EU ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli bill seeking to ban UNRWA | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EU ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli bill seeking to ban UNRWA | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EU warns of ‘disastrous consequences’ from a draft bill banning the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Israel. The European Union has said it is deeply concerned about draft Israeli legislation that would ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees from operating in Israel and likely scale back aid…

Risk of nuclear war rising amid global conflicts, Nobel peace laureate says | Nuclear Weapons News

Risk of nuclear war rising amid global conflicts, Nobel peace laureate says | Nuclear Weapons News

Conflicts raging around the world, including in Gaza, are heightening the possibility of a nuclear war, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize warned, renewing calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Nihon Hidankyo, the grassroots group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors, won the prize on Friday for its…

Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians is aimed to break our spirit | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians is aimed to break our spirit | Israel-Palestine conflict

On November 28, Israeli soldiers stopped my car at the Jaba checkpoint in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped me. I spent the following 253 days in detention without charge, without ever being told why this was happening to me. That morning, I didn’t want to leave the house because…

Takeaways from Hurricane Milton: The ‘fingerprints of climate change’ | Weather News

Takeaways from Hurricane Milton: The ‘fingerprints of climate change’ | Weather News

Florida residents are reeling after Hurricane Milton swept across the state with roaring rains and winds, killing at least 18 people, wrecking more than 100 buildings and causing mass power blackouts. But as bad as the storm was, experts and local officials are relieved it wasn’t more catastrophic with Governor…

Israeli army threatens to attack ambulances in southern Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israeli army threatens to attack ambulances in southern Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon News

After hitting UN peacekeepers, military claims Hezbollah is using ambulances for fighters while offering no evidence. The Israeli army has threatened to hit ambulances in southern Lebanon, claiming they are being misused by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, and also ordered more villages to evacuate. The warning came after Israeli forces…

One year in, Israel’s ‘new Middle East’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

One year in, Israel’s ‘new Middle East’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

The images from Israel and Gaza couldn’t be more different one year since October 7, 2023. As Israel mourned those killed and captured in a Hamas attack it had been completely unprepared for, more Palestinians were being forced from their homes when the Israeli army launched a ferocious assault on…

Half-life, half-house: Portrait of a Palestinian family after Israeli raids | Israel-Palestine conflict

Half-life, half-house: Portrait of a Palestinian family after Israeli raids | Israel-Palestine conflict

Tulkarem, occupied West Bank – In the heart of the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem refugee camp, in the Hammam neighbourhood that is a frequent target of Israeli raids, stands the home of 36-year-old former police officer Akram Nassar and his two children. The street leading to the house is littered…

‘Nothing but lies’: New Navalny memoir foretells collapse of Putin’s regime | Politics News

‘Nothing but lies’: New Navalny memoir foretells collapse of Putin’s regime | Politics News

Posthumous memoir, Patriot, of Russian opposition leader who died in prison is set to be released on October 22. Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, who died earlier this year in a remote penal colony, predicted the reign of President Vladimir Putin would eventually “collapse”, describing it as based on “nothing but…

Israeli strike on northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp kills 22 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli strike on northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp kills 22 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

At least 22 people, including women and children, have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza as Israeli forces press on with their ground assault in the area. As the death toll mounted on Saturday, the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for northern…

Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far-right | The Far Right News

Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far-right | The Far Right News

The niece of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has founded her own political party aimed at becoming a new force in the country’s growing right-wing bloc. In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro on Monday, Marion Marechal, 34, announced the launch of Identite-Libertes (Identity-Freedoms) – or IDL –…