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More than 800 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by settler violence in the West Bank since Oct. 7. Coupled with events in Gaza, the despair, anger and anxiety many West Bank Palestinians say they already live with under occupation is amplifying. As settler violence spikes and Israeli airstrikes continue on …

Toronto’s mayor is appealing for calm and calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict Friday as Toronto police’s hate crime unit investigates a vandalism incident at a downtown Indigo store.  Olivia Chow says she knows some Torontonians are grieving, feel afraid. Toronto’s mayor is appealing for calm and calling …

Day after day, thousands more people in northern Gaza are scrambling to get to a place of greater safety as intense fighting rages there between Israel and Hamas. These civilians are streaming out of the northern part of the territory, making the journey south whatever way they can — many …

Philippine Navy’s BRP Sierra Madre has been grounded on Second Thomas or Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea since 1999. (CSIS / AMTI via DigitalGlobe)  MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines lodged another diplomatic protest against China on Friday following an incident where the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) deployed water …

Palestinian women react after an Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 7, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP / Mohammed Abed)  MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-six more Filipinos have left the war-torn Gaza Strip and are set to reach …

Footage of a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon against a Filipino resupply vessel is shown during a press conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila on August 7, 2023. (Ezra Acayan / Pool / AFP)  BEIJING, China — China demanded Friday that Manila stop infringing …

​​​​​​Iran warned the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel’s war on Hamas would inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as officials in Gaza reported Israeli air strikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian enclave.  Israel says Hamas has tunnels beneath Al-Shifa hospital but says it …

In its fight against Russia, Ukraine has managed to establish a modest but significant bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River near the village of Krynky. But Ukraine’s top general says his country needs more help from the West, particularly advanced technology, to cement gains.  Ukraine’s top general …

Australia on Friday offered the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms brought by climate change.  Plan would allow up to 280 Tuvaluans to come to Australia each year. Australia on Friday offered the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to …

There was no let-up in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in northern Gaza on Thursday, as thousands more civilians fled south in a bid to reach a presumed area of comparative safety.  No let-up in fighting between Hamas and Israel. There was no let-up in the fighting between Israel …