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‘This is one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assets’ since November ceasefire, UN force says.The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said Israeli drones dropped four grenades close to peacekeepers on Tuesday morning near the southern Lebanese border with Israel.“This is one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assets since the cessation of hostilities agreement of last November,” UNIFIL said in a statement on Wednesday.“One grenade impacted within 20 metres and three within approximately 100 metres of UN personnel and vehicles.”The peacekeepers were working to clear roadblocks, which were hindering access…

When will India play Pakistan, and where? Which teams are in? media’s lowdown on the T20 cricket tournament’s schedule.Some of the biggest names in men’s cricket will be in action when eight teams come together for the 17th edition of the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) Asia Cup tournament in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 9.Defending champions India will look to retain their crown in the 20-day Twenty20 contest, which will comprise 19 matches.Here’s all you need to know about the teams, format and schedule of the Asia Cup 2025:Which teams are playing in the Asia Cup 2025?In addition…

The world’s leading genocide scholars have declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide. The world’s leading genocide scholars have declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) passed a resolution on Monday, adding to the chorus of countries, rights groups and other bodies that believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.Israel has killed more than 63,500 people and wounded more than 160,000 in its war on Gaza. During the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, 1,139 people were killed, and about 200 were taken…

media correspondent Hani Mahmoud speaks to The Take from Gaza City as Israel’s takeover intensifies.As the Israeli military escalates its takeover of Gaza City, media continues to report from the ground on the day-to-day reality for more than a million Palestinians still there. As top scholars declare that Israel is committing genocide, and as US plans for a “Riviera of the Middle East” continue to circulate, how are Palestinians facing what comes next?In this episode:  Hani Mahmoud, media correspondent Episode credits:This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Tamara Khandaker, Sarí el Khalili and Diana Ferrero, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline,…

At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.The Israeli military onslaught on Gaza City continues nonstop, resulting in the killing of more than 50 Palestinians, including aid seekers, as it seeks to seize control of the enclave’s biggest urban centre – home to some 1 million people.At least 105 Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Tuesday as Israeli strikes levelled densely populated areas, particularly al-Sabra neighbourhood, which has been under attack for days. At least 32 of those were killed while seeking aid.The attacks are intensified as Prime Minister…

A French court issues the warrants in connection with the bombing of a press centre in Homs in 2012 that killed two journalists.A French court has issued arrest warrants for seven former top Syrian officials, including ex-President Bashar al-Assad, for the bombing of a press centre in Homs, a judicial source and a human rights organisation said.A rocket hit the “informal press centre” on February 22, 2012, killing renowned US journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik and injuring two other journalists and an interpreter.Besides al-Assad, who fled to Russia in December 2024 when opposition fighters seized control of…

I was evacuated to France, where I saw the reason why the world is allowing my people to be slaughtered.I write this from Paris, a city wrapped in blue and yellow. All around me, Ukrainian flags hang like moral badges pinned to French facades.I arrived in this city just a few weeks ago as a survivor of the genocide in Gaza, leaving my country burning behind me. I had the privilege to be evacuated by the French government as a student admitted to a French university.What first struck me about Paris, this so-called city of liberty, was its curated grief,…

A history of outside incitement, along with present-day economic crisis and climate collapse, have contributed to intercommunal tensions.The flare-up of violence in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda in July has once again raised fears that the country may slip back into conflict. Media headlines were quick to paint this as another episode in the region’s longstanding “sectarian strife” between Druze and Sunni Bedouin communities. But such framing obscures more than it reveals.The reality is more complex. While sectarian identities have been invoked during periods of tension, the root causes of this conflict lie elsewhere: in historical disputes over land and…

More than 360 people, including 130 children, have died from hunger since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.A total of 185 people in Gaza died “due to malnutrition” in August, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, as an additional 13 people, including three children, have died in 24 hours since then as the catastrophic effects of Israeli-induced famine in the enclave worsen.The statement issued on Tuesday said more than 83 people, including 15 children, had died since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a United Nations-backed global hunger-monitoring system, declared last month that parts of Gaza were…

Half of US voters believe Israel is committing genocide and six in 10 oppose further military aid, polls suggest.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to rely on the United States’ absolute backing throughout his country’s war on Gaza.While the administration of former US President Joe Biden may have occasionally expressed discomfort over the crises it was enabling in Gaza, the Donald Trump administration has yet to exhibit similar qualms, even going so far in February as to suggest that all of Gaza’s population be ethnically cleansed.US support has been vital to Israel’s war machine, providing weapons that helped…