Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation | LGBTQ News

Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation | LGBTQ News

Russia’s Supreme Court ruling has been the most drastic step against the LGBTQ movement under Putin’s rule. Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow shortly after a ruling by the country’s top court that designated the LGBTQ movement as “extremist”. Police officers searched venues across the…

‘I miss my routine’: A displaced Gaza mother recalls life before the war | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘I miss my routine’: A displaced Gaza mother recalls life before the war | Israel-Palestine conflict

Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza Strip – As Imtithal, a mother of six, stokes the wood fire she has built up to bake bread for her family, her thoughts take her back to her usual morning routine at home in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in western Gaza, before the relentless Israeli…

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Following the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel has been clamping down on pro-Palestinian sentiment within its borders, including passing an amendment to its counterterrorism law that has been criticised for violating civil and human rights. Much has changed for Jews and Palestinians living inside Israel since the Hamas attack, which…

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells. The United States has given so-called ‘bunker buster’ bombs and an array of other munitions to Israel for its war on Gaza, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Washington has…

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s…

How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Inexplicable. That is how advocates are describing the actions of some Democratic officials who seem to be not only alienating but actively antagonising members of their own party over differing views on the war in Gaza. Many prominent Democrats, including United States President Joe Biden, have voiced “unwavering”…

Inmate charged with stabbing George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin 22 times | Crime News

Inmate charged with stabbing George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin 22 times | Crime News

Former gang member John Turscak charged with attempted murder and other charges following attack. A prison inmate in the United States has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. Chauvin was attacked last month in the law…

More than 180 killed as Israel resumes Gaza assault after truce lapses | Israel-Palestine conflict News

More than 180 killed as Israel resumes Gaza assault after truce lapses | Israel-Palestine conflict News

More than 180 people have been killed and hundreds of others wounded as Israeli forces resumed their bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials, after a week-long truce expired. Eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza came under intense bombardment as the deadline lapsed shortly after dawn…

Clashes over fossil fuels, Gaza war at COP28 climate summit | Climate Crisis News

Clashes over fossil fuels, Gaza war at COP28 climate summit | Climate Crisis News

Israel’s assault on Gaza resumes the day after the summit reaches an agreement over a long-sought rehabilitation fund. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged world leaders at the COP28 climate summit to plan for a future without fossil fuels, saying there was no other way to curb global warming. Speaking…