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U.S. officials have told their Indian counterparts they want a speedy result and more accountability after their investigation into Indian involvement in a foiled murder plot against a Sikh activist in the United States, according to a U.S. official. An Indian Enquiry Committee visited Washington last week to discuss India’s own investigations after the Justice Department alleged…

The U.S. economy will continue to provide most of the thrust for global growth through the balance of this year and in 2025, led by robust consumer spending that has held up through a wrenching bout of inflation and the high interest rates used to tame it, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. In its latest…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of “strategic deterrence”, while calling U.S. nuclear capabilities a growing threat to the country, state media reported on Wednesday. The U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal poses an “ever-increasing threat” to North Korea’s security environment, which demands that Pyongyang maintain a strict…

PM Modi and Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan. During the meeting, Pm Modi and Putin shared a lighter moment. The Russian President said that India and Russia relations are so close that that he thought PM Modi would not need any translation. Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…

Donald Trump has lashed out at former president Barack Obama after he mocked his successor’s dancing at a rally earlier. Watch below as Mr Obama campaigns for Kamala Harris in Michigan. Listen to a Sky News podcast as you scroll. That’s all for our live coverage of the US election for the night, but we’ll be back…

Georgia’s top court declined on Tuesday to hear an expedited appeal by Republicans of a decision blocking a new rule that would have required poll workers to hand-count ballots, a change that voting rights groups warned could have caused chaos. The decision also means that county-level officials in the state, one of seven battlegrounds expected to play…

Hawaii’s capital generates about 650,000 tons of trash a year Honolulu is running out of room to dump the city’s refuse — so officials are considering shipping 650,000 tons of trash a year overseas until they can open a new landfill. The city issued a request for information earlier this month from companies willing to offer a…

Meta said the actions were taken because of “the risk of physical harm to individuals.” Meta has banned a series of accounts that post location updates on private jets belonging to some of the world’s richest and most powerful people, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. Those accounts have been deleted from Threads…

With just two weeks remaining until the presidential election, former President Donald Trump has used his most recent appearances on podcast and cable interviews to escalate attacks on fellow Americans whom he calls “the enemy from within.” In one recent interview, Trump said that if “radical left lunatics” disrupt the election, “it should be very easily handled…

Riyadh has not confirmed it will join the exercises with regional rival Tehran, with which it severed diplomatic ties for years until 2023 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran and Saudi Arabia are planning to conduct joint military exercises in the Red Sea, according to an Iranian report not confirmed by Riyadh, in what would be a first for…

Eminem spoke at Kamala Harris’ campaign rally tonight in Detroit and introduced former president Barack Obama to the crowd. Barack Obama broke out into rap after being introduced by Eminem at a Harris rally in Detroit. The rapper spoke briefly to urge his fellow Michigans to vote on November 5, before introducing Obama onto the stage. Eminem,…

Kim Kardashian is reportedly parenting mostly solo these days. The reality star-turned-billionaire mogul is “pretty much a single mom” to daughter North, 11, son Saint, 8, daughter Chicago, 6, and son Psalm, 5, whom she shares with ex-husband Kanye West, according to People. Per the outlet, the controversial rapper-turned-fashion designer is “sadly not around very much.” “Although…

Some Indigenous leaders have criticised an Australian senator’s heckling of King Charles, as she faces a backlash over a violent image of the monarch briefly posted to her social media account. Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal woman, made global headlines when she shouted “you are not my king” and “this is not your land” before being escorted away…

Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House, with one candidate struggling to find just the right words to navigate its difficult cross-currents and the other making bold pronouncements that the age-old conflict can quickly be set right. Vice President Kamala Harris has been…

Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with cancer. Per NBC News, the disgraced movie producer has chronic myeloid leukemia, a form of bone marrow cancer. “Craig Rothfeld, Mr. Weinstein’s authorized legal healthcare representative in New York State, expresses profound dismay at the speculation surrounding Mr. Weinstein’s medical condition,” said Weinstein’s spokesperson Juda Engelmayer in a statement provided to…

