Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN human rights chief tells BBC Volker Trk tells Jeremy Bowen there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. ... ... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) BBC News Famine Gaza War Humanitarian Aid Photos Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war |
Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize winner who wrote Thinking, Fast and Slow, dies aged 90 Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning psychologist who pioneered theories in behavioral economics, has died. He was 90. He died peacefully on Wednesday, according to a... (photo: Creative Commons / Renzo Fedri ) CNN Daniel Kahneman Economy Photos Psychology |
Israel seeks new date for cancelled US meeting on Rafah offensive plans Israel has asked the United States to reschedule a meeting to discuss its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly cance... (photo: AP / Ronen Zvulun) Al Jazeera Gaza Israel Photos US States |
Protecting Palestinians a moral imperative, Pentagon chief tells Israeli counterpart US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday it was a moral and strategic imperative to protect Palestinian civilians in the war between Israel and Hamas and that th... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) CyprusMail Gaza War Humanitarian Aid Mideast Peace Photos Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war |
North Africa bears the brunt of Europe’s externalisation policies: Analysts Tunis, Tunisia – Thirty-two-year-old Edna Mossay left Freetown, Sierra Leone, with her four children three years ago. | “It’s not easy there. There’s no food, no ... (photo: Creative Commons / Victor turay) Al Jazeera Africa Europe Migration Photos |
Starlink network expands to Yemen, Sudan by black market terminal sales ALBAWABA – Despite Elon Musk’s repeated remarks on SpaceX’s Starlink service being worldwide, the company declared that it disables terminals when they are utilized... (photo: AP / John Raoux) Al Bawaba Elon Musk Photos Starlink Trading Wikipedia: Starlink |
Starvation: Anatomy of ‘a very cruel, slow death’ People in Gaza and Sudan face famine on a catastrophic scale, the UN and humanitarian organisations are warning. | In Gaza, 27 people – 23 of them children – have sta... (photo: AP / Hatem Ali) Al Jazeera Human Rights Photos United Nations World Food Programme |
Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After narrowly backing Israel’s military action in Gaza in November, Americans now oppose the campaign by a solid margin. Fifty-five percent cur... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) Gallup Gaza Israel Photos US States |
Tunisia sentences four to death for 2013 murder of politician Chokri Belaid A court in Tunisia has sentenced four people to death and two to life imprisonment for their role in the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid 11 years ago. | ... (photo: Creative Commons / Sami Mlouhi https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sami_Mlouhi) Al Jazeera Chokri Belaid Photos Politics Tunisia |
Chinese workers killed in suicide bomb blast as Pakistan grapples with attacks on Beijing’s interests Five Chinese workers and their local driver were killed in a suicide bomb blast in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest in a string of terror atta... (photo: AP) CNN China Pakistan Photos Terrorism |
UN expert says Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, calls for arms embargo GENEVA: A United Nations expert told the global body’s Human Rights Council on Tuesday that she believed that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza since Oct. 7 amounted... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Gulf News Gaza War Human Rights Photos UN Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war |
UN report charts lethal cost of migration over past decade More than 63,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes around the world over the last decade, with drowning the biggest cause of death, according to the United N... (photo: AP / Felipe Dana, File) Al Jazeera EU Migrant Crisis Human Rights Photos Refugees Wikipedia: International Organization for Migration |
Iraq blames foreign companies for ongoing closure of oil pipeline The Iraqi oil ministry said companies operating in the Kurdistan region have failed to submit contracts for revision. | Iraq’s oil ministry has blamed foreign oil compa... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani, File) Offshore Technology Energy Iraq Oil Photos |
UK court says Assange can't be extradited on espionage charges until US rules out death penalty A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won't... (photo: AP / Alberto Pezzali) The Malta Independent Julian Assange Photos Press Freedom WikiLeaks Wikipedia: Julian Assange |
Netanyahu: 'Israel Will Not Submit to Delusional Demands of Hamas' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to push forward with his campaign to eliminate the Hamas militant group, while also criticizing a U.N. Security Co... (photo: AP / Menahem Kahana) Beijing News Gaza Hamas Israel Photos |
UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responde... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Independent Online Gaza Israel Photos United Nations |
Conflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN Conflict, climate and the demand for low-paid labour in countries such as Thailand and Malaysia, with corruption as a “major enabler”, are driving the growth of the p... (photo: AP / Suzauddin Rubel) Al Jazeera Immigration Photos Refugees United Nations |
South Sudan on the brink after oil exports derailed by Sudan’s civil war Violence and insecurity could worsen in South Sudan after one of its key oil pipelines to international markets, which passes through neighbouring Sudan, was damaged last... (photo: Creative Commons / Lomoraronald / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Al Jazeera Africa Oil Photos South Sudan |
No let-up in Gaza war despite UN resolution Israeli troops battled Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with no sign of a let-up in the war despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an "immediate ceasefire"... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Oman Observer Gaza War Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Photos UN Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war |
Australia’s ABC staff’s concerns over Gaza bias revealed Staff at Australia’s national broadcaster warned that its coverage of the war in Gaza relied too much on Israeli sources and used language that “favoured the Israeli ... (photo: Creative Commons / Kgbo) Al Jazeera Australia Gaza Israel Photos |