4+ hour, 44+ min ago  (580+ words) The U.N. Security Council convened an emergency meeting Monday afternoon following Israel's recognition of the autonomous region of Somaliland. The unprecedented move makes Israel an outlier among the international community and prompted outcry from around the world. No other countries currently…...

10+ hour, 21+ min ago  (889+ words) Brookline's Mohamad El Zein, 47, came to the United States from the United Arab Emirates to go to college. He put himself through UMass while working at Aquitaine, eventually becoming a manager at The Aquitaine Group. Next, he managed Blu at…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (302+ words) A Salem man was arrested after a search of his apartment turned up materials to make explosives, including highly sensitive pyrotechnic chemicals, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. For the last six months, Patrick Gordon, 42, allegedly has been receiving deliveries at…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (556+ words) JERUSALEM " Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight, breaking in and killing sheep, a Palestinian official said Tuesday. It was the latest in a surge of attacks by settlers against Palestinians in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (916+ words) LONDON " The Eurovision Song Contest, which aims to be an upbeat celebration of music and unity, is facing the biggest crisis in its seven-decade history after four countries walked out of the competition over Israel's participation and others weighed whether…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (829+ words) Sound Check is the Globe's weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Dec. 5-11. There are certain souvenirs that you can only acquire in a place as eccentric as Salem. Magnets and keychains…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (618+ words) The material handed over Tuesday was found in Gaza's northern town of Beit Lahiya, according to Palestinian media. In a statement, the Prime Minister's Office said forensic testing was completed and it was not linked to the dead hostages. Hamas…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago  (258+ words) It was the latest burst of violence in the territory, where fighting has spiked in recent weeks. The Israeli military said that troops shot and killed a suspect who stabbed two soldiers as they were confronting him near Ateret, an…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (645+ words) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip " The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory's south. The toll has continued to…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (858+ words) JERUSALEM " Israeli soldiers on Thursday killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed "in cold blood." The Israeli military said it was…...