When asked what should happen to the Palestinians currently living in the territory, one Israeli woman replied: “We should kill them. Every last one of them.” As the sun beats down on us near Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel, Avi looks out towards the place he really wants to live. It’s only two miles away and it shimmers…

The huge chunk of space rock is estimated to have been up to 200 times larger than the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs and analysis suggests it triggered a tsunami that mixed up the ocean and flushed debris from the land into coastal areas. A meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest may have helped life…

Police said 15 other people had been taken to hospital after the incident on the line near Llanbrynmair in Mid Wales. A man has died and 15 others have been taken to hospital after two trains collided in Wales on Monday evening. The incident happened on the line near the village of Llanbrynmair in Mid Wales at…

An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer will make history in December as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Tennessee’s Republican-backed law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. The ACLU’s Chase Strangio, 41, represents a group of transgender people who pursued a lawsuit challenging the measure that prohibits medical treatments…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour aimed at reviving Gaza ceasefire talks and discussing the enclave’s future following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but any breakthrough ahead of the looming U.S. election looks elusive. The top U.S. diplomat’s latest trip –…

The presently incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs is approaching the first anniversary of Cassie Ventura‘s quickly settled sexual assault and abuse case against him. Now, seven new lawsuits filed in the past few hours accuse the onetime music mogul of rape and more, including an attack on a teenage girl with other celebrities in the room and participating.…

The lawsuit accuses Musk of creating AI-generated promotional materials to promote Tesla’s cybercab robotaxi. A production company for Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, which allegedly fed images from the movie into an artificial intelligence image generator to create unlicensed promotional materials. Alcon Entertainment, in a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court, accuses Elon Musk and…

Yulia Navalnaya intends to be president of Russia, she tells me. She looks me straight in the eye. No hesitation or wavering. This, like so many of the decisions she made with her husband, the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is unambiguous. Navalnaya knows she faces arrest if she returns home while President Putin is still in power.…

There are two parallel universes in the Lucy Letby story. One can be witnessed every day in Liverpool at the public inquiry into her case. Here, the matter of Letby’s guilt is settled. The question for the judge is why Letby was able to harm babies for so long. In the other universe, doubts about the evidence…

It’s perhaps no surprise that the décor of TV BRA’s new studio is shocking pink. It’s the favourite colour of two of the station’s reporters, Emily Ann Riedel – who is wearing a pink top when I visit – and Petter Bjørkmo. “I even had pink hair!” Bjørkmo tells me, laughing, before adding that he had to…

A dramatic and unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is wreaking havoc on flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruptions. A video posted on social media last week showed passengers draped in woollens, walking down the icy ladder of an Air India plane into the frigid air of Iqaluit, a remote city in…

Israel has carried out more air strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, including on branches of a bank that it says is supporting Hezbollah. Explosions were heard in southern Beirut’s Dahieh district, an area controlled by Hezbollah, as well as the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon. It is unclear whether there are any casualties. The Israeli military…

Fans have gathered in London, Glasgow, and other cities around the world, including Argentina where Liam Payne died on Wednesday. Tearful Liam Payne fans comforted one another as they came together to remember him at a vigil in London’s Hyde Park. Hundreds of people gathered at the park’s Peter Pan statue on Sunday. Many were seen crying…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, following medical advice to temporarily avoid long-haul flights after a head injury at home that caused a minor brain hemorrhage. In a statement, the presidential office said Lula, 78, will now participate in the BRICS meeting via videoconference. He…

Kenya’s impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, said on Sunday his security protection team had been withdrawn and that President William Ruto would be responsible if anything happened to him. Gachagua – who has dismissed the charges against him as politically motivated – told journalists his safety was at risk. “It’s the most unfortunate thing that has ever…

With the U.S. presidential election just over two weeks away, Democrat Kamala Harris visited two churches on Sunday while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited another kind of American temple: a McDonald’s, where he again accused Harris of lying about having previously worked at the fast-food chain. Both candidates were scrambling for votes in the most competitive…

Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison. “It’s more cooling that way,” says the 41-year-old former schoolteacher, who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison and seven strokes of the cane for selling…

