Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 64 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 64 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EXPLAINER US vetoes a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution as hundreds of Palestinians are killed in new attacks on Gaza. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, December 9, 2023: Fighting The Palestinian media said early this morning that bombardments by Israeli forces resulted in “dozens” of casualties in the north and…

Texas Supreme Court halts order allowing emergency abortion | Women’s Rights News

Texas Supreme Court halts order allowing emergency abortion | Women’s Rights News

Case seen as major test since constitutional right to abortion in the United States was overturned last year. The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court’s ruling that allowed a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant to get an abortion despite the conservative US state’s ban on the…

‘Alarming’: Palestinians accuse ICC prosecutor of bias after Israel visit | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Alarming’: Palestinians accuse ICC prosecutor of bias after Israel visit | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Occupied West Bank — On December 2, Eman Nafii was one of dozens of Palestinians invited to meet Prosecutor Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court in the occupied West Bank. As the wife of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israel, Nafi wanted to speak to Khan about her husband…

‘If I die, I die’: The allure of Pakistan’s death-trap route to Europe | Longform

‘If I die, I die’: The allure of Pakistan’s death-trap route to Europe | Longform

On a warm May evening, Touqeer Pervez packed two pairs of trousers, three shirts, a toothbrush and toothpaste into a small black backpack. The lanky 28-year-old with a neatly trimmed beard was getting ready to leave Bandli, his village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on a three-country trip that would see him…

European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI | Technology News

European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI | Technology News

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hails AI Act as ‘global first’ that will safeguard rights of people and businesses. European Union policymakers have agreed on landmark legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), paving the way for the most ambitious set of standards yet to control the use of the…

Guatemala prosecutors threaten to annul victory of President-elect Arevalo | Elections News

Guatemala prosecutors threaten to annul victory of President-elect Arevalo | Elections News

Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has declared the results of this year’s presidential race “unalterable”, after public prosecutors openly questioned whether to annul the vote. The prosecutors’ statements sparked a domestic and international firestorm, marking what critics consider the latest — and most directly stated — effort to overturn President-elect…

Six French teenagers convicted in connection to beheading of school teacher | Courts News

Six French teenagers convicted in connection to beheading of school teacher | Courts News

The murder of history teacher Samuel Paty shocked France and fuelled contentious debates about freedom of expression. A French court has convicted six teenagers in connection with the 2020 beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty, whose murder shocked the country. In a decision on Friday, the court found five of…

Poet, professor and writer, Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli strike | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Poet, professor and writer, Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli strike | Israel-Palestine conflict News

NewsFeed Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed renowned Palestinian writer, poet, and professor Refaat Alareer and six members of his family. In his writing, Alareer captured the stories of a resilient community and advocated for the rights of Palestinians. His students and colleagues spoke to Al Jazeera about his…