Columbia University’s Shafik rebuked over Gaza crackdown but avoids censure | Israel War on Gaza News

Columbia University’s Shafik rebuked over Gaza crackdown but avoids censure | Israel War on Gaza News

University oversight panel says president undermined academic freedom by allowing New York police break up Gaza protest. Columbia University‘s embattled president came under renewed pressure as a campus oversight panel sharply rebuked her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at its New York campus. President Nemat Minouche Shafik…

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News

New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m. Prosecutors in New York City have announced that they returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American antiquities dealers and traffickers. The antiquities…

Generation gap: What student protests say about US politics, Israel support | Israel War on Gaza News

Generation gap: What student protests say about US politics, Israel support | Israel War on Gaza News

Washington, DC – A Gaza-focused campus protest movement in the United States has highlighted a generational divide on Israel, experts say, with young people’s willingness to challenge politicians and college administrators on display nationwide. The opinion gap – with younger Americans generally more supportive of Palestinians than the generations that…

Key takeaways from fourth day of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial | Donald Trump News

Key takeaways from fourth day of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial | Donald Trump News

The fourth day of testimony in former United States President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has concluded, with former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker facing several hours of cross-examination by Trump’s legal team. Pecker answered more questions on Friday about what he has testified was a “catch-and-kill” scheme to…

Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March | Floods News

Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March | Floods News

More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing. Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, according to a government spokesperson, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. Kenya and other countries…

Qatar pledges $3m to Ukrainian human rights body | Russia-Ukraine war News

Qatar pledges $3m to Ukrainian human rights body | Russia-Ukraine war News

Funds aim to provide support for children, others affected by armed conflict in Ukraine, Qatari foreign ministry says. Qatar has announced that it will provide $3m to the office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, as part of a push to support “welfare and safety” in the war-torn…

UN warns of possible imminent attack on city in Sudan’s North Darfur | News

UN warns of possible imminent attack on city in Sudan’s North Darfur | News

Attack on al-Fashir would have ‘devastating consequences’ for civilians in area already on brink of famine, UN says. The United Nations has sounded the alarm about a possible imminent attack on al-Fashir, in Sudan’s North Darfur, as the global body seeks to reduce tensions in the last major city in…

Israeli pressure delayed Freedom Flotilla’s departure for Gaza: Organisers | News

Israeli pressure delayed Freedom Flotilla’s departure for Gaza: Organisers | News

A flotilla of ships set to depart for the Gaza Strip on Friday to bring aid to Palestinians has been stranded in Turkey due to administrative roadblocks, as organisers say Israel has been exerting political pressure to impede the voyage. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said Israel was pressuring the Republic…

‘Happened very fast’: At least 10 killed, 13 injured in Brazil fire | News

‘Happened very fast’: At least 10 killed, 13 injured in Brazil fire | News

Forensic experts in Porto Alegre are working to determine the cause of the blaze and identify the victims. At least 10 people have been killed after a fire broke out at a defunct hotel being used as a makeshift homeless shelter in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, officials…

Scottish First Minister Yousaf promises to fight no-confidence vote | Politics News

Scottish First Minister Yousaf promises to fight no-confidence vote | Politics News

SNP leader says ‘confident’ to win vote as pressure builds following decision to end coalition deal with the Greens. Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has said he intends to fight a vote of no confidence following his decision to withdraw from a coalition agreement and try to run a minority…