Month: November 2026

Hundreds of Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Saturday, urging the opposition to form an alliance with Arab-majority parties to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has stepped up his attacks on the minority group’s leaders. Arab-majority parties made significant gains in Tuesday’s election, driven by anger over rhetoric targeting their community from Netanyahu’s radical government. However, opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has yet to decide whether to seek a coalition with them. At a rally in Tel Aviv, Ayelet Raz said the Arab community, which…

A United Nations employee has died in Houthi custody after more than two years of abduction and enforced disappearance in Yemen, the country’s human rights minister has said. Human Rights Minister Mashdal Mohammed Omar announced the death of Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shami, an employee of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement posted on X on Saturday. Omar said Al Shami had spent more than two years in Houthi custody, during which his family was denied visits and any contact with him. He held…

US President Donald Trump has said it was “unacceptable” for one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba ​Mildon, to secure a $50 million contract for herself while working ‌at the US Department of Justice. “I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it’s not acceptable,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday. “Not ​acceptable at all.” The New York Times reported last week that the ​family of Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan banker facing US felony ⁠bribery charges before striking a plea deal…

A US federal court has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s second attempt to sue the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, dealing another setback to his defamation case. The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Saturday ruled that Trump had again failed to demonstrate actual malice, a legal requirement for public figures pursuing defamation claims. “As with his first attempt, he has failed,” Judge Darrin P. Gayles wrote in the ruling. Gayles highlighted what he described as…

Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it would resume withdrawals in phases after covering ​95% of the $6.3 billion in tokens stolen ‌from its platform in the world’s largest digital heist, which the FBI has tied to North Korea. Binance said ​the phase would start on Sunday and include bitcoin, ether, BNB, ⁠Solana, XRP, dogecoin and other tokens. The remaining ​5% of stolen tokens consists of assets that are ​less liquid and may take longer to source in the required amounts, Binance posted on X late on Saturday. The…

Indian security personnel carrying batons and shields and accompanied by riot control vehicles surrounded the site of a planned opposition protest in Delhi on Sunday that is set to ​demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. Authorities ‌warned of traffic diversions ahead of the protest march and rally that will be led by Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi. The opposition says it expects hundreds of thousands of people to participate in what it says will be a major ​challenge to Prime Minister…