World News By Chris Harris Published April 13, 2024, 5:46 p.m. ET Nine gang members have been busted around the world for swindling over $686 million from people in 35 different countries by getting them to invest in a non-existent medicinal marijuana business. The Spanish National Police announced the arrests early Saturday in an X
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The UNRWA played a pivotal aid role in Israel’s current war on Hamas in Gaza (File) London: Britain, Italy, and Finland on Saturday became the latest countries to pause funding for the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), following allegations its staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Set up
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh called for countries that announced they would withdraw funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to reverse their decision, in a post on X on Saturday. Al-Sheikh called for the reversal citing great political and humanitarian risks