Chad holds referendum on new constitution amid opposition protests | Elections News

Chad holds referendum on new constitution amid opposition protests | Elections News

For the voters, the referendum marks a long-awaited return to civilian rule since the April 2021 military takeover. Chadians have started voting on a new constitution as a stepping stone to next year’s election that aims to mend political and community division in the oil-producing, yet impoverished and fragmented country….

Nur Shams refugee camp in West Bank reels from deadly Israeli raids | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Nur Shams refugee camp in West Bank reels from deadly Israeli raids | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem on Sunday morning, taking the toll in Israeli raids, including drone strikes, in the occupied territories to seven in the last 24 hours. Two of the victims were killed in drone strikes while several others were injured…

‘Nonsense’: Putin rejects Biden claim that Russia plans to attack NATO | NATO News

‘Nonsense’: Putin rejects Biden claim that Russia plans to attack NATO | NATO News

The Russian president says Moscow has ‘no interest … to fight with NATO countries’. The Russian president has dismissed the United States’s claims that Moscow could attack a NATO country in the future as “complete nonsense”, saying such a conflict would run counter to his country’s interests. Vladimir Putin made…

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli strike in Gaza’s Rafah | Gaza News

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli strike in Gaza’s Rafah | Gaza News

The killing comes as French top diplomat Catherine Colonna in Israel to appeal for truce and lasting peace. The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has condemned the Israeli bombing of a residential building in Rafah that killed one of its staff in a region previously declared a safe…

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…