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s wife was reportedly spotted fleeing into a Gaza tunnel with a $32,000 Birkin bag hours before the Oct. 7 massacre, Israeli officials claimed. Sinwar, 61, and his wife Abu Zamar — holding what appears to be a super lux Hermes bag — can be seen helping their two young sons through the narrow…

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump went on a bizarre rant about golf legend Arnold Palmer, the athlete’s oldest daughter dismissed the former president’s vulgar comments about the size of her father’s penis. “I thought it was an unfortunate way to remember my dad,” Peggy Palmer told The Independent. At a Saturday campaign rally at the…

The name Shapurji Saklatvala may not be one that leaps out of the history books to most people. But as with any good tale from the past, the son of a cotton merchant – who was a member of India’s supremely wealthy Tata clan – has quite a story. At every turn, it seems his life was…

Cuba’s efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, Cuban authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government’s bid to reestablish electrical service. Cuba’s national electrical grid first crashed around midday on Friday after the island’s largest…

Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home. Netanyahu was not there at the time, and it was not immediately clear if the building was hit.…

Hurricane Oscar formed Saturday off the coast of the Bahamas and brushed past the Turks and Caicos islands to the south during the night. The National Hurricane Center in Miami characterized the storm as “tiny,” but hurricane warnings were in place for Turks and Caicos, the southeastern Bahamas and the north coast of Cuba in Holguin and…

The United States is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press. A fourth U.S. official said the documents appear to be legitimate. The documents are attributed to the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, and note that Israel was still moving…

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were spotted together again at an event also attended by his estranged wife, Jennifer Lopez. They were photographed arriving for the nighttime event in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday. Exes Affleck and Garner, both 52, attended with their 15-year-old child, Seraphina. They were all dressed casually for the outing,…

A federal judge has blocked Florida officials from threatening television stations with prosecution for running advertisements supporting a pro-abortion rights measure in next month’s election. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee ruled on Thursday that the threats clearly violated the right to free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. “To keep it simple for…

The political action committee funded by billionaire Elon Musk to help re-elect former U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling in some swing states to meet doorknocking goals and is investigating claims that some canvassers lied about the number of voters they have contacted, according to people involved in the group’s efforts. The difficulties, in pivotal battleground states…

The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran and enlisted National Guard member was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials in his own country. Standing in the North Carolina woods, Chris Arthur warned about a coming civil war. Videos he posted publicly on YouTube bore titles…

Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong’s oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials said on Friday. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said in a press briefing that the animals in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens…

Hideko Hakamada, 91, spent much of her life working to free her brother from nearly a half-century on death row. Now that he has been acquitted she feels that the siblings are beginning a new chapter of their lives. She backed her brother, Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, through decades of frustrating, at times…

The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, marked a major triumph for Israel. But Israeli leaders are also seeking to lock in strategic gains that go beyond military victories – to reshape the regional landscape in Israel’s favour and shield its borders from any…

The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother – Mohammad Sinwar – is expected to assume a bigger role directing the war against Israel in the territory, experts say. In its leadership deliberations, Hamas must consider not only the preferences of its main backer…

The first named storm of the season is set to batter the UK with winds of up to 80mph in some areas, with power loss, damage to buildings and delays to transport services likely. Danger to life is “likely” as the first named storm of the season is set to hit the UK and Northern Ireland this…

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump paced up and down the stage at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, after his mic stopped working. Donald Trump’s mic cut failed at a campaign event in Detroit. Pic: APDonald Trump’s microphone cut out for almost 20 minutes during a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, leaving the Republican presidential candidate visibly…

They’re ready for it. The Kelce family — including Donna, Jason and his wife Kylie supported Travis Kelce’s superstar girlfriend, Taylor Swift, as she kicked off the final leg of the Eras Tour in Miami Friday night. Fans spotted the retired NFL player and Kylie, along with two of their children Wyatt, 4, and Elliotte, 3, entering…

Liam Payne was under the influence of potent hallucinogenic drugs that cause psychotic attacks and hallucinations when he died in Argentina on Wednesday, TMZ reports. Buenos Aires police officers told the outlet Friday that the former One Direction star was high on “Cristal,” which is a dangerous substance that “causes users to experience extreme highs and extreme…

