By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over its deepening defense ties with Qatar and made false accusations that spread on social media that the Pentagon was giving it a military base on U.S. soil.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthcare was a priority, but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms.
"We have set as priorities... the creation of jobs for young people, and the concrete improvement of the education and health sectors," the monarch said in his annual address to the opening session of parliament.
The royal speech had been much anticipated by the protesters, who have taken to the streets almost every night since September 27.
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine rejected in a joint statement on Friday any "foreign guardianship" over Gaza, stressing that its governance is a purely internal Palestinian matter.
They also expressed their readiness to benefit from Arab and international participation in the reconstruction of the enclave.
(Reporting by Nidal Al Mughrabi, writing by Yomna Ehab; Editing by Nia Williams)
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthcare was a priority, but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms.
"We have set as priorities... the creation of jobs for young people, and the concrete improvement of the education and health sectors," the monarch said in his annual address to the opening session of parliament.
The royal speech had been much anticipated by the protesters, who have taken to the streets almost every night since September 27.
RABAT (Reuters) -King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Friday called for accelerating reforms to create jobs for young people, improve public services, and reduce regional inequalities by giving greater attention to the mountain and oasis regions.
The King made the call in a speech at the opening of the country's parliament, a week after widespread youth-led protests demanding better health, education and an end to corruption.
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy where the King sets the major policy direction implemented by an elected government.
An AFP photographer was injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on Friday while covering the olive harvest in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank.
"In my 30-year career, this is the first time I have faced violence of this kind," said Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a Palestinian photographer based in the city of Nablus.
"If I hadn't managed to escape, they would have killed me," he added.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and Israeli settlements there are expanding, and violence soaring.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Steve Holland and Andrew Mills
CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a "recipe for chaos" and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza.
But one extraordinary phone call last month helped persuade Hamas that the U.S. president might be able to hold Israel to a peace deal even if the group surrendered all the hostages that give it leverage in the war in Gaza, two Palestinian officials said.
By Saeed Shah
ISLAMABAD/KABUL/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan on Friday of carrying out airstrikes on its territory and warned of "consequences" as Islamabad said it was taking action against militants.
Eleven more Pakistani soldiers were killed on Friday in a clash with Islamist militants in the Tirah area close to the Afghan border, according to Pakistani security officials. Islamabad says militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group operate from Afghanistan, a charge denied by Kabul.
BERLIN (Reuters) -The leaders of Britain, France and Germany said on Friday they had agreed in a phone call to move towards using the value of immobilised Russian assets to support Ukraine's armed forces.
In a statement published by the German government, the E3 leaders said they would do this in cooperation with the United States.
LONDON (Reuters) -An Afghan national was on Friday found guilty of making a threat in a TikTok video to kill Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party which leads opinion polls in Britain.
Fayaz Khan, 26, was convicted by a jury at London's Southwark Crown Court of a single count of making a threat to kill Farage in a video posted in October 2024.
Prosecutors said Khan posted a video in response to one by Farage, in which Khan – who has an AK-47 assault rifle tattooed on his face – said "pop, pop, pop" while making gun gestures.
