Julie Shaver

Feb 21, 2024 | news.nestia.com | Julie Shaver

Already struggling to contain intractable crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, the United States is also grappling with an impasse in the Balkans over a gas pipeline into Bosnia, an issue that is freighted with big geopolitical stakes. The project, backed by both the United States and the European Union but blocked by the ethnic feuds that have long hobbled Bosnia, aims to break Moscow’s stranglehold on gas supplies to a fragile nation tugged between East and West.

Dec 7, 2023 | nyti.ms | Judson Jones |Lola Fadulu |Julie Shaver |Zach Levitt

Emergency crews searched for survivors and assessed the damage, which officials said was severe and extensive. Heavy rains and winds are forecast for the Northeast on Sunday. VideotranscripttranscriptSeveral People Dead After Tornadoes Strike TennesseeThe severe storms also injured dozens, caused electrical flashes and explosions, knocked out power for tens of thousands and left buildings in ruin. “Oh, [expletive].

Nov 20, 2023 | nyti.ms | Julie Shaver |Patrick Kingsley |Michael Shear

Current time in:Gaza City Nov. 21, 6:36 p.m.Israel and Hamas appeared on Tuesday to be edging close to a deal that would allow the release of some captives held in Gaza in exchange for some Palestinian prisoners held by Israel during what would be a brief pause in the 46-day war.

Nov 20, 2023 | nyti.ms | Julie Shaver |Patrick Kingsley

A celebrated Palestinian poet and essayist who founded the Gaza Strip’s first English-language library disappeared on Sunday after he was stopped by the Israeli military as his family was fleeing to southern Gaza, relatives said. The free speech organization PEN America said on Monday that the poet, Mosab Abu Toha, had been detained by Israel and expressed concern. The Israeli military did not respond to questions about whether he had been detained.

Nov 18, 2023 | nytimes.com | John Yoon |Jason Gutierrez |Julie Shaver

A powerful underwater earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, killing several people, damaging a school, shopping malls and dozens of homes, and knocking out power across villages, officials said. At least seven people died as a result of the quake, which also caused injuries and left two people missing, Mark Timbal, a spokesman for the Philippine Civil Defense, said in a preliminary report Saturday.