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‘Survival comes with weight,’ writes Rawand Alagha in an essay about the pain of leaving Gaza.Dublin, Ireland – When I was accepted to Trinity College Dublin, I imagined a fresh start, new lectures, late-night study sessions and a campus alive with possibility.The plan was clear: begin my studies in September 2024 and finally step into the future I had worked so hard for.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Gaza and the unravelling of a world order built on powerlist 2 of 3Hamas urges more international pressure on Israel amid ceasefire violationslist 3 of 3Photos: Heavy rains flood tents…
Eight people also injured in fighting with ‘terrorists’ in disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan.At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in a “terrorist” attack on a United Nations base in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, the Bangladesh army said.The attack on Saturday also injured another eight people, the army stated.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Control, choke points: The battle lines in southern Sudanlist 2 of 3UN extends peacekeeping mission in disputed Abyei region for another yearlist 3 of 3What’s behind the renewed violence on South Sudan’s border with Sudan?end of list“The…
There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or from medics that Saad was among the dead.The Israeli military sats it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza City.The attack on Saturday killed four people and wounded at least 25, according to Gaza health authorities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Fourteen Palestinians, including children, die in Gaza amid Storm Byronlist 2 of 3Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation pushlist 3 of 3UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Israel allow aid into Gazaend of listThere was no immediate confirmation from Hamas…
Paramilitary force intensifies offensive in Kordofan region after seizing control of Darfur in October.At least three people have been killed and nine others wounded, when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone attack on a central Sudanese city, as fighting intensifies across the vast strategic region of Kordofan that could determine the war’s outcome.The strike hit a square near a police station in the Tayba neighbourhood of el-Obeid on Saturday afternoon, military sources told media. Several of the wounded are in critical condition, they said.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2South Sudan army to secure critical…
The gunman involved has been killed, with no information on motives as of yet.Syrian security forces and United States soldiers have come under fire during a joint field patrol near Palmyra, in the central Homs region, leaving two Syrian personnel and several US service members wounded, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) state news agency reported.The assailant was killed in the incident on Saturday, with no further details regarding the motive or circumstances, SANA reported.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Post‑Assad Syria’s security challenges persist despite political changelist 2 of 4How al-Assad’s Syria broke its own people…
And it can do so by saving its children.Last month, I was waiting for a shared taxi at the Nuseirat roundabout when I witnessed a heartbreaking scene. As I stood by the side of the road, I felt a small hand tugging at my clothes.I looked down and saw a little girl, no older than eight. She was barefoot, her shirt was torn, and her hair was messy and unwashed. Her eyes were beautiful, and her face showed innocence, yet exhaustion and despair clouded it.She pleaded: “Please, please, give me just one shekel, God bless you.”Before I gave her the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks ‘had no … military purpose whatsoever’.Russian forces have attacked two Ukrainian ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels, including a ship carrying food supplies, according to Ukrainian officials and a shipowner.Friday’s attacks by Russian forces targeted Chornomorsk and Odesa ports in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region on the Black Sea. A Ukrainian navy spokesperson told the Reuters news agency that three Turkish-owned vessels were damaged in total, but did not provide additional details.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3EU indefinitely freezes hundreds of billions in Russian fundslist 2 of 3Zelenskyy visits frontlines as…
Incident in November latest reported instance of Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive maritime tactics.United States forces raided a cargo ship travelling from China to Iran last month, according to the Wall Street Journal, in the latest reported instance of increasingly aggressive maritime tactics by the administration of US President Donald Trump.Unnamed officials told the newspaper that US military personnel boarded the ship several hundred miles from Sri Lanka, according to the report on Friday. It was the first time in several years US forces had intercepted cargo travelling from China to Iran, according to the newspaper.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist…
UN member states endorsed the ICJ’s findings and pressed Israel to meet its legal obligations as an occupying power.The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution demanding that Israel open unrestricted humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, stop attacking UN facilities, and comply with international law in line with its obligations as an occupying power.The vote on Friday followed October’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which outlined Israel’s responsibilities under both the UN Charter and humanitarian law.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Fourteen Palestinians, including children, die in Gaza amid Storm Byronlist…
Dozens of opposition figures being targeted in nation once seen as beacon for democracy after sparking the Arab Spring.A Tunisian court has sentenced prominent opposition leader Abir Moussi to 12 years in prison amid a sweeping crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who has said he is cleansing the North African country of “traitors”.Lawyer Nafaa Laribi, who represented Moussi, the leader of the Free Destourian Party (Free Constitutional Party), in her third trial in the space of two years, called Friday’s ruling “unjust”, saying that it was “not a judicial decision but a politically motivated order”.Recommended Stories list of 3…