After attack, north Lebanon villagers fret Israel targets displaced people | Israel attacks Lebanon News

After attack, north Lebanon villagers fret Israel targets displaced people | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Ain Yaaqoub, Lebanon – Shredded clothing, dusty broken table legs, torn copies of the Quran, a red “I love you” teddy bear and a book on Aristotle amid piles of socks – these, among many other things, lie strewn amid the rubble in the northern Lebanese village of Ain Yaaqoub…

UN calls for end of weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring parties | Sudan war News

UN calls for end of weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring parties | Sudan war News

UN political chief doesn’t name countries providing weapons to army and paramilitary forces, says it’s ‘unconscionable’. The United Nations has said continued weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces are “enabling the slaughter” and must stop, with civilians bearing the brunt of the conflict. Both the Sudanese Armed…

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

The US military said it carried out strikes against an Iranian-backed armed group in Syria, its second such operation in two days. The United States military has again carried out air strikes in Syria targeting “Iranian-aligned targets” following a recent rocket attack against US forces at a base in Syria’s…

UN aid chief warns of ‘gravest crimes’ committed in Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN aid chief warns of ‘gravest crimes’ committed in Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United Nations’s humanitarian aid chief told a meeting of the Security Council (UNSC) that “acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes” are being committed in Gaza where Israel’s military continues to bombard, besiege and prevent aid from reaching the civilian population. Addressing the UNSC on Tuesday, Joyce Msuya, the…

Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – The United States was unambiguous in a message to Israel last month: Take specific steps within 30 days to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza or face consequences. The deadline has now passed, and the United Nations is warning that famine is “imminent” in parts of northern…

Trump picks pro-settlement Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel | US Election 2024 News

Trump picks pro-settlement Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel | US Election 2024 News

President-elect Donald Trump has announced the nomination of his former 2016 Republican primary election opponent Mike Huckabee to the post of United States ambassador to Israel. “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United States Ambassador…

Abu Ghraib torture survivors win US civil case, m damages | The Iraq War: 20 years on News

Abu Ghraib torture survivors win US civil case, $42m damages | The Iraq War: 20 years on News

A United States defence contractor must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, a US federal jury has ruled. The ruling on Tuesday ends a 15-year legal battle over the role of Virginia-based contractor CACI, whose civilian employees worked at the facility, in acts…

US sanctions RSF commander accused of rights abuses in Sudan’s Darfur | Conflict News

US sanctions RSF commander accused of rights abuses in Sudan’s Darfur | Conflict News

Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla is accused of leading a campaign marred by sexual and ethnically motivated violence. The United States has imposed sanctions on Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla, whom it says is responsible for human rights abuses in West Darfur. The US Department of the Treasury outlined a series of…

Dozens killed, others displaced as Israel continues attacks on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Dozens killed, others displaced as Israel continues attacks on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including a drone strike on a cafe in the al-Mawasi area in the south of the territory which was previously designated a “safe zone” by Israel’s military. An Israeli strike late on Monday hit a makeshift cafeteria used by…