In response to a deadly shooting, Israeli arsonists set fires in Palestinian villages and the Israeli government advanced plans for new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank.
Tag: War and Armed Conflicts
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At Least 4 Palestinians Killed After Israeli Arrest Raid in West Bank
A 15-year-old boy was among the dead and dozens more were wounded, according to Palestinian officials. Seven Israeli soldiers were also hurt and a helicopter was later deployed, the military said.
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He Ran Sudan’s Iconic Acropole Hotel. Then He Had to Flee Khartoum.
Thanasis Pagoulatos led the family business, Khartoum’s oldest inn, through decades of tumult. Sudan’s latest breakdown proved too much.
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Retired Cabdriver Works to Bring Recognition to Bangladeshi War Veterans
From freedom fighter to war hero to business leader to immigrant cabdriver, one man’s quest to keep his past alive in a new land.
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In Darfur, Sudan, Brutal Killing of Governor Heralds New Round of Violence
The United Nations blamed Sudanese paramilitaries for the death of the governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abdullah Abakar. Sudan’s war has destabilized a fragile western region devastated by genocide in the early 2000s.