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Australia’s PM says it reaches agreement to host pre-meetings with Pacific nations while Turkiye will host main summit.Turkiye will host next year’s COP31 summit in the city of Antalya, ending a long standoff with Australia over the location of the top United Nations climate meeting.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Thursday morning that Australia had reached an arrangement with Turkiye to host negotiations in the lead-up to the 2026 UN climate meeting along with Pacific nations while Turkiye will assume the presidency of the official meeting.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit…
Hakimi is the first Moroccan since 1998 and the first defender since 1973 to win Africa’s most prestigious award.French side Paris Saint-Germain footballer Achraf Hakimi has been named African Footballer of the Year, becoming the first defender to claim the prize in 52 years.Moroccan right back Hakimi finished ahead of Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen in Wednesday’s vote at the 2025 CAF Awards in the Moroccan city of Rabat.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Who’s in, who’s out: Which teams have qualified for the FIFA World Cup?list 2 of 3Tearful Dembele beats Yamal…
Israel has kept troops in a UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights since December’s ouster of Bashar al-Assad.Syria has denounced a trip by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials to the country’s south, where they visited troops deployed to Syrian territory they’ve occupied for months.Israel expanded its occupation of southern Syrian territory as the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad was overrun by rebel forces in December.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ahmed al-Sharaa’s high-stakes bid to remake Syrialist 2 of 4Trump hosts Syria’s al-Sharaa at White House as US extends sanctions relieflist 3…
Mohammed Ibrahim’s uncle says US official who visited teen reported his health is deteriorating in Israeli detention.The family of Mohammed Ibrahim, a Palestinian American boy who has been detained by Israel since February, is demanding that an independent doctor assess the teenager’s condition amid alarming reports about his situation in prison.Mohammed’s uncle, Zeyad Kadur, said an official from the United States embassy in Israel visited the 16-year-old last week at Ofer Prison.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘It’s Israeli policy’: Report reveals abuse of Palestinians in prisonslist 2 of 3Despite ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, the war isn’t…
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Israeli strikes also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-devastated Palestinian enclave.At least 28 Palestinians have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, medical sources tell media, in one of the largest breaches of the United States-brokered ceasefire that came into effect last month.The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday at least 77 Palestinians were also wounded in Israeli bombardment, according to a preliminary toll.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza brings death toll since ceasefire to 280list 2 of 4Gaza…
The US president says he will address the conflict in Sudan at the request of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.United States President Donald Trump has pledged to address the conflict in Sudan, in response to an apparent request from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.On Wednesday, Trump announced his intention to intervene twice, once at the Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, DC, and a second time on his online platform, Truth Social.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Restricted’: Did US troops try to cordon off a Mexican beach?list 2 of 3Despite ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, the…
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel reveals torture, abuse carried out against Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.For Palestinians held within Israel’s prison network, torture, abuse and contempt for life isn’t just the norm, it’s the system.That’s according to report released this week [PDF] by the NGO Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israel parliament passes first reading of death penalty for ‘terrorism’ lawlist 2 of 4Normalising hate: Israel leans in to anti-Palestinian violence, rhetoriclist 3 of 4More details emerge of Israel’s ‘brutal’ treatment of Palestinian detaineeslist 4 of 4Palestinian deaths in Israeli jails surge amid Gaza…
Sudan is the world’s worst displacement crisis, with many refugees attempting to head to Europe.Last week, 42 migrants were presumed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their dinghy set sail off the Libyan coast.At least 29 of them were Sudanese refugees who fled the catastrophic civil war in their country between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3WFP warns of deepening hunger crisis amid funding shortfalllist 2 of 3What’s on the agenda as Saudi Arabia’s MBS meets Trump in the…
Tom Fletcher says those responsible for deliberate attacks on civilians in western Darfur region must face justice.Sudan’s el-Fasher has been transformed into a “crime scene”, the United Nations’ aid chief says, as the UN pushes for access to the city after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month.In a social media post on Wednesday, Tom Fletcher – who recently wrapped up a visit to Sudan – described the western Darfur region as “an absolute horror show”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4UN rights council orders probe of ‘appalling’ abuses in Sudan’s el-Fasherlist 2 of…
US President Donald Trump has declared peace but Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza is not over.On Tuesday, Israel’s target was the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. The two missiles its forces fired killed at least 13 people. A drone attack on the same day in the city of Bint Jbeil killed another person. And the next day Israeli airstrikes hit villages in southern Lebanon.Meanwhile, in Gaza, Israeli air raids and drone attacks continue. At least one person was killed on Wednesday, as Israel struck Rafah and Khan Younis.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of…