Who is Israeli MP Ofer Cassif, why is he backing South Africa at the ICJ? | News

Who is Israeli MP Ofer Cassif, why is he backing South Africa at the ICJ? | News

A firebrand Israeli parliamentarian provoked a political and social media storm earlier this week when he signed a petition supporting South Africa’s case of genocide against Israel, which is to be heard at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Ofer Cassif, who declared his backing for South…

‘Threatened with rape’: Lama Khater recalls horrors while in Israeli jails | Israel War on Gaza

‘Threatened with rape’: Lama Khater recalls horrors while in Israeli jails | Israel War on Gaza

Hebron, occupied West Bank – Lama Khater sits quietly, ready to talk but seemingly exhausted. The mother of five’s face is pale and her lips dry, but an air of relief hangs around her. The 47-year-old had just been released from prison at the end of November, part of the…

Some companies want to bet on US elections. Not everyone agrees. | Business and Economy

Some companies want to bet on US elections. Not everyone agrees. | Business and Economy

Tarek Mansour spent several years working in finance at firms like Goldman Sachs and Citadel before launching the groundbreaking fintech startup Kalshi. Using his background in finance, he built the first regulated exchange, running what are called “event contracts” or ways to trade on current affairs like national elections. With…

‘Devastated, heartbroken’: Against the odds, Gaza aid providers keep going | Israel War on Gaza

‘Devastated, heartbroken’: Against the odds, Gaza aid providers keep going | Israel War on Gaza

When Hussam Okal sought shelter with his family at a training centre in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis in October, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) staffer found the place full with an estimated 22,000 people searching — like him — for safety…

How counsellor-grandmothers of Zimbabwe are averting a mental health crisis | Mental Health

How counsellor-grandmothers of Zimbabwe are averting a mental health crisis | Mental Health

Harare, Zimbabwe – In Zimbabwe, a country of 15 million people, there are fewer than 20 psychiatrists. And mental health issues are rife, given a litany of trauma unaddressed for decades: first the horrors of British colonialism and the liberation struggle and then the Zimbabwean army’s killing of thousands of…

‘Still waiting’: Myanmar’s Kayah looks for justice over military killings | Conflict News

‘Still waiting’: Myanmar’s Kayah looks for justice over military killings | Conflict News

Kayah State, Myanmar – On December 28, in his clinic in Myanmar’s eastern Kayah State, Dr Oak wrapped up a routine check on a pregnant woman and removed some non-threatening shrapnel from the leg of a resistance fighter. Exactly two years earlier, he was living a nightmare, examining the charred…

UEFA set to ‘lose power’ but will football’s Super League take off? | Football

UEFA set to ‘lose power’ but will football’s Super League take off? | Football

European football’s governing body UEFA is set to “lose a lot of power” in the wake of a recent court ruling on a breakaway league, experts have said, as the continental body’s long-standing monopoly on the running of the sport faces a new challenge. The European Court of Justice (ECJ)…

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again | Features

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again | Features

Pogradec, Albania – Almost every evening during the summer of 1975, Bajram Fezollari’s father, Feridon, would take him on a walk along the banks of Lake Ohrid. But these were not simply strolls for bonding purposes between a once-distant father who had spent more than a decade behind bars and…

‘Blood for money’: The patients forced to turn to racketeers in Nigeria | Features

‘Blood for money’: The patients forced to turn to racketeers in Nigeria | Features

Ibadan, Nigeria – A wave of red corrugated roofs welcomes visitors to the city of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria. Inside the 200-year-old city’s centre, incessant traffic winds through narrow, unpaved roads and past crowded open-air markets. At the edge of the city, Opeyemi Dasola’s home, a square fortress of cement,…