How likely is a regional conflict in the Middle East? | Israel War on Gaza News

How likely is a regional conflict in the Middle East? | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel has ramped up attacks in Lebanon – and Hezbollah has promised to retaliate. The Israeli military has been exchanging almost daily fire with Lebanese group Hezbollah since the war on Gaza began on October 7. Hezbollah says it is acting in solidarity with its ally in Gaza, Hamas, and that…

Kremlin critics: What happens to Putin’s most vocal opponents? | Politics News

Kremlin critics: What happens to Putin’s most vocal opponents? | Politics News

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is just one of many Kremlin critics to have fallen foul of the government under President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Navalny, 47, who Russian prison authorities said had died on Friday, was jailed in early 2021 after returning from Germany, where he was recovering from a…

Hezbollah warns that Israel will pay ‘in blood’ for killing civilians | Israel War on Gaza News

Hezbollah warns that Israel will pay ‘in blood’ for killing civilians | Israel War on Gaza News

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has said that Israel will pay a price “in blood” for killing Lebanese civilians, signalling the conflict across the Lebanon-Israel border could intensify. Israeli air raids on Wednesday killed at least 10 civilians, including five children, in southern Lebanon. Three Hezbollah fighters were also killed. In…

The impact of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment in the US | Israel War on Gaza

The impact of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment in the US | Israel War on Gaza

Following an inflammatory piece in the Wall Street Journal, Marc Lamont Hill talks to Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud. Since the October 7th attacks and the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza, there’s been an uptick in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric and incidents across the United States. A few weeks ago,…

Russia’s Putin will not go unpunished for Navalny’s death, wife Yulia says | Vladimir Putin News

Russia’s Putin will not go unpunished for Navalny’s death, wife Yulia says | Vladimir Putin News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates will not go “unpunished” if the death of Alexey Navalny, as reported by Russian officials, turns out to be true, the Kremlin critic’s wife Yulia has said. Russia’s prison agency earlier said Navalny died on Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he…

“It’s not complex, it’s genocide” Former top UN official on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza

“It’s not complex, it’s genocide” Former top UN official on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza

‘Israel operates under a climate of absolute impunity,’ says Craig Mokhiber, former top UN official. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza the United Nations has been under pressure. More than 85 percent of the Gazan population is currently homeless and living in dire conditions, while the UN remains…

Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison to death | Politics News

Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison to death | Politics News

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has died on Friday in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia’s federal penitentiary service said. Navalny lost consciousness after a walk and could not be revived by medics, the prison service explained. Here are some of the key events in…

It is time for a new Africa beyond borders and boundaries | African Union

It is time for a new Africa beyond borders and boundaries | African Union

African leaders will be convening in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for the 37th summit of the African Union on Saturday. During the two-day gathering, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union will discuss issues of peace, development and integration against the backdrop of resurgent coups, global food…

India’s Congress says m frozen by tax department ahead of election | Elections News

India’s Congress says $25m frozen by tax department ahead of election | Elections News

The Indian National Congress party says its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3m) in deposits have been frozen by the Income Tax Department months before the national election. The main opposition party on Friday called the action “a deep assault on India’s democracy”, adding that an income tax tribunal…