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The Palestinian town of Qabatiya remains under a suffocating military siege today as Israeli forces entered the second day of a sweeping operation that has paralyzed life for its 25,000 residents. The incursion, characterized by home takeovers and a total curfew, follows a directive from Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to “act forcefully” against the community. The crackdown was triggered by a deadly car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel on Friday, which left a 68-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman dead. Israeli authorities identified the suspect as a 34-year-old resident of Qabatiya, prompting Katz to order immediate strikes against…

The North African giants, Egypt, became the first side to punch their ticket to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stages, surviving a grueling encounter against South Africa in Agadir. A solitary penalty from Mohamed Salah was enough to separate the sides, but the narrow scoreline belies a match defined by VAR drama and a desperate defensive stand. Salah, the Liverpool talisman whose build-up to the tournament was clouded by a public spat with club manager Arne Slot, showed no signs of distraction when it mattered most. On the stroke of halftime, he stepped up to the spot after…

The diplomatic landscape of the Horn of Africa was upended this weekend as Somalia issued a blistering demand for Israel to rescind its formal recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland. Mogadishu has labeled the move an “unacceptable act of aggression” that threatens the fragile stability of the continent. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday, Ali Omar, Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, made it clear that his government would not sit idly by. He signaled that Somalia intends to exhaust every diplomatic avenue to challenge what he described as a flagrant violation of its territorial sovereignty.…

The pre-dawn quiet in eastern Poland was shattered Saturday as the Polish military scrambled fighter jets in response to a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes targeting neighboring Ukraine. For several hours, the region sat on a knife-edge as the war’s proximity once again forced civilian life to a standstill. The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces confirmed that air defense systems and radar installations were placed on high alert. The move was described as a preventive measure to ensure the sanctity of NATO airspace while Russian long-range aviation hammered targets just across the border. “In connection with the…

The air in the Shati refugee camp, long thick with the dust of fallen concrete and the salt of the Mediterranean, carried a different frequency on Saturday. For the first time in two years, the grinding silence of loss was replaced by the rhythmic chanting of the Takbir. Five hundred young men and women, newly minted Hafiz—those who have committed the entire Quran to memory—marched through the scarred corridors of western Gaza City. It was a scene of startling contrast: vibrant Palestinian flags and pristine white robes set against a backdrop of twisted rebar and hollowed-out apartments. The ceremony, titled…

The football world is mourning the loss of John Robertson, the mercurial Scottish winger who served as the creative heartbeat of Nottingham Forest’s historic European conquests. Robertson passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 72, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most gifted and unlikely icons of the British game. A player who famously defied the stereotypical athletic mold, Robertson was the primary artist in Brian Clough’s “Miracle Men” side. Clough, who initially dismissed the winger as a “scruffy, unfit waste of time,” eventually championed him as the “Picasso of our game.” He once remarked that…

From the gilded surroundings of his Mar-a-Lago estate, President Donald Trump spent Christmas Eve participating in a long-standing White House tradition: taking calls from children tracking Santa Claus’s journey through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The sessions, which saw the President and First Lady Melania Trump side-by-side, were a characteristic mix of holiday whimsy and the sharp, unfiltered political asides that have defined the Trump presidency. In one exchange with two children from Oklahoma, Trump jokingly expressed his commitment to national security, even on a global delivery night. “We want to make sure that Santa is being good,”…

In his first Christmas message since ascending to the papacy in May, Pope Leo stood before a rain-slicked St. Peter’s Square to deliver a sharp appeal for global reconciliation. The pontiff used his inaugural Urbi et Orbi address to challenge world leaders—specifically in Ukraine and Russia—to find the “courage” to speak directly to one another. His remarks carry significant diplomatic weight as US-led peace negotiations continue to stall over a lack of face-to-face contact between Kyiv and Moscow. While international mediators have worked tirelessly on a 20-point peace plan, the two warring nations have yet to sit across from each…

In a deeply personal Christmas Eve address delivered as air raid sirens echoed across the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave voice to the rawest frustrations of a nation entering its fourth year of full-scale war. Speaking to a population weary of conflict, Zelenskyy invoked an ancient Ukrainian belief that the heavens open on Christmas night to grant wishes. He did not mince words regarding the architect of the invasion, suggesting that while Ukrainians pray for peace, they privately harbor a darker wish for the Russian leader. “‘May he perish,’ each of us may think to ourselves,” Zelenskyy said, pointedly referring…

The fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah faced another day of severe strain as Israeli drone strikes across Lebanon killed several people, including a man identified by Israel as a member of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The most significant strike occurred in the Ansariyah region of southern Lebanon. The Israeli military confirmed it targeted a vehicle carrying Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al-Jawhari, whom they identified as a member of the IRGC’s Quds Force. According to military statements, al-Jawhari was allegedly coordinating “Iran-directed terror activities” against Israeli security forces from both Syrian and Lebanese territory. The IRGC has yet…