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BRUSSELS — United States and Egyptian mediators are heading to Israel to begin de-escalation talks, but the antagonists face critical political decisions before they will agree to begin discussions on ending the violence. Both Israel and Hamas first have to find ways to spin a narrative of victory for their publics, analysts say, but the task will be easier for Hamas than for Israel. Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has to...

The Globe and Mail Published May 13, 2021 Updated May 13, 2021 Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel’s commercial heartland on Thursday as Israel kept up a punishing bombing campaign in Gaza and massed tanks and troops on the enclave’s border. DAN BALILTY /The New York Times News Service 1 of 12 AMIR COHEN/Reuters Hatem Moussa/The Associated Press 3 of 12 Adel Hana/The Associated Press 4 of 12 Hatem Moussa/The Associated Press 5 of 12 AMIR COHEN/Reuters MOHAMMED SALEM/Reuters AMIR COHEN/Reuters Oded Balilty/The Associated Press 9 of 12 SUHAIB SALEM/Reuters AMIR COHEN/Re...

How a Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Forced Evictions Spiraled Rapidly Toward 'Full-Scale War' Time 2 hrs ago © Heidi Levine—Sipa USA Palestinians sit at a large table to break the fast during Ramadan as Israeli border police guard Jewish settlers, outside one of the homes they have taken over from a Palestinian family and near other homes of Palestinians facing eviction, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 7, 2021. When Muna Dajani’s grandparents moved into Sheikh Jarrah in 1956, they thought that the traumatic past was behind them. Driven from their hom...

Covid 19 coronavirus: World's most vaccinated nation is spooked by Covid spike 12 May, 2021 09:07 PM 7 minutes to read Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in February. The island nation, with a population of just over 100,000, is now battling a surge of the coronavirus and has had to reimpose a lockdown. Photo / AP Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in February. The island nation, with a population of just over 100,000, is now battling a surge of the coronavirus and has had to reimpose a lockdown. Photo / AP New York Times By: Sui-Lee Wee Seychelles has seen a surge in coronavirus cases ev...

Gulf News editors' comment on trending local, regional and international events 1 of 4 ALLOWING APPLICATIONS IN ABU DHABI COURTS OF APPEAL IN MULTIPLS LANGUAGES A MARKER OF UAE’S PROGRESS: Introducing judicial reforms and simplifying the judicial process for the benefit of Emiratis and expatriates alike have been two of the key markers of the UAE’s march on the path of progress and unprecedented growth in terms of development and nurturing of human life and talent. In that sense, the decision by Abu Dhabi Judicial Department to allow filing of all paperwork related to co...