In Kenya, women hold ‘Dark Valentine’ vigils to press for end to femicides | Women

In Kenya, women hold ‘Dark Valentine’ vigils to press for end to femicides | Women

Nairobi, Kenya – As people around the world mark Valentine’s Day with flowers and chocolate, Kenyan women are mourning. Hundreds of them donned black outfits and held lit candles and red roses at a vigil in honour of more than 30 women who have been murdered in the country in…

UN envoy warns of ‘dangerous’ escalation cycle in war-wracked Yemen | Houthis News

UN envoy warns of ‘dangerous’ escalation cycle in war-wracked Yemen | Houthis News

A separate UN official expresses fears over how the US designating the Houthis a ‘terrorist’ group may affect Yemen’s economy. The United Nations special envoy for Yemen has called for immediate action to end the “dangerous escalatory cycle” in the war-wracked country, as Houthi rebels continue their attacks in the…

Erdogan, el-Sisi demand Israel halt looming offensive on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

Erdogan, el-Sisi demand Israel halt looming offensive on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo as relations warm following years of tensions. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi leader have called for a halt to Israel’s looming offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza as the leaders held bilateral talks in Cairo….

How many Israeli captives have been released or rescued? | Israel War on Gaza News

How many Israeli captives have been released or rescued? | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel carried out massive air strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah from Sunday night to Monday, killing 67 civilians, including women and children. Israel says it was an operation to rescue captives in the Gaza Strip. Two Israeli captives – identified as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis…

What’s behind Israel’s escalation on south Lebanon? | Israel War on Gaza News

What’s behind Israel’s escalation on south Lebanon? | Israel War on Gaza News

Beirut, Lebanon – Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon have intensified in recent days, reaching a new peak on Wednesday, a day that saw both sides inflict casualties. On Wednesday morning, an Israeli soldier was killed and eight wounded in a Hezbollah rocket attack on a base in Safad. Israel responded…

Mother, two children among Lebanese killed by Israel in air raids | Hezbollah News

Mother, two children among Lebanese killed by Israel in air raids | Hezbollah News

Others wounded in attacks on Lebanon towns of Souaneh and Aadchit while a woman was killed in Israel. Israeli air raids in southern Lebanon have killed at least four people, including two children, the Lebanese Civil Defence says. At least 11 people were wounded in the raids on the towns…

Israel forces Palestinians to leave Gaza hospital | Israel War on Gaza

Israel forces Palestinians to leave Gaza hospital | Israel War on Gaza

NewsFeed Dozens of Palestinians have been filmed leaving Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after Israeli forces ordered the evacuation of everyone in the complex. Witnesses say Israeli snipers had been firing on anyone who moved in the area and several people have been killed near the hospital. Published On 14…

Turkey rescuers battle to save workers trapped in landslide-hit gold mine | News

Turkey rescuers battle to save workers trapped in landslide-hit gold mine | News

Disaster highlights country’s poor safety record, as previous calls to shut down Copler mine went unheeded. Turkey is under pressure to shut down a gold mine buried by a massive landslide, as hundreds of rescuers battle to save at least nine trapped workers. The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers…

Biden’s homeland security chief Alejandro Mayorkas impeached: What’s next? | Politics News

Biden’s homeland security chief Alejandro Mayorkas impeached: What’s next? | Politics News

The United States House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas after Republican politicians blamed him for unprecedented arrivals of migrants and asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. Mayorkas has been accused of “willfully refusing” to enforce border laws and a “breach of the…