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Edward Said’s Daughter Talks Israel-Palestine, Ed Sheeran and Why Bari Weiss Makes Her ‘Blood Boil’

Edward Said’s Daughter Talks Israel-Palestine, Ed Sheeran and Why Bari Weiss Makes Her ‘Blood Boil’

“We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said. Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and […]

Mahmoud Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections another year

Mahmoud Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections another year

Palestinians won't head to the polls next month to vote on reviving a dissolved parliament

'I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes': Trump seethes at award snub

'I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes': Trump seethes at award snub

President Donald Trump president lashed out at the Nobel Committee and disparaged the 2026 laureate, Navi Pillay, after he was denied the award.

Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027

Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027

By Ali Sawafta, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eman Abouhassira RAMALLAH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in

El Paso HOME buying spree: $600M in apartments, El Paso to Carolinas

El Paso HOME buying spree: $600M in apartments, El Paso to Carolinas

Look at El Paso housing agency HOME's $600M, multistate apartment buying spree with implications for tax rolls, rental rates, tenants.

U.S. Charity Plans AI Monitoring in Gaza Classrooms, Raising Ethical Concerns

U.S. Charity Plans AI Monitoring in Gaza Classrooms, Raising Ethical Concerns

A U.S. charity operating in Gaza, the Gaza Children Village, intends to implement artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor classroom conversations for speech deemed 'hateful' or 'inciting.' The charity's founder, Dr. David Hasan, a neurosurgeon born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents and now teaching at Duke University, outlined these plans in a recent webinar. The initiative stems from concerns that teachers might deviate from a curriculum designed to promote peace and tolerance. The schools, known as Academies of Hope, aim to provide education, meals, and medical/psychological care to thousands of children in central and southern Gaza, many of whom lost family members during the war. The curriculum is based on the Palestinian Authority curriculum but has removed language that Hasan believes glorified violence or encouraged anti-Israel or antisemitic beliefs. The monitoring technology has reportedly been tested and is planned for deployment in dozens of classrooms, with recordings stored for 72 hours and war...

U.S. Charity Plans AI Monitoring for 'Hateful' Speech in Gaza Classrooms, Raising Ethical Concerns

U.S. Charity Plans AI Monitoring for 'Hateful' Speech in Gaza Classrooms, Raising Ethical Concerns

A U.S. charity, Gaza Children Village, founded by neurosurgeon Dr. David Hasan, plans to implement AI-powered monitoring in its Gaza classrooms to detect and flag speech deemed 'hateful' or 'inciting.' The charity aims to ensure adherence to a curriculum designed to promote peace and tolerance, removing content that glorifies violence or encourages anti-Israel or antisemitic beliefs. This initiative involves recording classroom conversations and using AI to analyze them, with warnings sent to Hasan if problematic language is detected. The technology has been tested and is slated for deployment in dozens of classrooms. This plan has sparked significant ethical, safety, and privacy concerns among Palestinian and advocacy groups, as well as some of the charity's partners. Critics, including Amjad Iraqi of the International Crisis Group, highlight fears of surveillance technology misuse, especially given Gaza's history of conflict and Israel's use of AI in military operations. The charity's board member, Bisha...

Israel's scorn of Nobel Peace Prize laureate highlights its combative relationship with UN bodies

Israel's scorn of Nobel Peace Prize laureate highlights its combative relationship with UN bodies

The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay has highlighted longstanding tensions between Israel and global institutions pledged to uphold international law

Mamdani's Oct. 7 commemoration outrages supporters and critics of Israel

Mamdani's Oct. 7 commemoration outrages supporters and critics of Israel

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by condemning Hamas’ “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza

The Latest: Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her

The Latest: Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her

President Donald Trump has opened another chapter in his effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook by establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false statements in mortgage applications

Explainer-What is the International Criminal Court?

Explainer-What is the International Criminal Court?

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts, including the International Criminal Court.