A-listers can’t get enough of this vitamin C. BeautyStat’s Universal C Skin Refiner ($85 $43) is one of the most celeb-loved formulas featuring the skincare superhero ingredient — and right now, it’s a whopping 50% off at the brand’s sitewide pre-Black Friday sale. Bethenny Frankel gave it one of her coveted rave TikTok reviews in 2023, declaring…

A Jonas Brothers concert in Prague was briefly halted on Tuesday night after Nick Jonas was targeted by a laser pointer, causing him to run off stage. Footage of the incident first emerged on social media, where Nick Jonas can be seen dashing off stage mid-concert while making a “time out” sign with his hands. A representative…

Having just lost a battle with Elon Musk over how India’s satellite spectrum is awarded, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani could face a bigger challenge if Musk’s Starlink launches services in India and the two go head-to-head on price. India’s government said on Tuesday it will allocate spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and not via auction, hours…

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are due to arrive in Australia on Friday on a historic royal tour. Eight months ago, I didn’t think I’d be writing those words. In February, Buckingham Palace announced the King had cancer and all his “public-facing duties” stopped – on doctors’ orders. Back then, a trip to Australia seemed unthinkable.…

Democratic US presidential nominee Kamala Harris has conducted a combative first interview with Fox News. She clashed repeatedly with her host on topics such as transgender prisoners, illegal immigration and President Joe Biden’s mental fitness. Harris’s foray on to a network that hosts some of her most vocal critics comes amid a flurry of media appearances with…

Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates say they are “completely devastated” about the passing of their fellow band member. In a statement signed by Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles they said: “In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say”. The pop star, who found fame on The…

The first two games of the ALCS lacked for drama. So the Yankees and Guardians filled the final three innings of Game 3 with more than enough to make up for it, which ultimately left the Yankees needing to get back up off the mat from the gut punch they took when they were one strike away…

Former President Donald Trump laced into Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats on Thursday in a pointed and at times bitter speech as he headlined the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York. Trump, in remarks that often felt more like a rally performance than a comedy routine, repeatedly criticized Harris over her decision to…

Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader. Obsessive, disciplined and dictatorial, he was a rarely seen veteran militant who learned Hebrew over years spent in Israeli prisons and…

The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The late-night ruling to spare for now the life of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter…

Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan, said he was not pleased by the ‘long pause’ in the relationship between the two countries. Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad was a “good opening” to break the ice between the neighbouring countries, reported news…

Walking through the ruins of what used to be his home, 29-year-old Ahmad Musa al-Qumbar always feared the Jerusalem city authorities would come after him. The married Palestinian father-of-four built the modest single-storey building seven years ago, on land he owns and where his family have lived for generations. But Ahmad never actually had a legal permit…

A South Korean court has acquitted Seoul’s former police chief of negligence over the Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in 2022. Kim Kwang-ho was the highest-ranked police official to be charged over the tragedy in the Itaewon nightlife district. During Thursday’s verdict, the court said that prosecution evidence was insufficient to show that Kim neglected…

A big Liberty deficit had stunningly turned into a four-point lead in the final minute. But the real stunner was still to come. After the Lynx forged a late tie in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals on Wednesday night, Sabrina Ionescu hoisted a 28-footer — from just in front of the logo — with less than…

A 20-year-old man was swept away by a gigantic wave while posing for vacation photos – which was captured by his friends who stood by helplessly. Roni Josua Simanjuntak was visiting the Indonesian coast with a group of friends on Sunday when he decided to try and get a picture of waves crashing along the craggy coast…

They look like cash, fit into wallets like cash and the governor promises they’ll be treated like cash. But these brightly colored banknotes aren’t pesos, the depreciating national currency of Argentina, or U.S. dollars, everyone’s money of choice here. They are chachos, a new emergency tender invented by the left-wing populist governor of La Rioja, a province…

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago sent to the states to be ratified is being auctioned Thursday evening in North Carolina. Brunk Auctions is selling the copy — the only of its type thought to be in private hands. The minimum bid of $1 million has already been made. There is no…

