Maghazi residents left reeling after Israeli forces withdraw | Israel War on Gaza News

Maghazi residents left reeling after Israeli forces withdraw | Israel War on Gaza News

Central Gaza Strip – Palestinians in Gaza’s smallest refugee camp have once again found themselves digging the bodies of their relatives out from under rubble, hours after Israeli forces announced their withdrawal from the area. Witnesses in the Maghazi refugee camp say many of the residents were shot at close…

Palestinian village fears Israel wartime demolitions | Israel War on Gaza News

Palestinian village fears Israel wartime demolitions | Israel War on Gaza News

Wiping away tears, Ghadeer al-Atrash stood before her bulldozed home in a Palestinian village abutting Israeli settlements, a fate feared by hundreds of villagers as Israel ramps up demolitions during wartime. The destruction of homes built without Israeli-issued permits, which campaigners say are nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain due…

Photos: Lava destroys homes in Iceland’s Grindavik | Volcanoes News

Photos: Lava destroys homes in Iceland’s Grindavik | Volcanoes News

Iceland’s president said the country is battling “tremendous forces of nature” after molten lava from a volcano in the island’s southwest consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik. President Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson said in a televised address late on Sunday that “a daunting period of upheaval has begun…

Hundreds of thousands rally globally for Gaza on eve of 100 days of war | Israel War on Gaza News

Hundreds of thousands rally globally for Gaza on eve of 100 days of war | Israel War on Gaza News

Hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets across the world to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza, as it nears the 100-day mark on Sunday. People gathered at rallies in Malaysia, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Indonesia on Saturday, as well as at other protests in…

Taiwan votes in closely watched presidential and parliamentary elections | Elections News

Taiwan votes in closely watched presidential and parliamentary elections | Elections News

William Lai Ching-te has won Taiwan’s presidential elections, despite China’s warnings not to vote for him. Lai, from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), took 40.2 percent of votes cast on Saturday, according to partial results from the Central Election Commission after 98 percent of polling stations closed. Lai promised…

Photos: Greek students protest government plan for private universities | Education News

Photos: Greek students protest government plan for private universities | Education News

Thousands of Greek students rallied in Athens and other cities on Thursday to protest against planned education reforms that would allow the introduction of private universities in the country. The conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who won a second term last year, is expected to submit a bill to parliament…

Ecuador ‘in state of war’ against drug cartels’ terror campaign | Drugs News

Ecuador ‘in state of war’ against drug cartels’ terror campaign | Drugs News

With city streets largely deserted apart from a massive military deployment, Ecuador found itself in a “state of war” as drug cartels waged a brutal campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown. Hundreds of soldiers patrolled the capital, Quito, where residents were gripped by fear over…