Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party elects new head before election | Elections News

Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party elects new head before election | Elections News

Gohar Ali Khan elected new PTI chairman to allow the party to take part in national election scheduled for February 8. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently in jail facing what he says are more than 150 cases filed against him to keep him from contesting elections next year, has…

‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s attacks on Gaza have stretched into a second day after a seven-day truce with Hamas ended as Qatar and Egypt mediate talks to renew a pause in hostilities. The United Nations said on Saturday that the fighting would worsen the extreme humanitarian emergency in Gaza. “Hell on Earth has…

Israel, Palestine and Canada’s ‘schizophrenic foreign policy’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel, Palestine and Canada’s ‘schizophrenic foreign policy’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Montreal, Canada – More than a month into its bombardment of Gaza, the Israeli military issued a warning: Ground troops had surrounded the largest hospital in the Palestinian enclave, al-Shifa. A raid would be launched “in minutes”. The impending siege of the Gaza City health complex sparked panic among the…

Oil companies pledge to lower methane emissions at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Oil companies pledge to lower methane emissions at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, but environmental groups have called it a “smokescreen”. Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the United Nations climate summit (COP28) held in Dubai this year, made…

Legia Warsaw fans appear in UK court over violence before Aston Villa match | Football News

Legia Warsaw fans appear in UK court over violence before Aston Villa match | Football News

Police file charges against 46 people over unrest outside the stadium as Villa and Legia trade blame. British police say 46 men have been charged after “serious disorder outside” Villa Park in the build-up to a Europa Conference League football match in which authorities said five officers were injured. “Of…

First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Aid organisations say they face difficulties operating as Israel resumes its bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza. A limited number of aid trucks has managed to enter the besieged Gaza Strip through Egypt after being forced into a holding pattern since a weeklong truce ended and Israel started bombing the enclave…

Heavy snowfall shuts down air, rail links in southern Germany | News

Heavy snowfall shuts down air, rail links in southern Germany | News

Flights grounded at Munich airport, Bayern Munich’s home match against Union Berlin also called off. Heavy snowfall overnight has paralysed air and rail connections in the southern German state of Bavaria, leaving thousands of travellers stranded. All flights were grounded at Munich Airport, a key regional and international hub, until…

Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation | LGBTQ News

Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation | LGBTQ News

Russia’s Supreme Court ruling has been the most drastic step against the LGBTQ movement under Putin’s rule. Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow shortly after a ruling by the country’s top court that designated the LGBTQ movement as “extremist”. Police officers searched venues across the…

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Following the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel has been clamping down on pro-Palestinian sentiment within its borders, including passing an amendment to its counterterrorism law that has been criticised for violating civil and human rights. Much has changed for Jews and Palestinians living inside Israel since the Hamas attack, which…

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells. The United States has given so-called ‘bunker buster’ bombs and an array of other munitions to Israel for its war on Gaza, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Washington has…