Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approves Sweden’s NATO bid | NATO News

Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approves Sweden’s NATO bid | NATO News

Panel’s approval clears another hurdle in Sweden’s accession process to the bloc in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission has approved Sweden’s NATO membership bid. The decision, taken on Tuesday, is a key step towards enlarging the military alliance after 19 months of…

Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Israeli port of Eilat | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Israeli port of Eilat | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Houthis claim responsibility for drone attack on Israeli port city of Eilat, Red Sea commercial vessel. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has said that it carried out drone attacks targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat, as well as a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, as the Iran-backed group steps…

Deadly Christmas in Syria’s Idlib after Russian attack kills five in family | Politics News

Deadly Christmas in Syria’s Idlib after Russian attack kills five in family | Politics News

Idlib, Syria ــ A couple and three of their children were killed in Russian air raids targeting a house in a farm near the town of Armenaz in western Idlib on Monday evening, according to the Syrian Civil Defence. Another child, the sole survivor, was injured. “We live in this…

‘I just sit and hope’: A Sierra Leonean mother’s refugee story | Refugees

‘I just sit and hope’: A Sierra Leonean mother’s refugee story | Refugees

An Al Jazeera series: Leaving two children behind, a pregnant Sierra Leonean mother pins her hopes on crossing to Europe. Tunis, Tunisia — Standing in the drizzle outside the Tunis office of the International Organization for Migration, Saffiatu Mansaray is staring down at her swollen stomach. On the other side…

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Palestinian human rights activist Jonathan Kuttab explains how Christian Zionism affects US policy in the Middle East. In the evangelical Christian worldview, the 1948 creation of Israel was a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy and the Palestinians are either “non-existent” or “the enemies of God, because they are the enemies of…

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Guided missile destroyers to ‘maintain deterrent presence’ after Israel-linked vessel hit off Indian coast. The Indian Navy has dispatched guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after an attack on an Israel-linked chemical tanker off its coast, the Ministry of Defence said. Three stealth-guided destroyers were deployed “in various areas…

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Medan, Indonesia – On a cloudy and dull Sunday morning in December, more than a thousand people gathered on the grounds of the Istana Maimoon, a 19th-century palace that is a local landmark in the city of Medan in North Sumatra. Outside the palace, a sea of people dressed predominantly…