No more bear hugs: Biden gives up on Netanyahu embrace Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of solid support for Israel and the US president's long, if... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci) Raw Story Benjamin Netanyahu Joe Biden Photos Politics UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending the application back to the U.N. Security... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Philenews Israel Palestinians Photos United Nations Top Stories Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the Israel-Hamas war overshadows the song contest Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in Malmo, Sweden, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday... (photo: AP / Martin Meissner) Ekathimerini Eurovision Music Photos Sweden Oil set for weekly gain as demand signs, geopolitics seen as positives By Katya Golubkova and Sudarshan Varadhan | Oil set for weekly gain as demand signs, geopolitics seen as positives | SINGORE -Oil rose on Friday, set for a weekly gain, a... (photo: Creative Commons) Hindustan Times Energy Global Trading Oil Photos Tension with Israel represents only one of Biden’s immense election challenges If Joe Biden wins a second term later this year, he will have defied one of the most complex political environments for a president seeking reelection in years. At home a... (photo: AP / Stephanie Scarbrough) CNN Israel Photos Politics US States Israel strikes Rafah as talks yield no breakthrough SMOKE billows from a building which caught fire after fresh Israeli attacks in the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, on Thursday.—AFP | CAIRO: Israeli tanks and warpl... (photo: AP / Ismael Abu Dayyah) Dawn Gaza War Humanitarian Aid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Photos Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war Which bombs has the United States stopped shipping to Israel? The United States has halted the shipment of some types of heavy bombs to Israel and US President Joe Biden has also pledged to halt the supply of some offensive weapons ... (photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov) Al Jazeera Gaza Israel Photos US States Give or take a few bombs, US complicity in genocide remains ‘ironclad’ On Wednesday, May 8, United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin became the first senior administration official to publicly confirm that the US government has uncharact... (photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov) Al Jazeera Gaza War Human Rights Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Photos Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war The situation is dire. Rishi Sunak must suspend all arms sales to Israel Continuing the same policy of implicit support for the actions of the Israeli Government is immoral (Picture: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images) | This week millions... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung) Metro UK Gaza Israel Photos Rishi Sunak