Italy, Australia, US, Canada halt support after Israel accused UNRWA staff of involvement in Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Top Palestinian officials and Hamas have criticised the decision by some Western countries to suspend funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians and called for an immediate reversal of the…
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – As thousands of supporters carrying placards stating their demands marched through Dar-es-Salaam on Wednesday, opposition party Chadema deputy chairperson Tunde Lissu declared to reporters that the rallies were the beginning of a mission to get a new constitution and get the electoral commission truly independent. Deemed the…
“Power is afraid of art and poets,” writes Ai Weiwei in Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir. He would know. The renowned artist is a notorious rankler of the powers that be, particularly in his native China, where Communist Party leadership came to fear him to such a ferocious degree that he…
The murders of two Kenyan women this month are spotlighting a worrying regularity in gender-based violence in the East African country, with activists calling for more government measures to protect women. Rita Waeni, a 20-year-old student was killed and dismembered in a shortlet apartment in the capital Nairobi on January…
Former employee files lawsuit accusing McMahon and another executive of sexual assault, trafficking and emotional abuse. Vince McMahon has resigned from wrestling giant TKO Group and the subsidiary World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) he founded after a lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault and trafficking. McMahon stepped down from his…
The ICJ’s order to Israel to stop acts of genocide marks a watershed in the Gaza war. Part 1: What does the ICJ ruling mean for Israel? Judgement day at the International Court of Justice. The court has ruled the people of Gaza must be protected from genocidal acts carried…
Top UN court ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians but didn’t call for a ceasefire. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is to meet next week over the decision by the global body’s top court calling for Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. The meeting scheduled…
The interim orders issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to Israel amid its war on Gaza on Friday are significant, but their immediate implications are “limited” say some experts. On Friday, the ICJ issued its preliminary ruling in the case, filed by South Africa in December, which accuses…
US says missile presented an ‘imminent threat’ to merchant ship and US Navy vessels in the region. The United States military says it destroyed a Houthi antiship missile in Yemen that was aimed into the Red Sea and ready to launch after the Iran-aligned group attacked a British oil tanker…
The $23bn deal was finalised after Turkey’s parliament ratified Sweden’s long-delayed NATO membership. The United States has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after the Turkish parliament this week ratified Sweden’s NATO membership. The US Department of State notified Congress of the $23bn agreement to sell the…
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