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Nurse fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza.
Deschamps brushes off Mbappe fitness concerns ahead of Euros
Didier Deschamps pointed out that there can't be much wrong with a player that has scored 44 goals across all competitions this season, as speculation mounted over Mbappe's future club
US calls Algeria’s proposed UN resolution on Israel’s Rafah offensive
Algeria, representing Arab countries on the council, shared the draft resolution with the 15 council members on Tuesday evening after emergency talks about the intensifying Israeli operation in Rafah.
Yemen: Houthi rebels claim to have downed US drone
Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed to have downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone with a surface-to-air missile in Yemen's central Marib province.
Nigeria’s new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed
Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly a half-century ago, sparking widespread criticism about how the law was hastily passed without much public input.
China’s Xi backs Palestinian statehood at summit with Arab leaders
The summit attended by heads of state from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Tunisia among others was set to focus on China’s expanding trade ties and on security concerns related to Israel's war on Gaza
South Africa counts votes after high-stakes election
Officials were gearing up for counting but the final results are not expected for days. The independent electoral commission that runs the election said they would be announced by Sunday
Gaza: People flee Rafah as Israel intensifies attack on city
The move comes as Israel has deepened its incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people seeking shelter from fighting elsewhere had been displaced, and where intensifying violence in recent days has killed dozens of Palestinians
Egypt and China deepen cooperation during el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing
Egypt and China on Wednesday signed agreements deepening their cooperation during President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's visit to Beijing
A vote of defiance: In South Africa, it is a vote for or against ANC
At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white minority rule in 1994. It is now the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty