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Population in the besieged city of el-Fasher has plummeted by 62 percent as RSF attacks intensify, marking one of the worst humanitarian crises triggered by the vicious civil war.Displacement has surged in el-Fasher as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified attacks on North Darfur’s capital, according to a United Nations report.More than one million people have fled el-Fasher since the start of Sudan’s civil war, with the exodus dramatically accelerating as the RSF has increased attacks following its loss of control of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, earlier this year, according to data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…
Iranian FM warns that Europe has ‘eliminated justification for talks’ with UN nuclear watchdog after triggering snapback sanctions.Iran’s foreign minister has declared that cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog is “no longer relevant” after Western countries reinstated international sanctions on the country.“The Cairo agreement is no longer relevant for our cooperation with the IAEA,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday, referring to a deal signed last month with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran executes six fighters accused of ties to Israel: State medialist 2 of 3Analysis: How happy is…
Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East marched against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.Hundreds of thousands of people have poured onto the streets across Europe, demanding an end to Israel’s two-year war on Gaza that has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians and left the enclave on the brink of famine.The largest protest took place in the Netherlands, where around 250,000 people filled Amsterdam’s Museum Square on Sunday before marching through the city centre. Draped in Palestinian flags and dressed in red, demonstrators demanded that their government take a harder line against Israel and stop arms exports to the…
Activists deported from Israel following their arrest in the aid flotilla to Gaza say they were treated ‘like monkeys’.International activists deported from Israel after joining an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla have given further accounts of mistreatment by guards during their detention.The latest claims made by participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla added to the growing scrutiny of Israel on Sunday for its treatment of the activists.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Greta Thunberg mistreated by Israeli forces in detention, activists saylist 2 of 3How the world is responding to Israel’s interception of Gaza flotillalist 3 of 3Global protests…
Western states have condemned the famine. They can end it by refunding UNRWA, the only agency capable of fairly and efficiently distributing aid.The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) was created in December 1949, almost two years after the UN voted for the partition of Palestine. It was, and still is, the only UN agency dedicated solely to one dispossessed population — the Palestinians.In the decades following its creation, UNRWA was engaged in almost all aspects of Palestinian life — from food distribution to healthcare and education to utilities provision. Amid the genocide in Gaza, the agency was sidelined,…
Syria will select the People’s Assembly on Sunday in the country’s first elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December.The elections are a historic moment after more than 50 years of dynastic, oppressive al-Assad rule and are another test for the new government, led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Is an end to war in sight in Gaza?list 2 of 3Week in Pictures: From Pro-Gaza protests in Europe to floods in Sudanlist 3 of 3At least 47 killed in Nepal as heavy rains trigger landslides, flash floodsend of listHowever, the electoral process…
Donald Trump urges Hamas to move quickly to release captives and finalise negotiations over his plan to end the war.Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 Palestinians, medical sources said, despite calls from United States President Donald Trump for Israel to stop its bombardment after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war.At least 45 of the victims killed in bombardments and air strikes on Saturday were in the famine-struck Gaza City, where the Israeli army has been pressing an offensive in recent weeks, forcing some one million…
Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.Several international activists deported from Israel after joining a Gaza aid flotilla have accused Israeli forces of mistreating climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.The 137 deportees landed in Istanbul on Saturday, including 36 Turkish nationals alongside activists from the United States, Italy, Malaysia, Kuwait, Switzerland, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan and other countries, Turkish officials confirmed.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Gaza protests under way in Europe as arrests made in Londonlist 2 of 3Can a ‘one-sided, unserious’ US plan deliver peace to Gaza?list 3 of 3Norman Finkelstein: Trump…
Protests take place in Barcelona, Rome, Lisbon and London, where police made more than 100 arrests.Tens of thousands of people are marching in major cities across Europe to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, with mass rallies taking place in urban centres across the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Portugal.Protests in Spain’s second-largest city, Barcelona, as well as in Madrid, were planned weeks ago, while calls for demonstrations in Rome and Lisbon followed widespread anger after Israeli forces intercepted a humanitarian aid flotilla – the Global Sumud Flotilla – that had set sail from Barcelona for Gaza, trying to break…
The Israeli army repeats threat to Palestinians to leave northern Gaza to the south and not to return to Gaza City.The Israeli military has warned Palestinians that Gaza’s north remains a “combat zone”, telling its residents to move south, after United States President Donald Trump demanded Israel “stop bombing” the enclave when Hamas partially accepted his ceasefire plan.In a statement on X, the Israeli army said on Saturday that the area north of Wadi Gaza, which includes decimated Gaza City, is “still considered a dangerous combat zone” and called on residents there to move south via Rashid Street, the coastal…