Biden warns Israel risks losing support over ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Biden warns Israel risks losing support over ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US President Joe Biden has warned that Israel risks losing international support over its “indiscriminate bombing” of civilians in its war against Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip. “Israel’s security can rest on the United States, but right now it has more than the United States. It has the European…

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

A flurry of shuttle diplomacy is under way at the UN-led negotiations in the UAE as countries fight over the wording of a potential deal. The COP28 climate talks have gone into overtime as countries grapple over the wording of a potential agreement on the issue of fossil fuels. There…

What is the situation in Gaza’s Khan Younis as Israel intensifies attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

What is the situation in Gaza’s Khan Younis as Israel intensifies attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Since the one-week truce in Gaza ended on December 1, Israel has expanded its offensive to the besieged enclave’s south, where more than a million Palestinians sought shelter following Israeli bombardment in the north. Israel has intensified attacks on Khan Younis declaring it a “dangerous combat zone”. Gaza’s second-largest city, which…

Osimhen, Oshoala and Morocco steal the show at African football awards | Football News

Osimhen, Oshoala and Morocco steal the show at African football awards | Football News

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala win footballer of the year awards while Morocco are named team of the year. Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has been named African Footballer of the Year after beating Mohamed Salah to the award at a ceremony in Marrakesh. Osimhen’s compatriot Asisat Oshoala bagged the…

How Arab eco-normalisation of Israel covers up its crimes | Opinions

How Arab eco-normalisation of Israel covers up its crimes | Opinions

As world leaders gathered in Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), Israeli President Isaac Herzog and a delegation of two dozen Israeli officials were allowed to join them. That is despite the fact that Israel is not only committing genocide in Gaza, but also ecocide of devastating proportions….

Israeli forces raid Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital after days of strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces raid Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital after days of strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Dozens of patients and about 3,000 displaced people are inside, UN says, as Gaza Health Ministry calls for international help. Israeli forces have raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, after besieging and shelling it for several days, sources and the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Ashraf al-Qudra, a…

Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team in 2024 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team in 2024 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The company says the move, planned since last year, is unrelated to boycott calls against it amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Sports brand Puma will stop sponsoring Israel’s national football team in 2024, according to a company spokesperson. The move was planned since last year and is not related to…

Turkish football leagues halted after club president punches referee | Football News

Turkish football leagues halted after club president punches referee | Football News

Ankaragucu’s Faruk Koca entered the field and hit referee Halil Meler in the face after the Super Lig match against Rizespor ended in a late 1-1 draw. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has suspended all leagues on a “night of shame” for the nation’s football after Ankaragucu’s president Faruk Koca…

Tanker ‘attacked by cruise missile’ as it traverses Bab el-Mandeb Strait | Shipping News

Tanker ‘attacked by cruise missile’ as it traverses Bab el-Mandeb Strait | Shipping News

US says the Norwegian-registered Strinda caught fire after it was struck but no casualties were reported. A tanker ship travelling through the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait separating East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula off the coast of Yemen has been hit by a missile. The United States Central Command (CENTCOM)…

EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell says the bloc is ‘alarmed’ by the deadly violence in the occupied territory by ‘extremist settlers’. The European Union’s top diplomat says he will propose sanctions on Jewish settlers who are violent against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep…