Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections | Elections News

Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections | Elections News

While President Aleksandar Vucic is not on the ballot, the contest is seen as a referendum on his government. Serbians have begun voting in parliamentary and local elections that will test the strength of the country’s governing party amid unrest over high inflation, corruption, and gun violence. The snap elections,…

Israeli forces kill two Christian women in ‘cold blood’ inside Gaza church | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces kill two Christian women in ‘cold blood’ inside Gaza church | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Two Christian women – an elderly mother and her daughter – were shot dead by an Israeli soldier on the grounds of a Catholic church in Gaza City, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has said. “Around noon [10:00 GMT] today … a sniper” of the Israeli army “murdered two Christian…

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

Teen told investigators he spent six years living a nomadic lifestyle in Spain, Morocco and France. A British teenager who went missing for six years before turning up in France has arrived back in the United Kingdom, police have said. Alex Batty never returned home after travelling to Spain in…

Analysis: Why Israel will continue its deadly push into Gaza city centres | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Analysis: Why Israel will continue its deadly push into Gaza city centres | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Dramatic news reports, claims and videos have emerged from both sides involved in the Gaza fighting throughout the past week. The week started with the Israeli army releasing several videos of Palestinians stripped to their underwear being marched through urban ruins. Israel’s PR machine disregarded the Palestinian outcry that followed….

At least 61 asylum seekers drown after shipwreck off Libya: IOM | Migration News

At least 61 asylum seekers drown after shipwreck off Libya: IOM | Migration News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, International Organization for Migration’s Libya office quotes survivors as saying the boat was carrying about 86 people. At least 61 refugees and migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic” shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. The organisation’s Libya office early…

Israel’s Netanyahu hints new deal under way to release Gaza hostages | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s Netanyahu hints new deal under way to release Gaza hostages | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Israeli leader’s comments came after Qatar confirmed talks are on for a possible new truce. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made comments, suggesting that new negotiations were under way to recover hostages held by Hamas. In a televised press conference on Saturday, Netanyahu called the conflict an “existential…

Al Jazeera to refer journalist Samer Abudaqa’s killing to ICC | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Al Jazeera to refer journalist Samer Abudaqa’s killing to ICC | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Al Jazeera Arabic cameraman was killed by a drone attack while reporting on the bombing of a school in southern Gaza Strip. The Al Jazeera Media Network says it will refer the killing of its cameraman Samer Abudaqa in Gaza to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a statement…

US, UK say they shot down 15 drones from Yemen’s Houthis over Red Sea | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US, UK say they shot down 15 drones from Yemen’s Houthis over Red Sea | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United States and United Kingdom authorities say their warships have shot down 15 attack drones over the Red Sea as Israel’s war on Gaza threatens to spread in the region. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Saturday said its guided-missile destroyer responded to a wave of drones from “Houthi-controlled…

Two young Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Two young Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli aggression in the occupied West Bank has ramped up since Israel’s bombardment of Gaza began on October 7. Two young Palestinian men have been killed by Israeli forces in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The incidents on Saturday killed 20-year-old…

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution | Environment News

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution | Environment News

Cloud seeding was used to counter the hazardous smog in the megacity of Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities. Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of pollution in the megacity of Lahore, says the provincial government….