"They punished ordinary people. This is collective punishment." It's been more than nine months since 54-year-old Nehaya al-Jundi last saw her home in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nur Shams, in the occupied West Bank, after being forced to evacuate by the Israeli military. "They punished the inf»»»

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, announced Friday that he decided not to run for governor of Ohio. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, has decided not to run for governor of his state in 2026. "After careful consideration, much praye»»»

Tunis, Nov 21 (TAP) – The 29th session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), a statutory body of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), will be hosted in Hammamet (Nabeul Governorate) November...»»»

A pedestrian has died of her injuries after a traffic accident just before 7 p.m. in the Pagkrati district involving two vehicles. According to initial reports, the vehicles collided at the intersection of Iliados and Neoptolemou streets, causing one of them to veer off course and strike the pedest»»»

Argentina's former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, stands on the balcony of her home in Buenos Aires in June at her home, where she has been serving a six-year prison sentence. File Photo by Martin Quintana/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A federal court in Argentina ordered the seizu»»»

DOHA, Nov 21 (KUNA) -- The quarterfinals matches of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by the Qatari capital Doha, kicked off Friday, and will continue until November 27.In today's matches, Austria defeated Japan 1-0, Italy defeated Burkina Faso 1-0, while Portugal defeated Switzerland 2-0, and finall»»»

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport has issued a new administrative decision introducing a broad set of regulatory amendments aimed at strengthening the emirate’s construction and engineering sector, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. Under the updated rules, local a»»»

Kinshasa: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) HE Felix Tshisekedi held an official session of talks on Monday at the Presidential Office in Kinshasa. At the outset of the session, HE the President Felix Tshisekedi welcomed HH the A»»»

Kinshasa: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) HE Felix Tshisekedi witnessed the signing ceremony of an agreement and several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the two countries at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, on Friday.»»»

National Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism and Deputy Foreign Minister Maria Angelieva met with a delegation of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), led by Anne-Sophie Sebban-Becache, the organization’s Europe Vice President, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Friday. Both sides h»»»

Dubai: Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office, has launched a striking visual tribute to the UAE’s Founding Fathers on the Dubai Metro Red Line. The installation features powerful images of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saee»»»

President Rumen Radev argued Friday that MRF – New Beginning Floor Leader Delyan Peevski and GERB-UDF Floor Leader Boyko Borissov are “dismantling the State” and have violated the Constitution and the rights of Bulgarians by refusing to consider his proposal to hold a national referendum with the q»»»

Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A cashier at a Family Dollar store in Pennsylvania was in for a surprise when a panicked 11-year-old boy ran in through the front doors, pursued by a bear. Cole Frazee said he was outside the Family Dollar store in Markleysburg while waiting for his father to finish shopping when h»»»

Noah Zeiter, one of Lebanon’s most wanted men on charges of drug trafficking and opening fire at security forces, was not arrested in a routine operation. His capture marked the culmination of a three-year pursuit that unfolded as power dynamics shifted on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria border. Th»»»

The Dubai Airshow organizing committee expressed its deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the family of the pilot who lost his life on Friday after his aircraft crashed during the air display accompanying the exhibition. In a statement, the committee affirmed its solidarity with his family d»»»

A Missouri court is all shook up following the resignation of a judge who was disciplined for wearing an Elvis Presley wig in court and occasionally playing the singer's songs during proceedings. Matthew EP Thornhill, the longest-serving circuit judge in St Charles County, is a self-described Elvis»»»

Judge Svetla Daskalova, the reporting judge in the case against Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev, ordered his transfer from the Sofia Prison to Varna Prison, the Regional Court said on Friday. In a second order, she scheduled an open court hearing for November 27 to examine the motions submitted by Kots»»»

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday addressed the Ukrainian people and told them that the U.S. peace plan creates an 'extremely difficult choice' for Ukraine. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told his people that the»»»

Dubai: The VEO Ride came back to Dubai Creek Harbour for its second year as part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2025 and it's become one of the community's favourite events. After a successful first edition last year, the ride brought together fitness fans, families, charity supporters, and even fi»»»

The National Press Club's exhibit in its Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library displays items members of the Pentagon press corps carried as they walked out of their workspaces Oct. 15. Photo by Beth Francesco/National Press Club WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Members of the Pentagon press corps»»»

Dubai: Aircraft orders at the Dubai Airshow 2025 continued their steep climb on the fourth day of the event, with total deals reaching Dh418 billion, following the announcement of Dh6.4 billion in new contracts by the Ministry of Defence. Orders placed by the UAE’s national carriers, both firm comm»»»

Months before an FBI witness was gunned down in broad daylight, a Toronto-area lawyer allegedly advised his client: "if you kill this witness, the case will be dismissed". Speaking to media on Wednesday, US attorney Bill Essayli alleged that this advice, between lawyer Deepak Paradkar and Ryan Wedd»»»

A stark warning from France's new army chief about the country "losing its children" in a potential war with Russia has sharply divided political opinion. Gen Fabien Mandon, who took over as army chief-of-staff in September, told a congress of mayors on Tuesday that France's biggest weakness in tod»»»

A pedestrian has been hospitalized in serious condition following a traffic accident that occurred just before 7 p.m. in downtown Pangrati involving two vehicles. An ambulance rushed the pedestrian from the scene at the intersection of Iliados and Neoptolemou streets to a hospital. Police traffic u»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday he planned to offer a formal statement to the US regarding Serbia's Russian majority-owned oil company NIS - which is under US sanctions - and said he believed the US would understand Serbia's position and grant NIS a licence that wo»»»

Tunis, Nov 21 (TAP) – The National Road Safety Observatory (ONSR) launched a Grand Prize for Innovation in the road safety and smart digital services field.The six-month competition aims to encourage the development of smart solutions and...»»»

