‘The war will end’: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s poetic voice | Israel War on Gaza News

‘The war will end’: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s poetic voice | Israel War on Gaza News

The beauty of Gaza is that our voices do not reach it.Nothing distracts it; nothing takes its fist from the enemy’s face.Gaza is devoted to rejection…Hunger and rejection, thirst and rejection, displacement and rejection, torture and rejection, siege and rejection, death and rejection…” Extracts from Silence for Gaza, Mahmoud Darwish…

Putin resumes ‘sabre-rattling’ with warning Russia ready for nuclear war | Vladimir Putin News

Putin resumes ‘sabre-rattling’ with warning Russia ready for nuclear war | Vladimir Putin News

Ahead of weekend elections, Russian president boasts his country’s nuclear capabilities are superior to the West’s. President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia is “ready” to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood. In a recorded interview broadcast by Russian media on Wednesday, the Kremlin chief…

Who is Muhammad Aurangzeb, the man tasked with fixing Pakistan’s economy? | Business and Economy News

Who is Muhammad Aurangzeb, the man tasked with fixing Pakistan’s economy? | Business and Economy News

Islamabad, Pakistan — When Pakistan’s 19-member new cabinet took oath on March 11, one man stood out in the lineup: Muhammad Aurangzeb, a political outsider tasked with the challenge of steering the country out of its economic woes. Aurangzeb, a veteran banker who previously headed one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks,…

Biden, Trump set for US election rematch after clinching party nominations | US Election 2024 News

Biden, Trump set for US election rematch after clinching party nominations | US Election 2024 News

Expected wins at Georgia, Mississippi and Washington give each contender the delegate count needed to claim nomination at party convention. United States President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are set for an election rematch in November after clinching their respective parties’ nominations. Primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi and…

Uneasy quiet in Haiti capital after prime minister pledges to step down | In Pictures News

Uneasy quiet in Haiti capital after prime minister pledges to step down | In Pictures News

Uncertainty hangs over Haiti as it waits for a new government following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The move has been welcomed by Haitians, who are exhausted from months of escalating gang violence. But while the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince appeared largely calm on Tuesday, the security…

Navalny ally Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer near Lithuanian home | Crime News

Navalny ally Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer near Lithuanian home | Crime News

Former strategist to Russian opposition leader was admitted to hospital after the assault on Tuesday night. Leonid Volkov, a close ally of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny who died last month in a remote penal colony, has been admitted to hospital after being attacked with a hammer outside his home…

US senators call on Biden to condition Israel aid on humanitarian access | Israel War on Gaza News

US senators call on Biden to condition Israel aid on humanitarian access | Israel War on Gaza News

Eight United States senators have sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to offer Israel an ultimatum: Expand aid to Gaza or lose US military assistance. The letter, released on Tuesday, is the latest effort by US legislators to question ongoing US support for Israel amid its…

Gaza war: How Biden adopted call for ‘ceasefire’ without shifting policy | Israel War on Gaza News

Gaza war: How Biden adopted call for ‘ceasefire’ without shifting policy | Israel War on Gaza News

Washington, DC – Cheers erupted when United States Vice President Kamala Harris called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza earlier this month. But while her words seemed to echo calls for an end to Israel’s war, critics say she fell short of announcing a real policy shift. Speaking in Selma, Alabama,…