New soccer team gives hope to young cancer patients in Gaza
Fourteen-year-old Moatasem al-Nabeeh suffers from a brain tumor. A new youth soccer team set up in Gaza for young Palestinian cancer patients has given him new hope.
Abuse victims demand to see pope, say bishops should be sacked
Victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy on Wednesday demanded to meet Pope Francis personally to press demands that bishops who covered up such offences be dismissed from the priesthood.
‘Two is enough,’ Egypt tells poor families as population booms
Nesma Ghanem is hoping for a fourth child even though her doctor says her body can’t handle a pregnancy at the moment. She has three daughters and would like them to have a brother.
UK PM May could pass Brexit deal with promise of second referendum – lawmaker
British Prime Minister Theresa May could pass her Brexit deal if she agreed to hold another referendum to see if the public accepted it, one of the lawmakers who resigned from her party over the government’s handling of Brexit said on Wednesday.
Saudi prince expects investment worth more than $100 billion in India
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday he expected investment opportunities worth more than $100 billion in India over the next two years as he began his first official visit amid tensions between arch foes India and Pakistan…
Islamic State closer to defeat in last Syrian enclave
Islamic State appeared closer to defeat in its last enclave in eastern Syria on Wednesday, as a civilian convoy left the besieged area where U.S.-backed forces estimate a few hundred jihadists are still holed up.
U.N. reports mass rape, killings, torture in South Sudan, seeks oil scrutiny
U.N. investigators have identified perpetrators of pervasive rape and killings and torture in secret safe houses in South Sudan, and believe oil revenues have driven much of the violence in its civil war, a report said on Wednesday.
French senators demand probe of Macron aides in Benalla affair
French senators urged an investigation into three top aides to President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, saying there was reason to believe they had withheld information from an official inquiry into a scandal involving Macron’s former bodyguard.
UK PM May wants support of her lawmakers in delivering Brexit: spokesman
British Prime Minister Theresa May wants the support of her Conservative lawmakers in delivering Brexit, her spokesman said on Wednesday, after three quit the party over her government’s “disastrous handling of Brexit”.
French TV cuts Facebook live feed from Jewish cemetery after anti-Semitic abuse
A French TV channel said on Wednesday it had been forced to cut short a live Facebook broadcast from a desecrated Jewish cemetery in eastern France because of an onslaught of anti-Semitic commentary.