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy will publish a book next month about his experience of serving three weeks in jail, he announced on Friday, less than a fortnight after his release. Sarkozy, 70, last month became the first president in the history of modern France to go to jail after his c»»»

Efforts to recover the bodies of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip have become increasingly complicated, Palestinian factions say, after searches resumed following a brief pause that produced no results and with Palestinian groups yet to locate the remaining three bodies in their custody. Fighters»»»

An Italian historian has spoken out after a proposed public lecture on Russophobia was censored by a local political party, due to his views on the situation in Russia’s Donbass. The renowned anti-fascist intellectual at the University of Turin told told RT on Thursday that it is essential to look »»»

While cleaning out their late mother's California attic last Christmas, three brothers made a life-changing discovery under a pile of faded newspapers: one of the first Superman comics ever made. An original copy of the June 1939 first edition on the Man of Steel's adventures, it was in a remarkabl»»»

Tunis, Nov. 21 (TAP) – The stock market edged up 0.52% on Friday to 13,262.04 points, in a sustained volume of TND 9.5 million, according to stockbroker Tunisie Valeurs. No block transactions were carried out during the session. Without being traded...»»»

The Albanian Council of Ministers has submitted an official request to the Constitutional Court, seeking a ruling on the decision that suspended Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku from office over allegations of violating equality in public procurement procedures. In its filing, the Prime Minist»»»

A man has died after the car he was driving plunged into the sea from the port pier in Salamina. The coast guard said the man, the only person in the vehicle, was immediately taken by ambulance to the Salamina health center, where he was pronounced dead. Divers searched the sunken car for additiona»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility), part of the Department of Municipalities and Transport, announced that heavy vehicle traffic will be banned on Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Road (E11) and Al Raha Beach Road (E10) starting December 1. The decision also restricts trucks f»»»

The European Investment Bank will provide PLN 206 million to the University of Silesia to modernize and expand its campuses in Katowice and Cieszyn. The project includes new research and teaching facilities, such as an interdisciplinary chemistry lab and a biotechnology and biodiversity centre, as »»»

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Envoy, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, will visit Tirana from 24 to 26 November to meet with high-level government officials, representatives of the international community and youth civil society organizations. The aim of the visit is to further strengthen the OSC»»»

A man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the manslaughter of an Irish woman in New York last year. Sarah McNally, who was originally from County Longford, died after being stabbed at the Céilí House pub in Maspeth in Queens. Marcin Pieciak stabbed Ms McNally 19 times. He had been charged »»»

Bulgaria's Ministry of Innovation and Growth will invest nearly EUR 115 million in 2026 in national infrastructure for secure satellite communications and joint projects between businesses and academia. The funding will be allocated through eight new procedures under the Research, Innovation and Di»»»

At a meeting on Wednesday with Anne-Sophie Sebban-Becache, Vice President of Europe at the American Jewish Committee, who is visiting Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev said that the tolerance of the Bulgarian people is a safeguard against xenophobia and antisemitism, which have no roots in Bulgarian »»»

Eli Lilly and Company CEO Dave Ricks pictured April 2024 during the groundbreaking ceremony for Eli Lilly's Germany-based production facility in Alzey. The company is currently riding on the popularity of its Zepbound weightloss inject and Mounjaro, which is Eli's diabetes treatment. File Photo Pro»»»

The US draft security guarantee for Ukraine included in the mooted 28-point peace plan offers Ukraine unprecedented Article 5-like assurances, the biggest concession to Kyiv in the Trump administration effort to bring the war to an end. The text of the proposal has a simple line saying that the US »»»

In a tense meeting of the Israeli occupation entity’s political-security cabinet on Thursday, Shin Bet Director David Zini claimed that passing a law to execute Palestinian prisoners “would create deterrence.” The remarks came as lawmakers advanced a bill—initiated by far-right so-called “National »»»

Tunis, Nov. 21 (TAP) – The stock market saw a weekly gain of 1.6% to 13,262 points, "a record high of TUNINDEX," according to stockbroker Tunisie Valeurs.The past week was marked by a slowdown in trading activity, with a total volume of TND 37.8...»»»

Smoke billowed Friday from the site of an aircraft crash during the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "An IAF Tejas aircraft met with an accident during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show today. The pilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident," according to the Indian Air Force»»»

A draft agreement at the COP30 UN climate change conference does not include a roadmap to phase out the use of fossil fuels, and does not even include the term, according to reports. File Photo by Ali Haider/EPA Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A draft agreement between nearly 200 countries at the COP30 conference»»»

Pope Leo XIV and President of Vatican City Sister Raffaella Petrini talk while waiting to greet cyclists competing in the the Giro d'Italia race in June. On Friday, the Pope changed a law that officially allows women to hold Petrini's position. File Photo by Angelo Carconi/EPA Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pope»»»

Dhaka: At least five people, including a child, were killed and nearly 100 injured after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Narsingdi, east of the capital Dhaka. Authorities reported damage to buildings across several areas, including the capital, while tremors were felt in neighboring eastern India»»»

An Ohio policeman has been acquitted of murdering a pregnant woman he fatally shot in a supermarket car park. Connor Grubb opened fire at Ta'Kiya Young as he and another officer told her to get out of a vehicle on suspicion of shoplifting alcohol on 24 August 2023. Bodycam video shows her car rolli»»»

The Muslim World League strongly condemned the grave violations that the Israeli occupation government continues to commit against Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as against the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip. In its statement Friday, the League highlighte»»»

The body of a narwhal, a species of toothed whale normally found in Arctic waters, has washed up off the coast of the Republic of Ireland. The female narwhal was discovered by a family walking on Sweet Nellies Beach on County Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula last weekend. It is understood to be the fi»»»