iran, but the Republican majority will probably shield him.Trump has sought to expand executive power drastically since returning to the White House in 2025, overshadowing the legislature.So some lawmakers now want to reassert …
The US Congress is scheduled to vote this week on motions seeking to curb President Donald Trump as he wages war against Iran, but the Republican majority will probably shield him.Trump has sought to expand executive power drastically since returning to the White House in 2025, overshadowing the legislature.So some lawmakers now want to reassert …
Energy prices surged Monday as the war in the Middle East led to outages of key energy production operations and a critical waterway was essentially emptied of traffic.European natural gas prices finished the day up more than 39 percent after surging more than 50 percent earlier in the day.Brent oil futures rose to above $82 …
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Energy prices surged Monday as the war in the Middle East led to outages of key energy production operations and a critical waterway was essentially emptied of traffic.European natural gas prices finished the day up more than 39 percent after surging more than 50 percent earlier in the day.Brent oil futures rose to above $82 …
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The United States said Monday that it was imposing sanctions on Rwanda’s military, taking action against a longtime partner it accused of violating a peace agreement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The mineral-rich east of DRC has seen decades of conflict, but violence flared last year when the Rwandan-backed M23 group made huge gains, capturing …
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The United States said Monday that it was imposing sanctions on Rwanda’s military, taking action against a longtime partner it accused of violating a peace agreement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The mineral-rich east of DRC has seen decades of conflict, but violence flared last year when the Rwandan-backed M23 group made huge gains, capturing …
Les célébrations de Pourim ont commencé lundi dans les abris à Tel-Aviv, quand une alerte aux missiles iraniens a contraint les habitants à se précipiter sous terre à l’heure même du début de cette fête juive, au coucher du soleil.Tous les rassemblements publics sont interdits en Israël, sur ordre des autorités, mais au niveau moins …
Donald Trump est apparu lundi pour une cérémonie à la Maison Blanche avec une plaque rougeâtre bien visible dans le cou, due selon son médecin à l’application d’un traitement “préventif”.Une photographie de l’AFP montre une zone rouge et couverte de croûtes brunâtres dépassant du col de chemise, sur le côté droit du cou du président …
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