Urdaneta, an oil engineer in Venezuela, reinvented herself as a Venezuelan chef making empanadas and pastelitos in her ...

Here's what is closed for the holiday in Iowa. A Juneteenth flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations in Galveston, Texas, on June 15, 2024 ...

Iowa’s largest provider of food for the needy has a new leader. Tammi Nielsen took over this week as the CEO of the Des Moines-based Food Bank of Iowa, which serves 55 of the state’s 99 counties.

Israel is embarking on the largest expansion of West Bank settlements in decades, its finance minister announced Thursday, a step meant to reinforce Israeli control of the territory.

Israel will establish 22 new settlements, including deep within the West Bank and in area from which the country had previously withdrawn, as part of the new security cabinet decision, according ...

Israel, which disputes that stance, conquered the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War; the first settlements were established there shortly afterward.

Israel approves 22 new settlements in West Bank, Smotrich announces European countries threaten sanctions over settlement expansion in occupied territory Palestinian Authority, Hamas condemn ...

In Israel’s Demolition Path, West Bank Residents Pack Up Their Lives A monthslong Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank has displaced tens of thousands of people.

In the West Bank, meanwhile, hundreds have been killed in the past year and a half. Eliminating this position at this time is akin to dousing a tinderbox with kerosene.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A wind turbine manufacturer is looking to add more than 100 workers in West Branch. Nordex will be hosting a job fair on Tuesday. “We are a global leader in wind ...

Some 737,000 Israelis now live on land designated by the UN as Palestinian. About 500,000 of these reside in the West Bank; the rest are in East Jerusalem. This means that around 10% of Israel 's ...

Even as the war in Gaza continues, Israel's prime minister says a "larger and more intense front could be opened" in the West Bank, where more than 40,000 have been displaced in the current operation.