Justin Trudeau’s testimony came amid heightened diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, which escalated following these accusations in 2023. n a startling admission during a public inquiry on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted that Canada had no “hard evidentiary proof” to support allegations linking Indian government agents to the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last…

Kamala Harris’ campaign is scrambling: Either her staff don’t know what they’re doing, or they’ve realized it’s Hail Mary time. She’s agreed to an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, the first time she’s deigned to sit down with a reporter from a right-leaning outlet as the Democratic nominee — and after even CBS’s best efforts couldn’t…

Israelis are fighting for their lives on several fronts, so naturally President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris decide it’s a good time to tie their hands and publicly threaten them. Whose side are they on? Sadly, it doesn’t seem to be Israel’s. Nor is it America’s when they insist Israel go easy on terrorists who aim…

Disillusioned Chinese bankers and fund managers are giving up careers in a finance sector where government campaigns and regulation have coloured prospects to the extent that areas as varied as education and even stand-up comedy seem preferable. Tightening scrutiny of trading, financing and dealmaking as well as a slump in stock turnover in a sluggish economy has…

India’s government on Tuesday said it will allot spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and not via auction, hours after Elon Musk criticized the auction route being sought by rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani as “unprecedented”. In what is seen as a battle between billionaires, the methodology of awarding spectrum for satellite services in India – a market set…

The fatal collision happened on the northbound motorway, past Tebay services in Cumbria, at around 4pm on Tuesday. Five people, including two children, have been killed in a crash on the M6. The two-car collision involved a Toyota and a Skoda and happened on the northbound motorway, past Tebay services in Cumbria, at 4.04pm on Tuesday, police…

Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed New York State troopers Tuesday to help the NYPD take control of sleazy stretch of Jackson Heights overrun by crime and prostitutes nicknamed the “Market of Sweethearts.” Troopers were seen gathering with local cops along Roosevelt Avenue near 83rd and 84th streets, awaiting instructions on specific patrols to clean up what neighborhood activists…

Over 1,000 cereal-loving fanatics and health activists swarmed the Michigan headquarters of Kellogg’s Tuesday demanding the end of “harmful additives” being injected into US batches of the colorful breakfast staples Froot Loops and Apple Jacks. Petitions of over 400,000 signatures were delivered to the company’s offices in Battle Creek calling for the breakfast food giant to remove…

After a 6-year hiatus, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns, held at the Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, on October 15, 2024. Kate Moss, Gigi Hadid, Irina Shayk and more hit the runway. Source: https://nypost.com/2024/10/15/entertainment/victorias-secret-fashion-show-returns-kate-moss-gigi-hadid-irina-shayk-and-more/#11

The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus announced that eight national holidays would be scrapped Bangladesh has cancelled the annual birth anniversary celebration of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with several other national holidays that the Sheikh Hasina government had introduced, according to an announcement by interim government. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh,…

Anil Trigunayat, a former Diplomat said that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is responsible for the worsening relationship between both countries. Trigunayat said that Trudeau cultivated and “pandered to the anti-India extremists, terrorists and separatist groups. On the India-Canada row, Anil Trigunayat, a former Diplomat said that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is responsible for the worsening…

Rebecca Kimmel sat in a small room, stunned and speechless, staring at the baby photo she had just unearthed from her adoption file. It was a black-and-white shot of an infant, possibly taken at an orphanage in Gwangju, the South Korean city where Kimmel had heard all her life that she’d been abandoned. But something about the…

Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan on Monday to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm. Harris’ plan includes providing forgivable business loans for Black entrepreneurs, creating more apprenticeships and studying sickle cell and…

A Sherpa teenager who became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks returned home to Nepal on Monday to a hero’s welcome. Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, reached the 8,027-meter (26,335-foot) summit of Mount Shishapangma in China last week, completing his mission to climb the world’s peaks that are more than 8,000 meters (26,247…

In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved,” said archeologist Michael Borre Lundø, who led the six-month dig.…

The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the region. It’s the first statement by the U.N.’s most powerful body since Israel’s attacks on the positions of the peacekeeping force known as…