Police in Russia have detained more than 200 people across the country at memorials and rallies to honour opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who the authorities say died in a remote penal colony. On Saturday, the OVD-Info protest monitoring group said at least 212 people had been detained, including 109 in…
Gulu, Uganda – At a market in Gulu, northern Uganda, women spread tropical fruit on plastic sheets, calling out to passing customers. The sun is blinding, and the air is thick with the chatter of bargaining shoppers. Distant are the days when children used to sleep under the same market stall…
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), visited Ireland this week following the country’s decision to pledge 20 million euros (just under $21.5m) in support for the crisis-hit agency. The UNRWA, which provides healthcare, education and other vital services to the Palestinian people, was accused…
Is the horror of Rafah being downplayed or do we not have the words to describe it? More than a million Palestinians have been crammed into the city of Rafah – which is being bombed by Israel with the imminent threat of a ground invasion. Western media, however, has once…
The Iran-linked group has warned of more attacks on shipping despite sustained US, UK air strikes on Yemen. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group has claimed a new missile attack on Western interests amid Israel’s war on Gaza, this time on a British oil tanker that the United States identified as a Panamanian-flagged…
In the last known video of Alexey Navalny shot one day before his death on Friday, the lanky, fair-haired 47-year-old looks gaunt and cracks jokes. Navalny was filmed via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony, also known as the Polar Wolf prison, in the Arctic town of Harp…
The co-founder of the band Pink Floyd joins us for a conversation about activism, rock and resistance. Roger Waters, the bassist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of Pink Floyd, has been an outspoken voice for Palestine for years. Often wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf when he performs in front of thousands around…
Oleksandr Syrskii says the decision was taken to preserve soldiers’ lives and prevent their encirclement. Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the front-line city of Avdiivka, the new army chief announced, after months of heavy fighting and little progress in repelling Russian forces in the country’s eastern front. “I decided to…
What’s your money worth? A series from the front lines of the cost of living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses. Name: Mo Sarwa Age: 50 Occupation: Owner of Sarwa Street Kitchen in East Jerusalem Lives with: His wife, Ilona, and their three children…
New Delhi, India — A little more than two months ago, the Congress party, India’s biggest opposition force, seemed to be on a roll. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of what is the country’s oldest political movement, the party of Mahatma Gandhi, had attracted large crowds on a nationwide march, rekindling…
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