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This is my third consecutive Eid al-Adha spent displaced, far from my home in Jabalia, in an area that has been designated a “red zone” under Israeli control.During the war, livestock farms – of cattle, sheep, and goats – were largely destroyed. Only a very small number of sheep survived. Because of the Israeli blockade, the entry of livestock into the Gaza Strip has been prohibited since October 2023. As a result, prices have increased roughly tenfold, with a single sheep now reaching approximately $6,000. This sharp rise has deprived many families of the joy of Eid and the ability…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon recently informed European allies it plans to reduce some U.S. military capabilities available to NATO during a crisis as part of a broader push to shift more of the alliance’s conventional defense burden onto Europe.The Trump administration plans to reduce certain available capabilities by roughly one-third to one half, officials confirmed to Fox News Digital, including strategic bomber planes, fighter jets and some naval assets. Pentagon official Alexander Velez-Green informed officials of the coming changes at the NATO Defense Policy Directors’ meeting in Brussels Friday, according to two officials familiar with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Brian Hooker’s sailboat stopped transmitting its location on the night his wife, Lynette Hooker, vanished in the Bahamas, according to data obtained by Fox News Digital.After leaving shore at Hope Town in the Bahamas at around 7:30 p.m. on April 4, Brian Hooker told authorities that rough waters caused his wife to fall off their dinghy. Brian Hooker paddled to shore and arrived at Marsh Harbour around 4 a.m. on April 5, according to authorities.The couple was headed back to their sailboat Soulmate, their full-time home in retirement, when Lynette fell overboard.…

A bail hearing is set for Thursday morning for two people charged after remains were found during the search for a missing newborn in Halifax. Sukhpreet Singh, 23, and his wife Ramandeep Kaur, 26, are each charged with concealing the body of a child, indignity to human remains and two counts of obstruction.Singh was described by Halifax Regional Police as a relative of the baby’s mother.Police have said they believe the mother, a 23-year-old woman, experienced a medical emergency and investigators did not think her condition was the result of violence.Police have not detailed what the couple is alleged to…

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PUSH TO CUT FUEL IMPORTS Pakistan’s push towards EVs also carries broader economic significance. The country depends heavily on imported fuel. Motorcycles and autorickshaws are reportedly estimated to account for about 40 per cent of national petrol consumption, according to analysts. Pakistan aims for EVs to make up 30 per cent of all new vehicle sales by 2030 as part of efforts to reduce fuel imports and cut emissions. Earlier this year, the government launched its Pakistan Accelerated Vehicle Electrification (PAVE) plan, offering subsidies and interest-free loans for electric bikes and autorickshaws. Officials say the scheme has already attracted hundreds of thousands of applications. But…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While the Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter discourse has run wild, Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann was unconcerned about the impact it could have on the locker room.Dart introduced President Donald Trump before his speech in Suffern, New York, on Friday, and New York Giants teammate Abdul Carter took issue with it. Theismann said that while players in a locker room have different opinions, the focus is on football, and that the Dart-Carter discourse won’t have any effect.”It doesn’t (have any effect). It’s going to be it’s going to be football. I mean, politics is one…

Marcelo Bielsa is widely revered as a pioneer of coaching, but his unconventional methods risk ruining Uruguay’s World Cup chances before the tournament has even begun, with rumours of dressing room unrest.Nicknamed “El Loco”, which means madman, the 70-year-old’s bold, attacking approach has proved an inspiration to a younger generation of coaches, including Pep Guardiola and USA boss Mauricio Pochettino.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listYet, his famously demanding standards have often caused friction during a nomadic coaching career, and his stint in Uruguay has been no exception.The Argentinian’s arrival initially generated huge excitement, which was fuelled by landmark…

A former CIA official was arrested last week after FBI agents allegedly found $40 million worth of gold bars at his home while investigating whether he lied about his educational and military background, according to court records and sources familiar with the matter.David Rush is currently being held in jail while both his defense attorneys and federal prosecutors “gather and evaluate additional information” to assist the court in determining whether he should remain detained, court filings say. They have jointly requested to postpone his detention hearing until June 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.In…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The privileged Princeton graduate who gunned down his millionaire hedge-fund father inside the family’s luxury Manhattan apartment after a fight over money is speaking out publicly nearly a decade after the grisly killing that horrified New York’s elite.Thomas Gilbert Jr., once dubbed Manhattan’s “golden boy,” resurfaced in a new Court TV prison interview in which he bizarrely maintained his innocence despite overwhelming evidence and despite his own mother identifying him as the killer moments after the 2015 shooting.Gilbert, now imprisoned at Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, appeared gaunt and withdrawn…