UK court dismisses case against Greta Thunberg over London climate protest | Climate Crisis News

UK court dismisses case against Greta Thunberg over London climate protest | Climate Crisis News

The Swedish climate activist was on trial for protesting outside an oil and gas conference in London in October. Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been cleared of a public order offence over a protest outside an oil and gas conference last year, after a judge in a London court ruled…

ICJ rules that it will hear part of Ukraine-Russia genocide case | Russia-Ukraine war News

ICJ rules that it will hear part of Ukraine-Russia genocide case | Russia-Ukraine war News

UN’s top court will not address aspects of case accusing Russia of violating Genocide Convention by falsely alleging genocide. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that parts of Ukraine’s case against Russia arguing that Moscow baselessly accused Kyiv of genocide to justify the 2022 invasion can move forward….

UN estimates 17,000 Gaza children left unaccompanied amid Israel’s war | Israel War on Gaza News

UN estimates 17,000 Gaza children left unaccompanied amid Israel’s war | Israel War on Gaza News

At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated from their families nearly four months into Israel’s assault on the enclave, the United Nations children’s agency estimates. Nearly all children in the strip also require mental health support, UNICEF said on Friday. “Each [child] has…

Israel plans ground attack on Rafah, ‘last refuge’ for Gaza’s displaced | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel plans ground attack on Rafah, ‘last refuge’ for Gaza’s displaced | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel’s defence minister says army will next target Rafah, the southern area it designated as a ‘safe zone’ for Palestinian civilians. The Israeli military plans to expand its ground assault into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where most Palestinians in the besieged enclave have been forced to seek shelter…

Russia, Ukraine clash over bodies of military plane crash victims | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia, Ukraine clash over bodies of military plane crash victims | Russia-Ukraine war News

There has been no official confirmation on who downed the plane, but Russia accuses Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are locked in a dispute about the bodies of people killed in the crash of a Russian military transport plane who Moscow says were Ukrainian prisoners of war. A Ukrainian intelligence official…

Joe Biden’s Michigan visit highlights rift with Arab American community | Israel War on Gaza News

Joe Biden’s Michigan visit highlights rift with Arab American community | Israel War on Gaza News

US president seeking re-election likely to have a hard time winning key state because of his support for Israel.] A visit by United States President Joe Biden to Michigan has exposed a growing divide with the considerable Arab-American community in the key swing state ahead of November’s general election. Biden…

Argentina police battle protesters opposed to ‘omnibus’ reform bill | Protests News

Argentina police battle protesters opposed to ‘omnibus’ reform bill | Protests News

Police in Argentina have fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters gathered outside Congress in Buenos Aires as lawmakers debated newly elected President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic, social and political reform package. Opposition legislators stormed out of the building at one point to observe and denounce the police action, but later…

What has Northern Ireland’s DUP agreed with the UK over EU trade? | Politics News

What has Northern Ireland’s DUP agreed with the UK over EU trade? | Politics News

Following two years of political paralysis, Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly is set to return to full working order after a new agreement on trade between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the UK government was ratified by the House of Commons on Thursday. The Protestant DUP – Northern Ireland’s largest…

Fear grips refugees after UNHCR says it will close Sri Lanka operations | Refugees News

Fear grips refugees after UNHCR says it will close Sri Lanka operations | Refugees News

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sixteen-year-old Ohnmar* has never experienced the joys of attending school, the excitement of playing with friends during recess or simple pleasures of life like savouring a satisfying meal. Ohnmar, a Rohingya, was born “stateless” because Myanmar has not granted citizenship to members of his community since…